Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
State of the Union (1948)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury - An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Street With No Name, The (1948)
- Dir. William Keighley
Feat. Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan… - One of the grittier film noirs of the 1940s, evokes its tale of corruption, mob violence and FBI infiltration with a semi–documentary surface.…
They Live By Night (w/ Side Street) (1948-1950)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Feat. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell - Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi–noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers…
Three Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne - Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Three Musketeers, The (1948)- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Gene Kelly, Lana Turner - An inventive and high–spirited version with duels presented like musical numbers.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart - Alltime Hollywood classic, rides with forlorn roughnecks Walter Huston and Humphrey Bogart (in a rare unsympathetic role) as they scrounge around…
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence… - Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Velvet Touch, The (1948)- Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn… - Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…
Whispering Smith (1948)- Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall… - Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.
Yellow Sky (1948)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark… - Tough–minded western shot largely in Death Valley has Anne Baxter coming across a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in a neighboring…
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