Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3628 Films to Buy & Rent
Reckless Moment, The (1949)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks…
- Masterful suspenser in which concerned parent Joan Bennett covers up an apparent murder in order to protect her vulnerable daughter and…
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. John Wayne
- Popular WWII saga with John Wayne as a tough Sarg, spurring his troops on in the Pacific.
Secret Garden, The (1949)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell…
- Story about an orphan who discovers a secret garden at her Uncle's Victorian manor continues to fascinate young and old. Colour sequences give the…
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar…
- Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
Shockproof (1949)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Cornel Wilde
- Written by Samuel Fuller. A parole officer falls in love with a beautiful parolee, and tries to keep her away from her gambling ex–boyfriend.…
Small Back Room, The (Hour of Glory, The) (1949)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins…
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Sorrowful Jones (1949)
- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest…
- Buddy comedy with Bob Hope as an inveterate gambler who fins himself the guardian for a young girl.
Story of Seabiscuit, The (1949)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister
- Shirley Temple stars in this version of the Seabiscuit racehorse story in which the 1930s 'underdog' triumphed against the thoroughbred champions of…
Stray Dog (Nora Inu) (1949)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
- An early film noir from Japan’s best–known director tracks police detective Toshiro Mifune into the underbelly of Tokyo in search of a pistol…
Streets of Laredo (1949)
- Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman…
- Middling western with Holden as an outlaw who separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit…