Film Index
American cinema: 1940s
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...
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Alfred Hitchcock
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...
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Edgar G. Ulmer
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...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Saps at Sea (1940)
Gordon Douglas
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory, but the relentless honking of horns soon drives the sensitive Ollie to a nervous breakdown...
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Gordon Douglas
Scared to Death (1947)
Christy Cabanne
As she lies dead and about to be subjected to an autopsy to establish the cause of her death, Laura Van Ee recalls the series of events that led to her tragic demise...
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Christy Cabanne
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in Quebec to attend a conference on the occult chaired by the eminent specialist in the field, Lord Penrose... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in Quebec to attend a conference on the occult chaired by the eminent specialist in the field, Lord Penrose... [More...]
Scarlet Street (1945)
Fritz Lang
Mild-mannered store cashier Chris Cross relieves his humdrum life by painting in his spare time, which is just one of the things that irks his shrewish wife... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Mild-mannered store cashier Chris Cross relieves his humdrum life by painting in his spare time, which is just one of the things that irks his shrewish wife... [More...]
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Michael Curtiz
King Philip II of Spain plans to build an armada that will invade England, the one country that threatens his dream of world domination... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
King Philip II of Spain plans to build an armada that will invade England, the one country that threatens his dream of world domination... [More...]
Second Chorus (1940)
H.C. Potter
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpet players with a university jazz band, which they manage to stay in by repeatedly failing their exams... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpet players with a university jazz band, which they manage to stay in by repeatedly failing their exams... [More...]
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Fritz Lang
When Celia, a young heiress, meets Mark Lamphere, a successful architect, it is love at first sight. They are in Mexico at the time and something about the atmosphere of this strange primitive land heightens Celia's romantic feelings and makes her sure that she has found herself the perfect husband... [More...]
Fritz Lang
When Celia, a young heiress, meets Mark Lamphere, a successful architect, it is love at first sight. They are in Mexico at the time and something about the atmosphere of this strange primitive land heightens Celia's romantic feelings and makes her sure that she has found herself the perfect husband... [More...]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Norman Z. McLeod
Walter Mitty is a mild-mannered young man who lives with his mother in New Jersey and works as an editor for a pulp magazine company... [More...]
Norman Z. McLeod
Walter Mitty is a mild-mannered young man who lives with his mother in New Jersey and works as an editor for a pulp magazine company... [More...]
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie Newton is delighted when she receives a telegraph from her Uncle Charlie notifying her that he intends spending some time with her family in the peaceful American town of Santa Rosa... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie Newton is delighted when she receives a telegraph from her Uncle Charlie notifying her that he intends spending some time with her family in the peaceful American town of Santa Rosa... [More...]
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Josef von Sternberg
In the 1930s, Shanghai is a thriving city of commerce, a magnet for tourists and businessmen, but it has a darker side. In the less salubrious parts of the city, casinos, brothels and opium dens prosper, feeding on the westerners' appetite for all that is sordid, like maggots feasting on a rotting corpse... [More...]
Josef von Sternberg
In the 1930s, Shanghai is a thriving city of commerce, a magnet for tourists and businessmen, but it has a darker side. In the less salubrious parts of the city, casinos, brothels and opium dens prosper, feeding on the westerners' appetite for all that is sordid, like maggots feasting on a rotting corpse... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Sherlock Holmes succeeds in smuggling Dr Franz Tobel and his invention, the Bombsight, out of Switzerland, avoiding the Nazis who are eager to get their hands on Tobel's creation... [More...]
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Sherlock Holmes succeeds in smuggling Dr Franz Tobel and his invention, the Bombsight, out of Switzerland, avoiding the Nazis who are eager to get their hands on Tobel's creation... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
John Rawlins
It is 1942 and Britain is at war with Germany. With alarming regularity a series of disasters is hampering the British war effort... [More...]
