Film Index
American cinema: 1940s
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Henry Hathaway
During the later years of WWII, Bob Sharkey has the job of training spies in the American Strategic Services. His boss informs him that one of his latest recruits, Bill O'Connell, is a Nazi agent...
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Henry Hathaway
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Alfred J. Goulding
Down to their last six dollars, Stan and Ollie are reduced to posing as a husband and wife to secure the post of butler and housemaid to the wealthy Vandeveers...
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Alfred J. Goulding
A Double Life (1947)
George Cukor
Anthony John is a renowned stage actor who, against his better judgement, allows himself to be coaxed into playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Othello...
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George Cukor
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Billy Wilder
After WWII, an American government committee arrives in Berlin to carry out an investigation into the morale of US troops...
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Billy Wilder
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
One bright Saturday morning, three friends, Deborah, Rita and Lora, are about to take a party of school children on a riverside picnic when a messenger hands them a letter...
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
Archie Mayo
A gang of Nazis in Casablanca are planning to secure the management of a hotel so that they can get their hands on the priceless art treasures hidden in one of its rooms... [More...]
Archie Mayo
A gang of Nazis in Casablanca are planning to secure the management of a hotel so that they can get their hands on the priceless art treasures hidden in one of its rooms... [More...]
A Woman's Secret (1949)
Nicholas Ray
After a radio recording, the famous singer Susan Caldwell, known to all as Estrellita, returns to her apartment to tell her manager Marion Washbourn that she intends to end her career... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
After a radio recording, the famous singer Susan Caldwell, known to all as Estrellita, returns to her apartment to tell her manager Marion Washbourn that she intends to end her career... [More...]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Charles Barton
Chick Young and Wilbur Grey are baggage clerks who, one day, are asked to deliver two crates to a waxworks museum. According to the crates' owner, these contain the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster... [More...]
Charles Barton
Chick Young and Wilbur Grey are baggage clerks who, one day, are asked to deliver two crates to a waxworks museum. According to the crates' owner, these contain the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster... [More...]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
John Cromwell
In the 1830s, a modest woodsman named Abe Lincoln leaves his home and his mother in Kentucky to settle in New Salem, where he finds popularity as a store owner... [More...]
Adam's Rib (1949)
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
George Cukor
District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress... [More...]
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls' school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story... [More...]
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
George Sidney
Returning home to a hero's welcome after WWII, navy personnel Clarence Doolittle and Joe Brady can hardly wait to get ashore and extract every last morsel of pleasure from their leave... [More...]
And Then There Were None (1945)
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
René Clair
Eight men and women, all unknown to each other, accept a mysterious invitation to an island estate. They are welcomed by two domestic servants, Mr and Mrs Rogers, who appear to be as ignorant of the reason for the meeting as the guests are... [More...]
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Archie Mayo
On his release from prison, Eddie Kagle's only thought is to recover the ill-gotten gains from the robbery that led to his arrest... [More...]
Archie Mayo
On his release from prison, Eddie Kagle's only thought is to recover the ill-gotten gains from the robbery that led to his arrest... [More...]
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Paris, 1938. As Europe rushes towards war, the French capital is flooded with illegal immigrants hoping to escape persecution and imprisonment in their own countries... [More...]
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster returns to Brooklyn to visit his elderly aunts Abby and Martha with the news that he has just got married... [More...]
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
Henry Levin
It has been some years since Robin Hood and his merry men thwarted the tyranny of King John and brought justice to the people of England... [More...]
Henry Levin
It has been some years since Robin Hood and his merry men thwarted the tyranny of King John and brought justice to the people of England... [More...]
Bedlam (1946)
Mark Robson
London, 1761. George Sims is the apothecary general of at St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, commonly known as Bedlam, an institution which serves as a dumping ground for society's mentally ill... [More...]
Mark Robson
London, 1761. George Sims is the apothecary general of at St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, commonly known as Bedlam, an institution which serves as a dumping ground for society's mentally ill... [More...]
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Leo McCarey
Catholic priest Father O'Malley is assigned to St Mary's, a run-down New York school which is kept going only by the enthusiasm of the nuns who run it... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Catholic priest Father O'Malley is assigned to St Mary's, a run-down New York school which is kept going only by the enthusiasm of the nuns who run it... [More...]
The Big Clock (1948)
John Farrow
George Stroud is the editor-in-chief on Crimeways, a magazine that has a reputation for hunting down criminals more successfully than the police... [More...]
John Farrow
George Stroud is the editor-in-chief on Crimeways, a magazine that has a reputation for hunting down criminals more successfully than the police... [More...]
The Big Noise (1944)
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
The Big Sleep (1946)
Howard Hawks
General Sternwood hires private detective Philip Marlowe to investigate a bookseller named Geiger who appears to be blackmailing his daughter, Carmen... [More...]
Howard Hawks
General Sternwood hires private detective Philip Marlowe to investigate a bookseller named Geiger who appears to be blackmailing his daughter, Carmen... [More...]
The Big Steal (1949)
Don Siegel
Duke Halliday, a lieutenant in the United States army, finds himself in deep water when Jim Fiske robs him of a substantial payroll... [More...]
Don Siegel
Duke Halliday, a lieutenant in the United States army, finds himself in deep water when Jim Fiske robs him of a substantial payroll... [More...]
The Big Store (1941)
Charles Reisner
Singer Tommy Rogers intends to sell his share in Phelps Department Store so that he can open a music school in a poor area of New York... [More...]
Charles Reisner
Singer Tommy Rogers intends to sell his share in Phelps Department Store so that he can open a music school in a poor area of New York... [More...]
The Big Street (1942)
Irving Reis
Augustus Pinkerton II, known to all as Little Pinks, ekes out a living in New York as a busboy at some of the classiest joints in town... [More...]
Irving Reis
Augustus Pinkerton II, known to all as Little Pinks, ekes out a living in New York as a busboy at some of the classiest joints in town... [More...]
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Henry Koster
Bishop Henry Brougham has become so preoccupied with raising funds to build his dream cathedral that he has neglected his wife and his more important clerical duties... [More...]
Henry Koster
Bishop Henry Brougham has become so preoccupied with raising funds to build his dream cathedral that he has neglected his wife and his more important clerical duties... [More...]
Black Friday (1940)
Arthur Lubin
When George Kingsley, a professor of English literature, is knocked down by a car driven by gangster boss Red Cannon his chances of survival are minimal... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
When George Kingsley, a professor of English literature, is knocked down by a car driven by gangster boss Red Cannon his chances of survival are minimal... [More...]
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Mervyn LeRoy
Devastated by the tragic death of her infant son, the wealthy socialite Edna Gladney copes with her grief by opening a day nursery for the children of working mothers at her large Texas home... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
Devastated by the tragic death of her infant son, the wealthy socialite Edna Gladney copes with her grief by opening a day nursery for the children of working mothers at her large Texas home... [More...]
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
George Marshall
Naval officer Johnny Morrison returns home after serving in the war with two of his colleagues, George Copeland and Buzz Wanchek... [More...]
George Marshall
Naval officer Johnny Morrison returns home after serving in the war with two of his colleagues, George Copeland and Buzz Wanchek... [More...]
Bluebeard (1944)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Paris is caught in a grip of terror. Several young women have been murdered, their bodies dumped in the River Seine, and the police search in vain to find the killer who has been dubbed Bluebeard... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Paris is caught in a grip of terror. Several young women have been murdered, their bodies dumped in the River Seine, and the police search in vain to find the killer who has been dubbed Bluebeard... [More...]