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Subgenre Sampler
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.
My Brother's Keeper (1948)- Dir. Alfred Roome
Feat. Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson… - Rickety chase film from Gainsborough Pictures with two prisoners chained together making a dash for freedom.
Naked City, The (1948)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart… - Classic crime thriller has its eye on a young woman's murder in the 'naked city' of New York, and the two veteran cops in charge of tracking down her…
Oliver Twist (1948)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh… - Astonishing version of the Dicken's classic, notable for great atmosphere and Alec Guinness.
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