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Pink String And Sealing WaxPink String And Sealing Wax (1946)
Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson
Brit film noir set in a dark and dirty Brighton sees a scheming landlady (Withers) befriend a young chemist's assistant in order to obtain poison to…
Postman Always Rings TwicePostman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. John Garfield, Lana Turner
Steamy film noir with John Garfield and Lana Turner as doomed, murderous lovers.
Purple Monster Strikes, ThePurple Monster Strikes, The (1946)
Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Feat. Dennis Moore, Roy Barcroft, Linda Stirling
Charmingly hokey serial with a shape–shifting martian out to steal our best scientific secrets setting the stage for an alien invasion.
Razor's Edge, TheRazor's Edge, The (1946)
Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter
Engrossing adaptation of Somerset Maugham's philosophical novel about an affluent war veteran's worldly search for spiritual fulfillment.
Road to UtopiaRoad to Utopia (1946)
Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
The final and perhaps wackiest of the "Road to...' series, this time in the Klondike goldrush. Many goofy gags and a few cliches too.
ShoeshineShoeshine (Sciuscia) (1946) Recommended
Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Perhaps Vittorio De Sica's first acknowledged masterpiece, concerns two young boys struggling to survive on the streets of post–WWII Rome by…
Somewhere in the NightSomewhere in the Night (1946)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan
Often underrated 'film noir' has an amnesiac soldier (Hodiak) return to Los Angeles from WW2 to rediscover his identity, only he may not want to... A…
Spiral Staircase, TheSpiral Staircase, The (1946)
Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent
This creaky staircase descends into a spooky mansion of cantankerous matriarchs, mute nymphettes, 'weak' stepsons and impending murder. Dated, yes,…
Strange Love of Martha IversStrange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin
Compelling noir with Barbara Stanwyck as the eponymous rich bitch whose dark secret threatens to topple her off her ivory tower.
Stranger, TheStranger, The (1946)
Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson
Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…

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