1940s
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
director: Preston Sturges actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Henry Fonda
other title: Lady Eva / As Três Noites de Eva
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)
This Gun for Hire
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Veronica Lake / Robert Preston
other title: Il fuorilegge / Die Narbenhand
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.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
8.0 (7 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Teresa Wright / Joseph Cotten
other title: L'ombra del dubbio / I tvivlens skygge
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
The 47 Ronin (1941) IMDb TMDB Douban
元禄 忠臣蔵
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki / Kan'emon Nakamura
other title: I 47 ronin ribelli / 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.