Susan Trexel is a rich socialite, who while vacationing in Europe experiences a spiritual transformation. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Whispering Footsteps (1943) Howard Bretherton, John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, Joan Blair, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in Indianapolis, and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there. Read More »
The Pied Piper (1942) Irving Pichel, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Drama
Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing vacation in southern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Read More »
The Gay Falcon (1941) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Society grand dame Maxine Wood who hosts charity celebrations in her residence is mixed up in a stone theft racket that defrauds insurance businesses. Read More »
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and also the convicted of war bonds. He gets his escape to the hills where he hides out at a rustic lodge. Read More »
The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter Read More »
Down Mexico Way (1941) Joseph Santley, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Comedy, Thriller, Western
Gene and Frog head down to Mexico, hot on the trail of a group of swindlers who convince townspeople to invest in movies to be filmed on location in their town, and then skip out without making the films. Read More »
D.O.A. (1949) Rudolph Maté, Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. Read More »
The Locket (1946) John Brahm, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Drama, Film-Noir
Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancée John Willis… until, just before the ceremony, Willis is approached by Harry Blair, claiming to be Nancy’s former husband. Read More »
Danger Signal (1945) Robert Florey, Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Smooth-talker Ronnie Mason earns his living by murdering lonely women for their inheritances. Read More »