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Tag Archives: 1949
La trampa (1949) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Zully Moreno, George Rigaud, Juana Sujo
Star Zully Moreno portrays a woman who marries a man she knows thorugh a personal ad. Read More »
Whirlpool (1949) Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer
The wife of a psycho-analyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Read More »
Man on the Run (1949) Lawrence Huntington, Joan Hopkins, Derek Farr, Edward Chapman
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. Read More »
Portrait from Life (1949) Terence Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. Read More »
The Lost People (1949) Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles, Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough
Set in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate Read More »
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) Burgess Meredith, Irving Allen, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone
In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) Read More »
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) Anthony Pelissier, John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Betty Ann Davies
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father Read More »
Strange Bargain (1949) Will Price, Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan
Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise Read More »
The Emperor of Capri AKA L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »