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The October man

United Kingdom, 1947
film

In this powerful thriller, John Mills plays a lonely man who is recovering from a nervous breakdown. Through mysterious circumstances, he is suspected of a lo..

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Odd man out

United Kingdom, 1946
Similarity: 72%

The Man who knew too much

United Kingdom, 1934
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The Man who knew too much [DVD]

United States, 1955
Similarity: 72%

Murder

United Kingdom, 1930
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The Wrong Man

United States, 1957
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The Stunt man

United States, 1979
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Odd man out: a critique [study extract]

United Kingdom, 1949
Similarity: 69%

The Manchurian Candidate

United States, 1962
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The Man who knew too much: the secret agent

United Kingdom, 1935
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Missiles of October

United States, 1974
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The Whispering chorus

United States, 1918
Similarity: 68%

Sleuth

United Kingdom, 1972
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Dead man [Widescreen]

United States, 1995
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Gorky Park

United States, 1983
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North by northwest

United States, 1959
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The Life story of John Lee, or, The Man they could not hang

Australia, 1921
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The Thomas Crown affair (Original)

United States, 1968
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Dead man

United States, 1995
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