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Tag Archives: 1940s
Dr. Gillespies Criminal Case (1943) Willis Goldbeck, Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke

When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Read More »
Murder Melody (1944) Bodil Ipsen, Gull-Maj Norin, Poul Reichhardt, Angelo Bruun

One rainy night between five and six happens a crime, which terrifies the inhabitants of the city. Read More »
Music in Darkness (1948) Ingmar Bergman, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand

Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. Read More »
Pueblerina (1949) Emilio Fernández, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel

The hero, played by Roberto Canedo, is framed for murder and sentenced to a dozen years in jail. Read More »
Enamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general (Armendáriz) and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. Read More »
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. Read More »
Tower of Terror (1941) Lawrence Huntington, Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie

A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani

Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. Read More »