Great Thriller Films provides a look at some four dozen films made between 1941 and 1988, and includes complete cast lists, directorial credits, running times, plot synopses, and pictures, many of the latter which have never been seen anywhere else. Films included in this book are theose made in Hollywood or Great Britain, ranging from classics like Gaslight (1944) and Key Laro (1948) to more recent ones such as Witness (1985), and The Untouchables (1987). Directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Winner are represented, and iconic actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Bette Davis, Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Anthony Hopkins, Cint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, and harrison Ford.