Film Index
American cinema: 1940s
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner...
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Boris Ingster
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler...
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Orson Welles
The Street with No Name (1948)
William Keighley
As a new wave of crime burns its way across America in the aftermath of WWII, FBI operatives are diligently engaged in combating organized gangsterism that threatens the peace and security of the nation...
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William Keighley
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Preston Sturges
John L. Sullivan is a successful Hollywood film director. His lightweight comedies, such as Ants in Your Pants of 1939, have made him a rich man...
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Preston Sturges
Summer Storm (1944)
Douglas Sirk
In 1919, not long after the Russian Revolution, publisher Nadena Kalenin receives a visit from Count Volsky, a once wealthy aristocrat who has become impoverished by the revolution...
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Douglas Sirk
Susan and God (1940)
George Cukor
On her return to New York society after a European vacation Susan Trexel appears to be a changed woman. She is no longer the vacuous, self-interested society matron she once was, but a selfless creature devoted to serving the interests of her fellow man - and woman... [More...]
George Cukor
On her return to New York society after a European vacation Susan Trexel appears to be a changed woman. She is no longer the vacuous, self-interested society matron she once was, but a selfless creature devoted to serving the interests of her fellow man - and woman... [More...]
Suspicion (1941)
Alfred Hitchcock
From the moment they first met, sitting opposite one another on a train, Lina MacKinlaw knew that Johnnie Aysgarth would be the love of her life... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
From the moment they first met, sitting opposite one another on a train, Lina MacKinlaw knew that Johnnie Aysgarth would be the love of her life... [More...]
Swamp Water (1941)
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Ben Ragan is a trapper who, along with his authoritarian father Thursday, belongs to a small community living beside the feared Okefenokee Swamp... [More...]
The Talk of the Town (1942)
George Stevens
When a fabrics mill goes up in flames, one of its employees, Leopold Dilg, is arrested on a charge of arson. The jury at his trial are unlikely to show him any leniency, as the mill foreman died in the fire... [More...]
George Stevens
When a fabrics mill goes up in flames, one of its employees, Leopold Dilg, is arrested on a charge of arson. The jury at his trial are unlikely to show him any leniency, as the mill foreman died in the fire... [More...]
Terror by Night (1946)
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
They Live by Night (1948)
Nicholas Ray
During the 1930s, three convicts make a successful break from a prison farm and go on the run in a stolen car. Two of the men are seasoned bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub; the third, Bowie, is a young man wrongly convicted for murder... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
During the 1930s, three convicts make a successful break from a prison farm and go on the run in a stolen car. Two of the men are seasoned bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub; the third, Bowie, is a young man wrongly convicted for murder... [More...]
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Irving Pichel
Larry Ballentine is on trial for murder. After the case for the prosecution has been presented his defence lawyer calls him to the witness stand and asks him to recount the series of events that led to his arrest... [More...]
Irving Pichel
Larry Ballentine is on trial for murder. After the case for the prosecution has been presented his defence lawyer calls him to the witness stand and asks him to recount the series of events that led to his arrest... [More...]
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Jean Renoir
During WWII, the inhabitants of a small town somewhere in Europe are accustoming themselves to life under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Jean Renoir
During WWII, the inhabitants of a small town somewhere in Europe are accustoming themselves to life under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Three Strangers (1946)
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
London, 1938. Crystal Shackleford, a mysterious young woman, lures two complete strangers - solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny and small-time crook Johnny West - back to her apartment so that she can offer them a fantastic proposal... [More...]
The Time of Your Life (1948)
H.C. Potter
Nick's is a popular Pacific Street saloon bar on the San Francisco waterfront. The owner, Nick, welcomes oddballs and dropouts, insisting that they be themselves at all times... [More...]
H.C. Potter
Nick's is a popular Pacific Street saloon bar on the San Francisco waterfront. The owner, Nick, welcomes oddballs and dropouts, insisting that they be themselves at all times... [More...]
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Ernst Lubitsch
Poland, 1939. With Germany poised to launch an invasion that will plunge the world into a long and costly war, Warsaw's leading theatre company is busy rehearsing an anti-Nazi play which pokes fun at Hitler and his jackbooted cohorts... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Poland, 1939. With Germany poised to launch an invasion that will plunge the world into a long and costly war, Warsaw's leading theatre company is busy rehearsing an anti-Nazi play which pokes fun at Hitler and his jackbooted cohorts... [More...]
