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Tag Archives: 1940s
Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Robert Florey

When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring. Read More »
The Punch Bowl / Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944) Helmut Weiss, Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak

Hans Pfeiffer and some of his friends are drinking “Feuerzangenbowle”. Talking about their school-time they discover that Hans Read More »
Living in a Big Way (1947) Gregory La Cava, Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger

Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. Read More »
Brief Encounter (1945) David Lean, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway

After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) Read More »
Prison Warden (1949) Seymour Friedman, Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, Harlan Warde

Victor Burnell (Warner Baxter) is a public health official who is appointed warden Read More »
Too Many Winners (1947) William Beaudine, Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn

Michael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets Read More »
The Velvet Touch (1948) Jack Gage, Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor

Broadway star Valerie Stanton, breaking up with her producer-lover Gordon Dunning, unintentionally kills him. Read More »
Sinister Journey (1948) George Archainbaud, William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks

Having trouble, railroad executive Tom Smith sends for Hoppy. Two of Smith’s employees, Roberts and Banks are after his money. Read More »
The Guinea Pig (1948) Roy Boulting, Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles

Jack Read, a working-class boy, wins a scholarship to a public school as part of a post-World War II Read More »