Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Whispering Smith (1948)- Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall… - Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.
Yellow Sky (1948)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark… - Tough–minded western shot largely in Death Valley has Anne Baxter coming across a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in a neighboring…
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte… - A group of OSS operatives penetrate behind German lines in this rough–edged WWII thriller. Seeking a secret missile site, they must also…
A Double Life (1947)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters… - Ronald Colman won a Best Actor Oscar as a Broadway idol who immerses himself in the role of Othello and allows his off–stage cruel streak to…
Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, The (The Egg and I, Further Adventures, Go to Town, On the Farm) (1947-1951)- Dir. Chester Erskine, Charles Lamont, Edward Sedgwick
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main… - The first four movies about the homespun, cornpoke hillbilly couple, drawn from Betty MacDonald's bestselling book 'The Egg and I'. Cheaply made, but…
Angel and the Badman (1947)- Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. John Wayne, Gail Russell - Classic model Western with big John Wayne as a gunfighter tamed by the love of a good woman.
Body and Soul (1947)- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad… - Vital companion–piece to FORCE OF EVIL with John Garfield again lined up for the fall, as a naive, get–ahead young boxer whose propensity…
Born to Kill (1947)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long… - Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
Brighton Rock (1947)- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell - One of the coolest British crime flicks sees Richard Attenborough give an attention–grabbing portrayal of a delinquent gang leader who wants…
Brute Force (1947)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford… - Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
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