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Subgenre Sampler
Road House (1948)- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Richard Widmark, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde… - Engrossing melodrama exploring the dark side of human emotion. Psychotic club owner Richard Widmark goes into a jealous rampage when his girl decides…
Rope (1948)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger - A perverse comedy about a couple of gay men who murder a friend for the thrill of it, then throw a party with the body hidden in a cabinet. Hitch's…
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)- Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. John Mills - Ealing studios produced thie epic recount of Scott's final voyage to the South Pole. With John Mills.
Set-Up, The (1948)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias - This film noir classic is a gripping, real–time examination of a night in the life of an aging prize–fighter who refuses to be corrupted…
Snake Pit, The (1948)- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm - Hollywood melodrama that gives serious attention to the subject of mental illness with Olivia de Havilland (in a career–best performance) as a…
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster - The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
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.
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