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Word: thrillers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...look at. Herbert Marshall, who might, at any moment, turn out to be either a crook or a Scotland Yard investi gator, goes about his work with an air of bored relaxation. And if Mr. O'Brien appears to know nothing about art, he obviously knows what thriller addicts like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 16, 1946 | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

...Sleep. Humphrey Bogart & wife (Lauren Bacall) play hide-&-seek with sudden death in Raymond Chandler's hardbitten thriller (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 9, 1946 | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Although Thomas Day offered no competition to the awifter Smith, the fight for the second slot turned the Winner's Race into a real thriller. The race got underway with all oarsmen off to a fast start, but Smith's steady powerful stroke soon forged his craft well ahead of the other three singles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smith Sets Pace In First Postwar Sculling Regatta | 8/30/1946 | See Source »

Notorious (RKO Radio) is a top-drawer thriller, as might be expected with all the top-drawer talent involved; Alfred Hitchcock directed Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant through the Ben Hecht yarn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 19, 1946 | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

...over now, but in certain South American capitals, determined Nazis are still plotting and spying. However this state of affairs may affect U.S. security, it is a godsend to moviegoing fans of Alfred Hitchcock, who is always at his best with spies. Thriller-expert Hitchcock takes his time about uncorking his thrills. Moving at a casual, almost leisurely pace, he waits until he is certain of a hard, tight grip on his audience. Then he runs away with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 19, 1946 | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

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