The best William Hartnell’s thriller movies

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

08/01/1908- 23/04/1975
Today we present the best William Hartnell’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best William Hartnell’s movies.

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock
7.3/10
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog
7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 14/09/1955
  • Character: Herbert Moresby
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid that discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out
7.6/10
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

Escape

Escape
6.6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/03/1948
  • Character: Inspector Harris
Escape is a thriller about a World War II vet who goes to prison for murder and then escapes. He meets a woman who tries to get him to surrender.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/12/1938
  • Character: Bus Conductor
“Shorty” Matthews (Emlyn Williams) having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover (Ernest Thesiger), continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence

Double Confession

Double Confession
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/04/1950
  • Character: Charlie Durham
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower
6/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 18/10/1943
  • Character: Jim Towers (as Bill Hartnell)
While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.

Tomorrow at Ten

Tomorrow at Ten
6.8/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/09/1962
  • Character: Freddie Maddox
A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.

Query

Query
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/10/1945
  • Character: Tom Masterick
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
5.2/10
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.

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