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Subgenre Sampler
He Walked By Night (1948)- Dir. Alfred L. Werker
Feat. Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts - High–tension film noir shot in semi documentary style follows Richard Basehart as a psychopathic loner being doggedly pursued by LAPD's finest.
Joan of Arc (1948)- Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Gene Lockhart… - Ingrid Bergman is radiant as the saintly Joan in Fleming's last film, and though perhaps unsuitably theatrical, has been greatly improved by…
Jungle Jim (1948)- Dir. William Berke
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller - Johhny Weissmuller's follow–up role to Tarzan, as similiarly styled jungle adventurer, with companion chimpanzee.
Key Largo (1948)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall - Moody, suspenseful melodrama in which war vet Humphrey Bogart is confronted with gangster nastiness on the Florida Keys. Lauren Bacall looks on.
Lady from Shanghai (1948)- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles - A bold experiment from Orson Welles in which his Irish traveller joins Rita Hayworth and others aboard a luxury yacht where a murder–mystery…
Les Enfants Terribles (The Strange Ones) (1948)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Edouard Dermithe, Nicole Stephane - A poetic drama–fantasy from the pen of Jean Cocteau (who also directed several scenes), that centres round the narcissistic,…
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan - Joan Fontaine waxes regretfully in a letter to her object of infatuation, a womanizing concert pianist (dishy Louis Jourdan) in late 19th Century…
- Loves of Carmen, The (1948)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford - Famous Spanish fable with Rita Hayworth making a fine sultry, conniving Gypsy whose love for a respectable corporal leads to murder. No music, though.
Macbeth (1948)- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall - An expressionistic version of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, with Welles in the title role. Shot quickly and on the cheap, this is notoriously…
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas - Reliably entertaining comedy has newlywed city slickers Cary Grant and Myrna Loy attempt to live in the quiet countryside.
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