Subgenre Sampler
Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson - The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Anne Baxter, Edward Ryan - Early telling of the true story that inspired SAVING PRIVATE RYAN about five brothers who served in WWII (in reality, at Guadacanal).
Frenchman's Creek (1944)- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone… - A faithful adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel about an aristocratic English woman who falls in love with a French pirate during the reign of…
Gaslight (1944)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten - Menacing, atmospheric psycho–thriller in which Ingrid Bergman marries suave romantic Charles Boyer, unaware of his murderous obsession to find…
Going My Way (1944)- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Bing Crosby - Oscar–sweeping musical favourite stars Bing Crosby as the singing priest, Father O'Malley, whose casual unorthodoxy casts an influential spell.
Great Moment, The (1944)- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Joel McCrea, Betty Field, William Demarest… - An oddly serious drama for dir. Sturges, this biopic of WTG Morgan (who discovered the anaesthetic properties of ether in the 19th century), played…
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest… - Crazed comedy from dir. Sturges, with Bracken starring as a WW2 soldier, who never actually saw any action because of his hay fever, but who upon…
Henry V (1944)- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks - Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
House of Frankenstein (1944)- Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney… - Genuinely odd horror film in the Universal Studios stable, has scientist Karloff rolling out a monster freakshow of the 'classics', including…
Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944)- Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price… - Quietly powerful drama about a devout Catholic priest (played by a young Gregory Peck) who travels to China to establish a parish. Through…
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