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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Lady Eve (1941) Preston Sturges, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. Read More »
Frenchman’s Creek (1944) Mitchell Leisen, Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone
An English lady bored with London society brings her 2 children to their country home. Read More »
The Lone Wolf in London (1947) Leslie Goodwins, Gerald Mohr, Nancy Saunders, Eric Blore
Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr) is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard Read More »
Counter-Espionage (1942) Edward Dmytryk, Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing. Read More »
The Silver Darlings (1947) Clarence Elder, Norman Williams, Christopher Capon, Murdo Morrison
A harsh if ultimately optimistic depiction of life in the unforgiving Hebrides Read More »
Trottie True (1949) Brian Desmond Hurst, Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair
In the 1890s, Trottie True moves from bit theatre parts to stardom, and from balloonist Sid Skinner to more prominent men. Read More »
Western Heritage (1948) Wallace Grissell, Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin
A forger has made a copy of a Spanish land grant and Arnold is after it. Read More »
The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947) D. Ross Lederman, Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Sheila Ryan
A croupier is murdered in a Mexico City gambling casino and the Lone Wolf is suspected. Read More »
One Dangerous Night (1943) Michael Gordon, Warren William, Eric Blore, Marguerite Chapman
Michael Lanyard (Warren William), alias the Lone Wolf and his man Friday Read More »