A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn’t commit. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Drama
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »
Pacific Blackout (1941) Ralph Murphy, Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. Read More »
Le capitaine Fracasse / Captain Fracasse (1943) Abel Gance, Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris, Jean Weber, Drama
A destitute baron joins a troupe of travelling actors. Read More »
Gildersleeves Bad Day (1943) Gordon Douglas, Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Comedy
Assorted citizens of Summerfield, including Gildersleeve of radio fame, sit on a jury in the trial of bank robber Louie Barton. Read More »
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western
This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. Read More »
The Strawberry Blonde (1941) Raoul Walsh, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Comedy, Romance
Biff Grimes is pugnacious but likable young man during the Gay 90’s living with his ne’er-do-well father, noted for their scrappy personalities and quick tempers. Read More »
Bullets for O’Hara (1941) William K. Howard, Joan Perry, Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn, Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective (Roger Pryor) courts a gangster’s (Anthony Quinn) ex-wife (Joan Perry) to lure him into a trap. Read More »
Return of the Bad Men (1948) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, Western
When part of Indian Territory is incorporated into the United States, good-natured rancher Vance Cordell reluctantly accepts the badge of federal marshal when a flood of notorious outlaws views the new area as ripe for banditry. Included are the Dalton and Younger Gangs, Billy the Kid, and the Sundance Kid led by the notorious Wild Bill Doolin.
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Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) John Sturges, Michael Duane, Trudy Marshall, Lloyd Corrigan, Crime, Drama
Geoffrey Holden is an elderly conman who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter with the simple luxuries of life Read More »