Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Night in Casablanca, A (1946)
- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. The Marx Brothers
- The Marx Brothers bring their revered and anarchic energy to this "post–war spoof of wartime intrigue" set in the Hotel Casablanca. Though it…
Notorious (1946)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant
- Sexy, suspenseful romantic thriller with Ingrid Bergman at her most radiant as an American spy who unwittingly falls in love with her contact, Cary…
Overlanders, The (1946)
- Dir. Harry Watt
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell
- A rather odd blend of high adventurism, wartime propaganda, and agricultural instruction, this Ealing production recounts the true story of a…
Paisa (1946)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emmanuel
- Six short films focusing on the minor victories and losses of ordinary folk during WW2. Pioneering the now–familiar use of documentary footage,…
Panique (1946)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Michel Simon, Viviane Romance
- Exemplary French noir based on the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon, the source of the Patrice Leconte film, MONSIEUR HIRE…
Pink 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 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, 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, 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 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.