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American cinema: 1940s
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Vincent Sherman
With a host of eligible young bachelors throwing themselves at her feet, socialite beauty Fanny Trellis surprises everyone by marrying a middle-aged Jewish stockbroker named Job Skeffington...
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Vincent Sherman
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Edward Dmytryk
Private detective Philip Marlowe has his work cut out when two cases fall into his lap at the same time. First, ex-convict Moose Malloy hires him to find his missing girlfriend, Velma...
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Edward Dmytryk
My Darling Clementine (1946)
John Ford
The Earp brothers - Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil and James - are driving their cattle across open country towards California. Whilst crossing Arizona, they run into Old Man Clanton, a local farmer, who offers to buy their cattle at a derisory price which they turn down...
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John Ford
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Garson Kanin
Ellen Arden returns to her family home to find that her husband Nick has just married another woman, Bianca. Nick is under the misapprehension that Ellen is dead, having drowned seven years ago during a nature expedition...
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Garson Kanin
The Naked City (1948)
Jules Dassin
One hot summer evening in New York City, playgirl Jean Dexter, is murdered, downed in her bathtub by two assailants. Detective Lieutenant Dan Muldoon is assigned to investigate the killing, assisted by his less experienced colleague Jimmy Halloran...
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Jules Dassin
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Edmund Goulding
Stanton Carlisle is a drifter who gets a job with a travelling carnival, the main attractions of which include “the Geek”, a rundown wreck of a man who bites the heads off live chickens, and Zeena, a mind-reader and fortune teller... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Stanton Carlisle is a drifter who gets a job with a travelling carnival, the main attractions of which include “the Geek”, a rundown wreck of a man who bites the heads off live chickens, and Zeena, a mind-reader and fortune teller... [More...]
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
Clifford Odets
On the eve of WWII, Ernie Mott returns to his home in the East End of London, but he has no intention of staying. He seeks a better life, and hopes that one day, by travelling around, he may find it... [More...]
Clifford Odets
On the eve of WWII, Ernie Mott returns to his home in the East End of London, but he has no intention of staying. He seeks a better life, and hopes that one day, by travelling around, he may find it... [More...]
Notorious (1946)
Alfred Hitchcock
Shortly after her father is arrested on a charge of treason, Alicia Huberman is recruited by an American government agent, Devlin, to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Rio de Janeiro... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Shortly after her father is arrested on a charge of treason, Alicia Huberman is recruited by an American government agent, Devlin, to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Rio de Janeiro... [More...]
Now, Voyager (1942)
Irving Rapper
As a direct result of her mother's domineering treatment of her, Charlotte Vale, the youngest child of a wealthy Boston family, has grown up to be a repressed old maid... [More...]
Irving Rapper
As a direct result of her mother's domineering treatment of her, Charlotte Vale, the youngest child of a wealthy Boston family, has grown up to be a repressed old maid... [More...]
On the Town (1949)
Stanley Donen
Once their ship has docked in New York Harbour, three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - head straight for the thundering heart of the city, determined not to waste one second of their 24 hours' shore leave... [More...]
Stanley Donen
Once their ship has docked in New York Harbour, three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - head straight for the thundering heart of the city, determined not to waste one second of their 24 hours' shore leave... [More...]
Out of the Past (1947)
Jacques Tourneur
Jeff Bailey is leading a contented if uneventful life as a petrol station owner in a backwater town when his murky past suddenly catches up with him... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Jeff Bailey is leading a contented if uneventful life as a petrol station owner in a backwater town when his murky past suddenly catches up with him... [More...]
The Outlaw (1943)
Howard Hughes
Doc Holliday is delighted to meet up with his old friend Pat Garrett but is surprised to find him wearing a sheriff's badge... [More...]
Howard Hughes
Doc Holliday is delighted to meet up with his old friend Pat Garrett but is surprised to find him wearing a sheriff's badge... [More...]
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Preston Sturges
After five years, Tom and Gerry Jeffers find that the spark has gone out of their marriage. Their life together is a constant struggle to make ends meet whilst Tom looks around for a backer to finance his ambitious project to build a rooftop airport in New York City... [More...]
Preston Sturges
After five years, Tom and Gerry Jeffers find that the spark has gone out of their marriage. Their life together is a constant struggle to make ends meet whilst Tom looks around for a backer to finance his ambitious project to build a rooftop airport in New York City... [More...]
The Paradine Case (1947)
Alfred Hitchcock
Maddalena Paradine is surprised when, one evening, the police call at her London home and charge her with the murder of her recently deceased husband, Colonel Paradine... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Maddalena Paradine is surprised when, one evening, the police call at her London home and charge her with the murder of her recently deceased husband, Colonel Paradine... [More...]
