A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
Northern Pursuit (1943) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. Read More »
Ridin on a Rainbow (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Action, Adventure, Musical, Western
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Read More »
Whom the Gods Love (1942) Karl Hartl, Hans Holt, Irene von Meyendorff, Winnie Markus, Biography, Drama, History
On a trip to Paris in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited Madame Weber and falls in love with her daughter, the singer Aloysia. Read More »
The Big Steal (1949) Don Siegel, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Crime, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller
Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidently meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Read More »
Submarine Raider (1942) Lew Landers, Budd Boetticher, John Howard, Marguerite Chapman, Bruce Bennett, Drama, War
On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier “Hiranamu”, orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. Read More »
The Woman in the Window (1944) Fritz Lang, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Gotham College professor Wanley and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to the men’s club. Read More »
I Was Framed (1942) D. Ross Lederman, Tod Andrews, Julie Bishop, Regis Toomey, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn’t commit. Read More »
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Drama
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »
Pacific Blackout (1941) Ralph Murphy, Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. Read More »
Le capitaine Fracasse / Captain Fracasse (1943) Abel Gance, Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris, Jean Weber, Drama
A destitute baron joins a troupe of travelling actors. Read More »
Gildersleeves Bad Day (1943) Gordon Douglas, Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Comedy
Assorted citizens of Summerfield, including Gildersleeve of radio fame, sit on a jury in the trial of bank robber Louie Barton. Read More »
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western
This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. Read More »
The Strawberry Blonde (1941) Raoul Walsh, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Comedy, Romance
Biff Grimes is pugnacious but likable young man during the Gay 90’s living with his ne’er-do-well father, noted for their scrappy personalities and quick tempers. Read More »