List of thriller films before 1940

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A list of thriller film s released in the before 1940.

TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
1926
The Bat Roland West Tullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger, Jewel Carmen, Louise Fazenda United States [1]
The Bells James Young Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. Alyn Warren United States [2]
The Lodger Alfred Hitchcock Ivor Novello United Kingdom [3]
1928
Spies Fritz Lang Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Craighall Sherry Germany [4]
1929
Blackmail Alfred Hitchcock Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton United Kingdom [5]
1930
The Bat Whispers Roland West Spencer Charters, Chester Morris, Una Merkel United States [6]
1931
Charlie Chan Carries On Hamilton MacFadden Warner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite Churchill United StatesCrime thriller [7]
M Fritz Lang Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Gustaf Gründgens Germany [8]
1932
Freaks Tod Browning Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova United States [9]
The Most Dangerous Game Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks United States [10]
Number 17 Alfred Hitchcock Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop United Kingdom [11]
Rome Express Walter Forde Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston, Joan Barry United Kingdom [12]
Tangled Destinies Frank Strayer Lloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon United States [13]
Thirteen Women George Archainbaud Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ricardo Cortez United States [14]
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Hamilton MacFadden Warner Oland, Heather Angel, Roger Imhof United StatesCrime thriller [15]
1934
Charlie Chan in London Eugene J. Forde Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Douglas Walton United StatesCrime thriller [16]
The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre United Kingdom [17]
The Thin Man W.S. Van Dyke William Powell, Myrna Loy United States [18]
1935
The 39 Steps Alfred Hitchcock Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll United Kingdom [19]
Mad Love Karl W. Freund Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive United States [20]
1936
After the Thin Man W.S. Van Dyke William Powell, Myrna Loy United StatesComedy thriller [21]
Black Gold Russell Hopton Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria SheaUnited StatesCrime thriller [22]
The Invisible Ray Lambert Hillyer Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton United States [23]
Sabotage Alfred Hitchcock Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester United Kingdom [24]
1937
L'alibi Pierre Chenal Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean France [25]
Love From a Stranger Rowland V. Lee Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale United Kingdom [26]
Night Must Fall Richard Thorpe Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell United States [27]
Young and Innocent Alfred Hitchcock Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont United Kingdom [28]
1938
They Drive by Night Arthur B. Woods Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam United Kingdom [29]
The Lady Vanishes Alfred Hitchcock Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas United Kingdom [30]
1939
Another Thin Man W.S. Van Dyke William Powell, Myrna Loy United States [31]
Clouds over EuropeTim Whelan, Sr. Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson United Kingdom [32]
Exile Express Otis M. Garrett Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan United States [33]
The Human Monster Walter Summers Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Great GyntUnited Kingdom [34]
Jamaica Inn Alfred Hitchcock Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara United Kingdom

Notes

  1. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Bat". Allmovie . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Bells". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "The Lodger". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Spies". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ Brenner, Paul. "Blackmail". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "The Bat Whispers - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan Carries On - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  8. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "M - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  9. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Freaks - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Most Dangerous Game - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  11. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Number 17 - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi . Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  12. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Rome Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  13. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Tangled Destinies - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  14. ↑ Erlewine, Iotis. "Thirteen Women - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  15. ↑ Erikson, Hal. "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  16. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan in London - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  17. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Man Who Knew Too Much - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  18. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  19. ↑ Deming, Mark. "The 39 Steps - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  20. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Mad Love - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  21. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "After the Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  22. ↑ Wollstein, Hans J. "Black Gold - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  23. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Invisible Ray - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  24. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Sabotage - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  25. ↑ Rasmussen, Linda. "The Alibi - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  26. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Love From a Stranger - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  27. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Night Must Fall - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  28. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Young and Innocent - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  29. ↑ Hastings, Michael. "They Drive by Night - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  30. ↑ Brenner, Paul. "The Lady Vanishes - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  31. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Another Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  32. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Clouds over Europe - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  33. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Exile Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  34. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "The Human Monster - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.

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