Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
All the King's Men (1949)
- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge - Broderick Crawford brilliantly plays a well intentioned but bullheaded Southern senator whose thirst for power sets him on the road to ruin. Fine…
Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949)- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant - George and Ira Gershwin musical reuniting Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart, who play a husband and wife comedy team at a…
Batman and Robin (1949)- Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett
- The first screen incarnation of Bob Kane's comicbook duo – a 15–episode serial following the caped crusaders portentous perils. Two…
Battleground (1949)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban… - A tough depiction of WW2 combat set among an American squad during the gruelling Battle of the Bulge, that stands as something of an early classic.…
Big Steal, The (w/ Illegal) (1949-1955)- Dir. Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Feat. Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer… - On the run after being framed for a payroll robbery, GI Robert Mitchum evades William Bendix, teaming up with Jane Greer enroute to Mexico. Exciting…
Black Magic (1949)- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff - Orson Welles excels an 18th century hypnotist, part Gypsy charlatan, part demonic master of the black arts, who uses his powers for revenge against…
Boys in Brown, The (1949)- Dir. Montgomery Tully
Feat. Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde… - Soft youth rebellion drama with Jack Warner as warden of a borstal struggling to keep his tempestuous young charges in line. Mostly of note for its…
Caught (1949)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason - Noir–melodrama hybrid has half–mad millionaire Robert Ryan (a role based on Howard Hughes), wrapping Barbara Bel Geddes in the coils of a…
Champion (1949)- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Kirk Douglas - Kirk Douglas is sensational as a hot–blooded prize–fighter who winds up hurting himself after alienating the friends and family who aided…
Eureka Stockade (Massacre Hill) (1949)- Dir. Harry Watt
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert… - Stirring account of the Victorian gold miners rebellion against British colonial authority in the 1850's and it's violent result. Ealing Studio's…
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