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes makes the blunder of his career when he unwittingly allows master criminal Giles Conover to steal a priceless pearl which is on display at a London museum... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes makes the blunder of his career when he unwittingly allows master criminal Giles Conover to steal a priceless pearl which is on display at a London museum... [More...]
Penny Serenade (1941)
George Stevens
Julie Gardiner has decided to leave her husband. As she sorts through her old record collection she remembers their life together and the tragic events that have led to their inevitable separation... [More...]
George Stevens
Julie Gardiner has decided to leave her husband. As she sorts through her old record collection she remembers their life together and the tragic events that have led to their inevitable separation... [More...]
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
George Cukor
Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord is about to marry humdrum businessman George Kittredge. Publisher Sidney Kidd sees this as the ideal opportunity to run an exposé that will boost his magazine sales... [More...]
George Cukor
Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord is about to marry humdrum businessman George Kittredge. Publisher Sidney Kidd sees this as the ideal opportunity to run an exposé that will boost his magazine sales... [More...]
Possessed (1947)
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A woman wanders the streets of Los Angeles as if in a daze, calling out the name David to everyone she sees. When she collapses, she is taken to a psychiatric clinic where she is diagnosed as having a schizoid disorder... [More...]
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Tay Garnett
Frank Chambers, an unemployed drifter, is touring the backwaters of California when he comes across a roadside café which has a vacancy for a handyman... [More...]
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Robert Z. Leonard
In England of the early 1800s, Mrs Bennet's constant worry is the fate of her five daughters, each of whom has yet to acquire a suitable husband... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
In England of the early 1800s, Mrs Bennet's constant worry is the fate of her five daughters, each of whom has yet to acquire a suitable husband... [More...]
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Albert Lewin
Paris, 1880. After seeing military action in Africa, Georges Duroy finds himself virtually penniless, barely existing on the money he earns from his low-paid job... [More...]
Albert Lewin
Paris, 1880. After seeing military action in Africa, Georges Duroy finds himself virtually penniless, barely existing on the money he earns from his low-paid job... [More...]
Rage in Heaven (1941)
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
W.S. Van Dyke
England, 1936. After a chance meeting, Phillip Monrell invites his old college friend Ward Andrews to his grand family home... [More...]
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Edmund Goulding
Whilst staying in Chicago, the writer William Somerset Maugham is invited to a party by his friend Elliott Templeton. He is introduced to Elliot's niece, Isabel Bradley, who is in love with Larry Darrell, a World War I veteran... [More...]
Edmund Goulding
Whilst staying in Chicago, the writer William Somerset Maugham is invited to a party by his friend Elliott Templeton. He is introduced to Elliot's niece, Isabel Bradley, who is in love with Larry Darrell, a World War I veteran... [More...]
Rebecca (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst in Monte Carlo, working as a paid companion to a wealthy American woman, a young English girl falls under the spell of an aristocratic widower, Maximilian de Winter... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst in Monte Carlo, working as a paid companion to a wealthy American woman, a young English girl falls under the spell of an aristocratic widower, Maximilian de Winter... [More...]
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Max Ophüls
Lucia Harper is a happily married housewife who enjoys a comfortable middle class existence at her Californian beach home... [More...]
Max Ophüls
Lucia Harper is a happily married housewife who enjoys a comfortable middle class existence at her Californian beach home... [More...]
Red River (1948)
Howard Hawks
Leaving his wagon train and the woman he loves, Tom Dunson heads south towards Texas to make his fortune as a ranch owner... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Leaving his wagon train and the woman he loves, Tom Dunson heads south towards Texas to make his fortune as a ranch owner... [More...]
The Return of Frank James (1940)
Fritz Lang
Living under an assumed name, Frank James leads a quiet, reclusive life on his farm, hoping to forget his recent past as an outlaw... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Living under an assumed name, Frank James leads a quiet, reclusive life on his farm, hoping to forget his recent past as an outlaw... [More...]
Rope (1948)
Alfred Hitchcock
In their top floor New York apartment, two well-heeled students, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, have just strangled one of their college chums, David Kentley, with a rope... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In their top floor New York apartment, two well-heeled students, Brandon Shaw and Phillip Morgan, have just strangled one of their college chums, David Kentley, with a rope... [More...]
Ruthless (1948)
Edgar G. Ulmer
When he saves his well-to-do neighbours' daughter from drowning, pre-teen Horace Vendig soon has his first opportunity to move up the social ladder... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
When he saves his well-to-do neighbours' daughter from drowning, pre-teen Horace Vendig soon has his first opportunity to move up the social ladder... [More...]
Saboteur (1942)
Alfred Hitchcock
During World War II, Barry Kane finds himself wrongly accused of starting a fire which kills a man at an aircraft factory in California... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
During World War II, Barry Kane finds himself wrongly accused of starting a fire which kills a man at an aircraft factory in California... [More...]