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Set-Up, TheSet-Up, The (1948) Recommended
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
This film noir classic is a gripping, real–time examination of a night in the life of an aging prize–fighter who refuses to be corrupted…
Snake Pit, TheSnake Pit, The (1948)
Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm
Hollywood melodrama that gives serious attention to the subject of mental illness with Olivia de Havilland (in a career–best performance) as a…
Sorry, Wrong NumberSorry, Wrong Number (1948) Recommended
Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster
The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
State of the UnionState of the Union (1948)
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury
An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Street With No Name, TheStreet With No Name, The (1948) Recommended
Dir. William Keighley
Feat. Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan
One of the grittier film noirs of the 1940s, evokes its tale of corruption, mob violence and FBI infiltration with a semi–documentary surface.…
They Live By NightThey Live By Night (w/ Side Street) (1948-1950) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Feat. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell
Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi–noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers…
Three GodfathersThree Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne
Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, TheTreasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart
Alltime Hollywood classic, rides with forlorn roughnecks Walter Huston and Humphrey Bogart (in a rare unsympathetic role) as they scrounge around…
Unfaithfully YoursUnfaithfully Yours (1948) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence
Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Velvet Touch, TheVelvet Touch, The (1948)
Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn
Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…

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