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Act of Love (1953) Anatole Litvak, Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage
A former soldier on holiday in the French Riviera recalls his time in France during WWII, and his love for a French peasant woman. Read More »
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Anatole Litvak, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for her husband to return home, she picks up the phone Read More »
Decision Before Dawn (1951) Anatole Litvak, Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. Read More »
Out of the Fog (1941) Anatole Litvak, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell
In Brooklyn, fishing is the hobby of the workers Jonah Goodwin and Olaf Johnson and they use to fish every night in their old boat. Read More »
The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Anatole Litvak, Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover. Read More »
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) Anatole Litvak, Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin Read More »
Tovarich (1937) Anatole Litvak, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone
Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution, a royal Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. Read More »
Coeur de lilas (1932) Anatole Litvak, Marcelle Romée, André Luguet, Jean Gabin
Lilac is consorting with the criminal scum of Paris but then she falls in love with a handsome detective… Read More »
The Woman I Love (1937) Anatole Litvak, Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Drama, War
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer. Read More »
Castle on the Hudson (1940) Anatole Litvak, John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, Crime, Drama
Mobster Tommy Gordon isn’t worried about being sentenced to Sing Sing prison because his political pals have promised him a quick parole. Read More »
Mayerling (1936) Anatole Litvak, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering Read More »
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak, Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Drama, Mystery
Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum…and can’t remember how she got there. Read More »
The Sisters (1938) Anatole Litvak, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise, Drama
Sisters Louise Elliott, Helen Elliott and Grace Elliott – the daughters of pharmacist Ned Elliott and his wife Rose Elliott Read More »
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Anatole Litvak, Edward G. Robinson, George Sanders, Francis Lederer, Drama, War
Prior to the United States entry into World War II, Nazi spies try to steal American military secrets. Among those whose passions are roused is Kurt Schneider who was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged from the US Army. Schneider is not very bright and is easily swayed by the oratory of Dr. Karl Kassel, a prominent physician who is eventually made the head of the Nazi spy ring. When Schneider’s contact is arrested in Scotland, the US military asks the FBI to root out the spies. Agent Edward Renard is put in charge of the case and they methodically arrest all who have been spying.
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