John Rawlins
It is 1942 and Britain is at war with Germany. With alarming regularity a series of disasters is hampering the British war effort... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Musgrave Manor serves as a convalescent home for officers wounded in the war. When one of his colleagues is attacked by an unknown assailant one evening, Dr Watson invites his friend Sherlock Holmes to the house to investigate... [More...]
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Musgrave Manor serves as a convalescent home for officers wounded in the war. When one of his colleagues is attacked by an unknown assailant one evening, Dr Watson invites his friend Sherlock Holmes to the house to investigate... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Roy William Neill
When a British secret agent named Alfred Pettibone disappears on a train bound for Washington D.C., Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate... [More...]
Roy William Neill
When a British secret agent named Alfred Pettibone disappears on a train bound for Washington D.C., Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate... [More...]
Shockproof (1949)
Douglas Sirk
Having served a five year stretch in prison for her part in a murder, Jenny Marsh is released into the custody of parole officer Griff Marat, who offers her the prospect of a new life with his support... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Having served a five year stretch in prison for her part in a murder, Jenny Marsh is released into the custody of parole officer Griff Marat, who offers her the prospect of a new life with his support... [More...]
Son of Dracula (1943)
Robert Siodmak
Katherine Caldwell, the daughter of a Deep South plantation owner, is hosting a party to welcome her guest, Count Alucard, to America... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Katherine Caldwell, the daughter of a Deep South plantation owner, is hosting a party to welcome her guest, Count Alucard, to America... [More...]
The Southerner (1945)
Jean Renoir
Sam Tucker is a young migrant worker who scrapes a living toiling for others on the cotton fields of Texas. When his uncle, another cotton picker, dies from sunstroke, Sam decides to go it alone and invest his meagre savings in a smallholding, hoping to strike it rich with a bumper cotton harvest... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Sam Tucker is a young migrant worker who scrapes a living toiling for others on the cotton fields of Texas. When his uncle, another cotton picker, dies from sunstroke, Sam decides to go it alone and invest his meagre savings in a smallholding, hoping to strike it rich with a bumper cotton harvest... [More...]
Spellbound (1945)
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr Murchison retires from Green Manors psychiatric hospital, an eminent young expert in psychoanalysis, Dr Edwardes, is hired as his replacement... [More...]
The Spider Woman (1944)
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
The Spiral Staircase (1945)
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In a New England town of the early 1900s, disabled young women are being murdered by an unknown killer. Mrs Warren, the bedridden owner of an old Gothic mansion, is convinced that her dumb servant girl Helen will be the next victim and urges her to go away... [More...]
State Fair (1945)
Walter Lang
Just like every other summer, the Frake family sets out for the Iowa state fair with high hopes, for this is the highlight of their year... [More...]
Walter Lang
Just like every other summer, the Frake family sets out for the Iowa state fair with high hopes, for this is the highlight of their year... [More...]
Step Lively (1944)
Tim Whelan
Gordon Miller is producing a Broadway revue show which he knows will be a hit. Unfortunately, his optimism is not shared by his brother-in-law, whose hotel he and his troupe of dancers and singers are slowly bankrupting... [More...]
Tim Whelan
Gordon Miller is producing a Broadway revue show which he knows will be a hit. Unfortunately, his optimism is not shared by his brother-in-law, whose hotel he and his troupe of dancers and singers are slowly bankrupting... [More...]
Stormy Weather (1943)
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
Andrew L. Stone
On his return to America after serving in the First World War, Bill Williamson sets his sights on becoming a dancer but has difficulty finding work of any kind... [More...]
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Robert Siodmak
Harry Quincey lives in a small American town with his two sisters, the self-centred spinster Lettie and the good-natured widow Hester... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Harry Quincey lives in a small American town with his two sisters, the self-centred spinster Lettie and the good-natured widow Hester... [More...]
Strange Illusion (1945)
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
In 1928, Martha Ivers is a young orphan girl who longs to escape from the domineering control of her cold-hearted aunt in Iverstown... [More...]
The Strange Woman (1946)
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bangor, Maine, in the early 19th Century. When her drunken father takes to beating her, Jenny Hager turns to her neighbours for help... [More...]