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Subgenre Sampler
Africa Screams (1949)- Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello - More dependable comedy from the Abbott and Costello duo, this time running amok in Africa, complete with racial stereotypes.
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…
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…
Ealing Comedy Collection Boxset (Passport to Pimlico, Whisky Galore!, The Lavender Hill Mob, School for Scoundrels, The Maggie) (1949-1960)- Five of Ealing Studios' most enduring – and endearing – comedies.
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