The best Patrick Barr’s thriller movies

Patrick Barr

Patrick Barr

13/02/1908- 29/08/1985
We present our ranking of the best Patrick Barr’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Patrick Barr.

Octopussy

Octopussy
6.5/10
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

The First Great Train Robbery

The First Great Train Robbery
6.9/10
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters
7.4/10
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

Contraband

Contraband
6.9/10
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.

The Godsend

The Godsend
5.3/10
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.

The Case of the Frightened Lady

The Case of the Frightened Lady
6.3/10
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace. AKA "Scarf Murder Mystery."

Ring of Spies

Ring of Spies
6.5/10
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
5.3/10
Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. Meanwhile, crooks hope to exploit his ward, Carol, for her fortune.

Man on the Run

Man on the Run
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 20/05/1949
  • Character: Detective at Cabby's Restaurant
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.

The Brain Machine

The Brain Machine
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1955
  • Character: Dr. Geoffrey Allen
A British psychiatrist (Elizabeth Allan) reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.

Escape by Night

Escape by Night
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/12/1953
  • Character: Inspector Frampton
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.

Murder at the Grange

Murder at the Grange
5.7/10
A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead.

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