Film Index
American cinema: 1940s
Johnny Angel (1945)
Edwin L. Marin
Shrouded in thick fog, a solitary cargo vessel drifts into the docks of New Orleans and is immediately a thing of mystery...
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Edwin L. Marin
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
William K. Howard
In 1906, Vinnie McLeod is the ageing proprietor of a local newspaper in the small American town of Plattsville. She also finds time to perform small acts of charity, her good works including giving a helping hand to passing vagrants...
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William K. Howard
Johnny Eager (1942)
Mervyn LeRoy
Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver...
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Mervyn LeRoy
The Jolson Story (1946)
Alfred E. Green
The son of an immigrant Jewish cantor, Asa Yoelson would rather spend his hours in burlesque theatres than at the synagogue learning to be a good Jew...
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Alfred E. Green
Journey Into Fear (1943)
Norman Foster
During WWII, American armaments engineer Howard Graham travels to Istanbul with his wife to attend a conference. One evening, he meets up with a business associate who persuades him to visit a nightclub...
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Norman Foster
Jungle Book (1942)
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
George Cukor
After a traumatic stint in Europe, war correspondent Stephen O'Malley returns to the United States to write the biography of Robert Forrest, a renowned public figure who recently died in a tragic accident... [More...]
George Cukor
After a traumatic stint in Europe, war correspondent Stephen O'Malley returns to the United States to write the biography of Robert Forrest, a renowned public figure who recently died in a tragic accident... [More...]
Key Largo (1948)
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Norman Z. McLeod
Burleigh Sullivan is a shy but ambitious milkman from the Brooklyn district of New York. When his horse goes into labour on the public highway, he turns to nightclub singer Polly Pringle for help in calling an ambulance... [More...]
Norman Z. McLeod
Burleigh Sullivan is a shy but ambitious milkman from the Brooklyn district of New York. When his horse goes into labour on the public highway, he turns to nightclub singer Polly Pringle for help in calling an ambulance... [More...]
The Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Sam Wood
On the day she is to get married, Kitty Foyle receives an unexpected visit from a former lover Wyn Strafford, whom she hasn't seen for years... [More...]
Sam Wood
On the day she is to get married, Kitty Foyle receives an unexpected visit from a former lover Wyn Strafford, whom she hasn't seen for years... [More...]
The Lady Eve (1941)
Preston Sturges
After a year looking for rare species of snakes in the forests of South America, Charles Pike, son of a ludicrously wealthy ale magnate, returns home by cruise ship... [More...]
Preston Sturges
After a year looking for rare species of snakes in the forests of South America, Charles Pike, son of a ludicrously wealthy ale magnate, returns home by cruise ship... [More...]
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
The Lady in Question (1940)
Charles Vidor
André Morestan, the affable owner of a Parisian bicycle shop, is delighted when he is called for jury service. An attractive young woman, Natalie Roguin, is on trial for the murder of her boyfriend, and Morestan has no doubt over her innocence... [More...]
Charles Vidor
André Morestan, the affable owner of a Parisian bicycle shop, is delighted when he is called for jury service. An attractive young woman, Natalie Roguin, is on trial for the murder of her boyfriend, and Morestan has no doubt over her innocence... [More...]
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
Mitchell Leisen
When Broadway star Liza Madden suddenly discovers her maternal instinct one day, she thinks nothing of picking an abandoned toddler off the street and taking him back to her apartment... [More...]
Mitchell Leisen
When Broadway star Liza Madden suddenly discovers her maternal instinct one day, she thinks nothing of picking an abandoned toddler off the street and taking him back to her apartment... [More...]
Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
The Leopard Man (1943)
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Max Ophüls
Vienna, circa 1900. Renowned concert pianist Stefan Brand is about to leave town to avoid having to fight a duel when he receives a mysterious letter from an unknown woman... [More...]
Max Ophüls
Vienna, circa 1900. Renowned concert pianist Stefan Brand is about to leave town to avoid having to fight a duel when he receives a mysterious letter from an unknown woman... [More...]