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Howard Hawks
At the time when France falls to Nazi Germany during WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan is living on the island of Martinique... [More...]
Howard Hawks
At the time when France falls to Nazi Germany during WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan is living on the island of Martinique... [More...]
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Victor Saville
During WWII, Rosalind Bruce and her friend Judy Kane work as showgirls at a popular London theatre. Despite the frequent aerial bombardments from German aircraft, the theatre's owner and her employees are determined to keep the theatre open... [More...]
Victor Saville
During WWII, Rosalind Bruce and her friend Judy Kane work as showgirls at a popular London theatre. Despite the frequent aerial bombardments from German aircraft, the theatre's owner and her employees are determined to keep the theatre open... [More...]
Trapped (1949)
Richard Fleischer
To foil a money counterfeiting operation the U.S. Treasury Department recruits a convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart, offering a full pardon in return for his help in bringing the wrong-doers to justice... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
To foil a money counterfeiting operation the U.S. Treasury Department recruits a convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart, offering a full pardon in return for his help in bringing the wrong-doers to justice... [More...]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
John Huston
In a small Mexican town in 1925, three down-at-heel gringos meet up and agree to work together to prospect for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains... [More...]
Two Smart People (1946)
Jules Dassin
Ace Connors is a confidence trickster who has managed to get his hands on bonds that will, on maturity, be worth half a million dollars... [More...]
Jules Dassin
Ace Connors is a confidence trickster who has managed to get his hands on bonds that will, on maturity, be worth half a million dollars... [More...]
The Undercover Man (1949)
Joseph H. Lewis
Federal treasury investigator Frank Warren is assigned to a case which, if successful, will smash one of America's biggest crime syndicates and put its boss behind bars for many years... [More...]
Joseph H. Lewis
Federal treasury investigator Frank Warren is assigned to a case which, if successful, will smash one of America's biggest crime syndicates and put its boss behind bars for many years... [More...]
The Velvet Touch (1948)
Jack Gage
Not satisfied with her success as a popular Broadway actress, Valerie Stanton desperately wants to broaden her repertoire by appearing in serious plays like Ibsen's Hedda Gabler instead of the usual frothy nonsense she is known for... [More...]
Jack Gage
Not satisfied with her success as a popular Broadway actress, Valerie Stanton desperately wants to broaden her repertoire by appearing in serious plays like Ibsen's Hedda Gabler instead of the usual frothy nonsense she is known for... [More...]
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Herman Shumlin
In 1941, in the summer before America enters WWII, Sara Muller returns to her comfortable family home in Washington D.C., accompanied by her German husband Kurt Muller and their three children... [More...]
Herman Shumlin
In 1941, in the summer before America enters WWII, Sara Muller returns to her comfortable family home in Washington D.C., accompanied by her German husband Kurt Muller and their three children... [More...]
The Web (1947)
Michael Gordon
When small time lawyer Bob Regan harangues him for a petty claim multi-millionaire businessman Andrew Colby is so impressed that he immediately offers him a job, as his personal bodyguard... [More...]
Michael Gordon
When small time lawyer Bob Regan harangues him for a petty claim multi-millionaire businessman Andrew Colby is so impressed that he immediately offers him a job, as his personal bodyguard... [More...]
Whirlpool (1949)
Otto Preminger
Ann Sutton, the wife of the renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bill Sutton, is out shopping one day when she is caught shoplifting in a Los Angeles department store... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Ann Sutton, the wife of the renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bill Sutton, is out shopping one day when she is caught shoplifting in a Los Angeles department store... [More...]
White Cargo (1942)
Richard Thorpe
In 1910, Harry Witzel is the overseer of a rubber plantation in Africa. When his assistant is taken back to England, he gives his replacement, Longford, a cool reception... [More...]
Richard Thorpe
In 1910, Harry Witzel is the overseer of a rubber plantation in Africa. When his assistant is taken back to England, he gives his replacement, Longford, a cool reception... [More...]
White Heat (1949)
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarett is the psychotic leader of a gang of crooks which the FBI has been trying to round up for some time. The only person Jarett trusts is his mother, who is every bit as tough and resourceful as he is, and far more reliable than his egoistical wife... [More...]