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Tag Archives: 1940s
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan
Monsieur Verdoux is a bluebeard, he marries women and kills them after the marriage Read More »
La trampa (1949) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Zully Moreno, George Rigaud, Juana Sujo
Star Zully Moreno portrays a woman who marries a man she knows thorugh a personal ad. Read More »
Whirlpool (1949) Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer
The wife of a psycho-analyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Read More »
Salty O’Rourke (1945) Raoul Walsh, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. Read More »
Cyclone on Horseback (1941) Edward Killy, Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley
Delivering horses, Stan Bradford gets caught up in Cobb Wayne’s attempt Read More »
Just Before Dawn (1946) William Castle, Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck
In the 7th film of the “Crime Doctor” series based on the radio program Read More »
Man on the Run (1949) Lawrence Huntington, Joan Hopkins, Derek Farr, Edward Chapman
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. Read More »
Follow the Boys (1944) A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins, George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald
During World War II, all the studios put out “all-star” vehicles which featured virtually Read More »
Blondie Goes Latin (1941) Frank R. Strayer, Robert Sparks, Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms
Dagwood disguises himself as a drummer in the ship’s conga band to sneak aboard Read More »
Dangerous Millions (1946) James Tinling, Kent Taylor, Dona Drake, Tala Birell
A shipping magnate hatches a plan for testing the worth of his heirs, none of whom he has ever seen. Read More »
Flight to Nowhere (1946) William Rowland, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel
Alan Curtis plays Holby Carrington, a pilot who owns a charter aircraft. Read More »
Down with Misery AKA Abbasso la miseria! (1945) Gennaro Righelli, Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni Read More »
Raiders of the Desert (1941) John Rawlins, Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Linda Hayes
Dick Manning (Richard Arlen) and Andy “Hammer” McCoy (Andy Devine), neither one any smarter than the other Read More »
Johnny Frenchman (1945) Charles Frend, Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc
There is always rivalry between the Cornish and Breton fishermen, but the two factions have a routine ebb Read More »