The Letter (1940)
William Wyler
Late one evening, whilst her husband is away working in his Malayan rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie shoots a man dead in front of her house... [More...]
William Wyler
Late one evening, whilst her husband is away working in his Malayan rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie shoots a man dead in front of her house... [More...]
Lifeboat (1944)
Alfred Hitchcock
During WWII, a freighter crossing the Atlantic Ocean is struck by a German U-boat. As the ship goes down, a handful of survivors reach the safety of a small lifeboat... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
During WWII, a freighter crossing the Atlantic Ocean is struck by a German U-boat. As the ship goes down, a handful of survivors reach the safety of a small lifeboat... [More...]
The Locket (1946)
John Brahm
On the day of his marriage to his true love Nancy, John Willis receives an unexpected visit from a man who claims to be his future wife's former husband... [More...]
John Brahm
On the day of his marriage to his true love Nancy, John Willis receives an unexpected visit from a man who claims to be his future wife's former husband... [More...]
The Lodger (1944)
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
The Lost Moment (1947)
Martin Gabel
New York publisher Lewis Venable travels to Venice in the hope of acquiring a set of priceless love letters written by the 19th century poet Jeffrey Ashton to his devoted paramour Juliana Bordereau... [More...]
Martin Gabel
New York publisher Lewis Venable travels to Venice in the hope of acquiring a set of priceless love letters written by the 19th century poet Jeffrey Ashton to his devoted paramour Juliana Bordereau... [More...]
Love Happy (1949)
David Miller
Harpo, a likeable tramp, steals food from a grocery store to feed himself and a troupe of impoverished singers and dancers who are rehearsing their next musical production... [More...]
David Miller
Harpo, a likeable tramp, steals food from a grocery store to feed himself and a troupe of impoverished singers and dancers who are rehearsing their next musical production... [More...]
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Charles Vidor
In the early 1800s, Don José Mizarabengoa, an ambitious young dragoon guard, takes up a post in a garrison in the Spanish town of Seville... [More...]
Charles Vidor
In the early 1800s, Don José Mizarabengoa, an ambitious young dragoon guard, takes up a post in a garrison in the Spanish town of Seville... [More...]
Lucky Partners (1940)
Lewis Milestone
Bookseller's assistant Jean Newton is taken by surprise when, whilst walking down the street one day, a perfect stranger wishes her good luck... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
Bookseller's assistant Jean Newton is taken by surprise when, whilst walking down the street one day, a perfect stranger wishes her good luck... [More...]
Lydia (1941)
Julien Duvivier
In old age, the American benefactress Lydia Macmillan is visited by one of her former suitors Dr Michael Fitzpatrick and invited to take tea with him... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In old age, the American benefactress Lydia Macmillan is visited by one of her former suitors Dr Michael Fitzpatrick and invited to take tea with him... [More...]
Macbeth (1948)
Orson Welles
Triumphant in battle, warriors Macbeth and Banquo return to their home in Scotland and are greeted by three strange hags who offer them prophecies of future glory... [More...]
Orson Welles
Triumphant in battle, warriors Macbeth and Banquo return to their home in Scotland and are greeted by three strange hags who offer them prophecies of future glory... [More...]
Madame Bovary (1949)
Vincente Minnelli
In 1857, a book is on trial in France, charged with being an affront to public morality. That book is 'Madame Bovary', and its author Gustave Flaubert gives an impassioned defence of his work, arguing that its heroine is not a monster, but a victim of a monstrous society... [More...]
Vincente Minnelli
In 1857, a book is on trial in France, charged with being an affront to public morality. That book is 'Madame Bovary', and its author Gustave Flaubert gives an impassioned defence of his work, arguing that its heroine is not a monster, but a victim of a monstrous society... [More...]
Magic Town (1947)
William A. Wellman
Rip Smith is convinced that he can steal a march on the polling agencies if he can find a typical American town that, when polled, gives precisely the same results as a nationwide poll... [More...]
William A. Wellman
Rip Smith is convinced that he can steal a march on the polling agencies if he can find a typical American town that, when polled, gives precisely the same results as a nationwide poll... [More...]