Subgenre Sampler
Under Capricorn (1949)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding… - An alcoholic woman (Bergman) is torn between her roguish husband and the governor of NSW in this Hitchcock oddity, a romantic melodrama set in…
We Were Strangers (1949)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendariz… - Adventure drama with Jennifer Jones playing a woman who joins the Cuban Underground and helps devise a plot to bring down the country's corrupt…
Where Danger Lives (w/ Tension) (1949-1950)- Dir. John Farrow, John Berry
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains… - Tautly directed crime of passion, with secret lovers Mitchum and Domergue making a beeline for the Mexican border after killing her millionaire…
Whirlpool (1949)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer… - Tierney stars as Mrs Ann Sutton, a beautiful woman who seems to be living the dream in LA with her successful psychoanalyst husband William (Conte),…
Whisky Galore! (1949)- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Joan Greenwood - When villagers on a dry Scottish isle 'rescue' a cargo of shipwrecked whiskey, a classic Ealing comedy ensues. Generous doses of sly humour help this…
White Heat (1949)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien - Intense, verging–on–primal performance from a greying James Cagney blasts this straight into the pantheon of greatest–ever crime…
Young Man With a Horn (Young Man of Music) (1949)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Doris Day, Lauren Bacall… - Sharp biopic based on legendary jazz trumpeteer Bix Beiderbecke (played here by Kirk Douglas), who rose from obscurity to possess one of the most…
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy… - Murder caper based on the short story "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldous Huxley. Charles Boyer (GASLIGHT) plays a philanderer who's accused of…
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)- Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi… - One of the best of the 35 features A&C made between 1940 and 1956 sends up those golden–age monster mashes with winning gags and detailed…
Anna Karenina (1948)- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore - Transplanted French director Duvivier – one of the key figures of 1930s "poetic realism" movement – brings grit and thoughtfulness to a…
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