In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1949
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) Anthony Pelissier, John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Betty Ann Davies
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father Read More »
Strange Bargain (1949) Will Price, Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan
Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise Read More »
The Emperor of Capri AKA L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
El Paso (1949) Lewis R. Foster, John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend Read More »
One Last Fling (1949) Peter Godfrey, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy
Larry and Olivia Pearce have been married less than a year and Olivia is anxious Read More »
White Shanks AKA Pattes blanches (1949) Jean Grémillon, Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard
An eccentric man (Paul Bernard) endangers himself when he makes advances Read More »
Arson, Inc. (1949) William Berke, Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy
Fireman Joe Martin comes to suspect that fires occurring in the warehouse Read More »
Give Us This Day (1949) Edward Dmytryk, Sam Wanamaker, Lea Padovani, Kathleen Ryan
One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City’s ‘Little Italy” as the locale. Read More »
Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949) Lewis D. Collins, Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn
In the second of the four Cinecolor “Red Ryder” films PRODUCED by Equity Pictures and released Read More »
The Threat (1949) Felix E. Feist, Michael O’Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw
At Folsom Prison, several inmates escape…including killer Arnold Kluger, who swore revenge Read More »
In the Name of the Law AKA In nome della legge (1949) Pietro Germi, Massimo Girotti, Charles Vanel, Jone Salinas
A mule cart crosses the countryside. Two bandits push the driver off and, when he resists, kill him. Read More »
Make Believe Ballroom (1949) Joseph Santley, Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell
Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest Read More »
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949) Tay Garnett, Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D. Read More »