1940s
A Night in Casablanca (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Night in Casablanca
director:
Archie Mayo
actor:
Groucho Marx
/
Harpo Marx
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other title:
Una notte a Casablanca
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En Nat i Casablanca
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The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Cottage to Let (1941) IMDb WikiData
Cottage to Let
director:
Anthony Asquith
actor:
Leslie Banks
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Jeanne De Casalis
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other title:
Cottage à louer
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Bombsight Stolen
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
Son of Dracula (1943) TMDB IMDb
Son of Dracula
director:
Robert Siodmak
actor:
Lon Chaney Jr.
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Robert Paige
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other title:
Il figlio di Dracula
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Draculas Sohn
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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.
Red River (1948) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Red River
director:
Howard Hawks
actor:
John Wayne
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Montgomery Clift
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other title:
Il fiume rosso
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O Rio Vermelho
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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.
Contraband (1940) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Contraband
director:
Michael Powell
actor:
Conrad Veidt
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Valerie Hobson
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other title:
Contrabbando
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Espionne à bord
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
Appointment with Crime (1946) IMDb WikiData
Appointment with Crime
director:
John Harlow
actor:
William Hartnell
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Raymond Lovell
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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.
Man Hunt (1941) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Man Hunt
director:
Fritz Lang
actor:
Walter Pidgeon
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Joan Bennett
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other title:
Duello mortale
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Feras Humanas
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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.
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947) IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Beast with Five Fingers
director:
Robert Florey
actor:
Robert Alda
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Andrea King
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other title:
Il mistero delle 5 dita
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Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern
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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.
A Foreign Affair (1948) WikiData IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB
A Foreign Affair
director:
Billy Wilder
actor:
Jean Arthur
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Marlene Dietrich
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other title:
Scandalo internazionale
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A Mundana
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In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
Saloon Bar (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Saloon Bar
director:
Walter Forde
actor:
Gordon Harker
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Elizabeth Allan
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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.
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Sullivan's Travels (1941) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sullivan's Travels
director:
Preston Sturges
actor:
Joel McCrea
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Veronica Lake
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other title:
I dimenticati
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Contrastes Humanos
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Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Rome, Open City (1945) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Roma città aperta
other title:
Roma città aperta
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Aaben By
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In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
The Lady Eve (1941) WikiData TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban Skybridge
The Lady Eve
director:
Preston Sturges
actor:
Barbara Stanwyck
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Henry Fonda
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other title:
Lady Eva
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As Três Noites de Eva
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It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
This Gun for Hire (1942) WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
This Gun for Hire
director:
Frank Tuttle
actor:
Veronica Lake
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Robert Preston
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other title:
Il fuorilegge
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Die Narbenhand
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Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
