1940s
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Kings Row (1942)
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Sam Wood actor: Ann Sheridan / Robert Cummings …
other title: Delitti senza castigo / Crimes sans châtiment …
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
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Body and Soul (1947)
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Robert Rossen actor: John Garfield / Lilli Palmer …
other title: Anima e corpo / Lev farligt …
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night
★ 7.8 5 ratings
Charles Crichton / Robert Hamer … actor: Mervyn Johns / Roland Culver …
other title: Incubi notturni / Nattens Mysterier …
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be
★ 8.7 16 ratings
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Carole Lombard / Jack Benny …
other title: Vogliamo vivere! / At Være eller Ikke At Være …
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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Son of Dracula (1943)
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Robert Siodmak actor: Lon Chaney Jr. / Robert Paige …
other title: Il figlio di Dracula / Draculas Sohn …
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
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Red River (1948)
Red River
Howard Hawks actor: John Wayne / Montgomery Clift …
other title: Il fiume rosso / O Rio Vermelho …
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
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Appointment with Crime (1946)
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John Harlow actor: William Hartnell / Raymond Lovell …
other title: Cita con el crímen
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder — but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
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Man Hunt (1941)
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Fritz Lang actor: Walter Pidgeon / Joan Bennett …
other title: Duello mortale / Feras Humanas …
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
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Robert Florey actor: Robert Alda / Andrea King …
other title: Il mistero delle 5 dita / Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern …
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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Saloon Bar (1940)
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Walter Forde actor: Gordon Harker / Elizabeth Allan …
On Christmas Eve, a group of pub regulars led by a bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempt to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man the next day.