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Tag Archives: 1940s
Cry Havoc (1943) Richard Thorpe, Margaret Sullavan

The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn’t what they expected. Read More »
Deadline for Murder (1946) James Tinling, Paul Kelly

A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. Read More »
Flight Angels (1940) Lewis Seiler, Virginia Bruce

The story is centered on commercial pilots eager to fly higher and up-in-the-air attendants eager to land a man. Read More »
None But the Lonely Heart (1944) Clifford Odets, Cary Grant

A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. Read More »
The Mad Monster (1942) Sam Newfield, Johnny Downs

A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf Read More »
Dead of Night (1945) Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse Read More »
Millions Like Us (1943) Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder

Categorised as a British World War II propaganda film this less known example is a superb work Read More »
Johnny O’Clock (1947) Robert Rossen, Dick Powell

Johnny O’Clock (Dick Powell) is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez) Read More »
Naïs (1943) Raymond Leboursier, Fernandel, Jacqueline Pagnol

Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin Read More »