Sylvia Sidney

An American newspaper editor in 1920s Tokyo uncovers a secret Japanese military plan for expansion across the Pacific, and becomes a target of both the army and a double agent. James Cagney stars in this wartime thriller, which won an Academy Award for art direction. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.

Thriller · War · Drama

Alfred Hitchcock's loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. Sylvia Sidney plays Winnie Verloc, wife of a London cinema owner (Oskar Homolka) who is secretly part of a gang of saboteurs, while Scotland Yard detective Ted Spencer (John Loder) watches the family from the shop next door. The film is infamous for its bus sequence, in which a bomb is carried through London by someone who doesn't know what they're carrying — a set piece Hitchcock later said he regretted for violating his own rule of suspense over shock. Released in the US in 1937 as The Woman Alone. The film is in the public domain in the United States.

Thriller · Drama

A 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Herb Wallerstein from a teleplay by Joseph Stefano (co-creator of The Outer Limits and writer of Psycho). A bloodthirsty Bigfoot-like creature terrorizes a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies during the town's annual Snow Carnival. Former Olympic skiing champion Gar Seberg (Bo Svenson) and his wife Ellen (Yvette Mimieux) arrive seeking work, only to find vacationers disappearing. The resort owner (Sylvia Sidney) tries to keep the killings secret to protect her business, while the sheriff (Clint Walker) blames a rogue bear. One of the many Jaws-inspired creature features of the late 1970s, the film is notable for its POV monster shots and location filming in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Horror · Thriller