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Subgenre Sampler
Captain Kidd (1945)- Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton… - Charles Laughton has a great time playing the 17th century English pirate, who swindles King William III. Rollicking production is a nicely comic…
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)- Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson… - Adventure film based on 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights' about a boy prince who takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father…
Frenchman's Creek (1944)- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone… - A faithful adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel about an aristocratic English woman who falls in love with a French pirate during the reign of…
Henry V (1944)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks - Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
Purple Heart, The (1944)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger… - Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944)- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch - Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)- Dir. Lewis Seiler
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, Preston Foster… - Filmed just after US victory in the Solomon Islands during WW2, this standard issue war–film is a reasonably solid account of a grueling…
Munchhausen (1943)- Dir. Josef von Baky
Feat. Hans Albers - This adaptation of the Rudolph Raspe novel about the extraordinary tall–tales of a German baron is a genuine oddity, both historically and…
We Dive at Dawn (1943)- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Eric Portman, Niall MacGinnis - Sturdy WWII actioner has a British sub sent out to sink a heavily–armed Nazi battleship with the help of three German sailors, but getting into…
One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Portman, Bernard Miles, Hugh Williams - Brisk war–thriller about how a six man British aircrew must find their way back to England across the Occupied Netherlands. Raised above the…
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