King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren’t going well. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
This Land Is Mine (1943) Jean Renoir, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, George Sanders, Drama, War
Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward, but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. Read More »
Bullet Scars (1942) D. Ross Lederman, Regis Toomey, Adele Longmire, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Read More »
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Gordon Douglas, Louis Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. Read More »
Repeat Performance (1947) Alfred L. Werker, Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don’t know how or why. Read More »
The Bandit Trail (1941) Edward Killy, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Western
Rancher Tom Haggerty is killed trying to stop a gun battle between his hot-headed brother Red and the sheriff, who is trying to repossess Haggerty’s ranch for defaulting on a bank loan. Read More »
Halfway to Shanghai (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, Adventure, Mystery
The film itself concerns a train hurtling through the night toward Rangoon (which must be half-way to Shanghai from some point) Read More »
The Seventh Cross (1944) Fred Zinnemann, Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Drama, War
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. Read More »
Decoy (1946) Jack Bernhard, Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Gangster Frank Olins is to die in the gas chamber much to the dismay of his girlfriend Margot Shelby as he is carrying the secret of the location of $400,000 with him. Read More »
She Went to the Races (1945) Willis Goldbeck, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner, Comedy
Gifford plays beautiful professor Ann Wotters, who develops a scientific method of picking winners at the race track. Read More »
Tales of Manhattan (1942) Julien Duvivier, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Comedy, Drama, Romance
An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. Read More »
The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) Ray McCarey, Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray, Comedy, Western
Rodeo rider Lank tries his hand at movie making. Spoiled established star Crystal throws tantrums, but after the rodeo she’s easy for Lank to handle. Read More »
The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947) D. Ross Lederman, Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Sheila Ryan, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A croupier is murdered in a Mexico City gambling casino and the Lone Wolf is suspected. Read More »
Deadline for Murder (1946) James Tinling, Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. Read More »
The Nurses Secret (1941) Noel M. Smith, Lee Patrick, Regis Toomey, Julie Bishop, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Murder mystery with a nurse (Lee Patrick) moving into a mansion after an apparent suicide to care for the old mother. Read More »