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Inspector General, The (1949)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Danny Kaye, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart… - Danny Kaye plays a travelling salesman who is arrested in a small–town and mistakenly identified as a feared tax–inspector. One of Kaye's…
It's a Great Feeling (1949)- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Doris Day… - Soft–edged Hollywood satire with Jack Carson, Denny Morgan and Doris Day on the path to success. Notable for its great array of show–biz…
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Alec Guinness - Distinguished Ealing black comedy about a disaffected cast–off of an aristocratic family who murders his way through a series of dotty…
Ladies of the Chorus (1949)- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe - Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.
Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern… - Three women each hear from a friend that she is about to run off with one of their husbands. Replete with characteristically sharp dialogue from the…
Little Women (1949)- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor… - Technicolour adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel about four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The fourth of seven film…
Love Happy (1949)- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Marilyn Monroe - Final Marx Bros. comedy, is a downbeat entry, with a brief scene with Marilyn Monroe.
Man from Colorado, The (1949)- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew - Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)- Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith… - Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Mighty Joe Young (1949)- Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong… - Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise. Here, Armstrong…
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