Search results for "1949"
The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly
IMDb: 6.8
94

“The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq,…

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner
IMDb: 6.6
110

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Genre: Drama
Bad Boy

Bad Boy

Bad Boy
IMDb: 6.7
86

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent’s bad behavior.

Genre: Drama
Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge
IMDb: 6.3
87

Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a ‘Good-Government’ group that thinks her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Mr. Soft Touch

Mr. Soft Touch

Mr. Soft Touch
IMDb: 6.7
93

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club’s safe and hides in…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining
IMDb: 6.4
106

Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star

Genre: Drama, Romance
Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback
IMDb: 6.4
84

Coach George Copper’s college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his…

Genre: Comedy
Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest
IMDb: 7
97

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street
IMDb: 6
69

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses…

Genre: Crime
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
IMDb: 6.7
93

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team….

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
You’re My Everything

You’re My Everything

You’re My Everything
IMDb: 6
94

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O’Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim’s show rolls on…

Genre: Comedy
The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey
IMDb: 6.8
80

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in…

Genre: Thriller
John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary

John Loves Mary
IMDb: 6.2
96

After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That he loves her. That he’s…

Genre: Comedy
Across The Rio Grande

Across The Rio Grande

Across The Rio Grande
IMDb: 5.5
56

Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Steve is investigating his…

Dear Mr. Prohack

Dear Mr. Prohack

Dear Mr. Prohack
IMDb: 6
91

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett’s novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower
IMDb: 5.8
97

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to…

Genre: Thriller
Bomba, the Jungle Boy

Bomba, the Jungle Boy

Bomba, the Jungle Boy
IMDb: 5.7
70

George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires…

Genre: Adventure
A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession
IMDb: 6.1
79

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Genre: Crime
The Sun Comes Up

The Sun Comes Up

The Sun Comes Up
IMDb: 6.5
93

Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy…

Give Us This Day

Give Us This Day

Give Us This Day
IMDb: 7.3
120

On the outs in Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk’s Give Us…

Genre: Drama
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
IMDb: 5.9
85

Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the…

Genre: Western
The Window

The Window

The Window
IMDb: 7.4
73

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can’t get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rotation

Rotation

Rotation
IMDb: 7.3
80

The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his views. Trying to remain…

Genre: Drama, History
Not Wanted

Not Wanted

Not Wanted
IMDb: 6.8
91

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

Genre: Drama
Trapped

Trapped

Trapped
IMDb: 6.4
78

U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters.

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe
IMDb: 6.3
88

Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe’s, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Twelve O’Clock High

Twelve O’Clock High

Twelve O’Clock High
IMDb: 7.7
132

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a ‘hard luck’ bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James
IMDb: 6.8
81

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted…

Genre: Western
Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro
IMDb: 6.3
81

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he’s the hunted.

Genre: Crime
The Fighting Kentuckian

The Fighting Kentuckian

The Fighting Kentuckian
IMDb: 6.5
100

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette’s exiles plan…

The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland
IMDb: 5.6
89

A sports reporter tries to reform a troubled youngster. Drama.

Genre: Action, Drama
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
IMDb: 6.1
99

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Distant Journey

Distant Journey

Distant Journey
IMDb: 7.3
104

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns…

Genre: Drama
Thirst

Thirst

Thirst
IMDb: 6.5
83

A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons – her psychiatrist and a…

Genre: Drama
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment
IMDb: 7.1
82

A mother attempts to protect her murderous daughter.

Genre: Thriller
Shockproof

Shockproof

Shockproof
IMDb: 6.5
79

Jenny Marsh is a hard-luck dame who’s just finished five years in the slammer for killing a man. Jenny’s not exactly the murdering type — she did the deed while…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Red Pony

The Red Pony

The Red Pony
IMDb: 6.4
91

Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents — the city-loving Fred (Shepperd…

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles
IMDb: 6.6
99

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked…

Genre: Drama
Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima
IMDb: 7.1
100

The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant’s tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific
IMDb: 5.8
95

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.