
Categorised as a British World War II propaganda film this less known example is a superb work Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
Morituri (1948) Eugen York, Lotte Koch, Hilde Körber

As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing Read More »
Railroaded! (1947) Anthony Mann, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan

Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend Read More »
Edge of Darkness (1943) Lewis Milestone, Errol Flynn

It’s two years after the Nazi’s invasion of Norway and in a small fishing village that is headquarters to 150 German soldiers Read More »
Holiday in Mexico (1946) George Sidney, Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi

The U.S. Ambassador’s (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather. Read More »
Alias Nick Beal (1949) John Farrow, Ray Milland

Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster’s main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. Read More »
Days of Hope / L’espoir (1940) André Malraux, Boris Peskine, Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Santpere

1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) Read More »
Possessed (1947) Curtis Bernhardt, Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. Read More »