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Subgenre Sampler
Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, The (1947)- Dir. Irving Reis
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple… - Playboy bachelor Cary Grant is ordered by Judge Myrna Loy to escort her teenage sister (Shirley Temple), so that the ‘bobby–soxer’ might…
Body and Soul (1947)- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad… - Vital companion–piece to FORCE OF EVIL with John Garfield again lined up for the fall, as a naive, get–ahead young boxer whose propensity…
Born to Kill (1947)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long… - Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
Brighton Rock (1947)- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell - One of the coolest British crime flicks sees Richard Attenborough give an attention–grabbing portrayal of a delinquent gang leader who wants…
Brute Force (1947)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford… - Surprisingly visceral and violent for its time, this prison drama sees Lancaster play a tough inmate in Westgate Penitentiary who decides to wage war…
Captain from Castile (1947)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero… - Extravagant technicolour epic set in the early years of the 16th century, recounting the adventures of a young nobleman (Tyrone Power) who flees…
Crossfire (1947)- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan… - Controversial Best Picture nominee, with Robert Mitchum investigating an anti–Semitic murder committed amongst American soldiers recently…
Daisy Kenyon (1947)- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda… - Joan Crawford gives one of her greatest performances in this surprisingly compelling soap opera, finding herself torn between Fonda and Andrews.…
Dark Passage (1947)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall - Smokey Bogie and Bacall noir thriller in which his convicted murderer flees prison and changes his face to prove his innocence. The first third is…
Dead Reckoning (1947)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott - Minor Bogart vehicle, playing a war veteran out to avenge the murder of his buddy. Femme Fatale Lizabeth Scott is undoubtedly involved.
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