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    The Eleven O'Clock Woman 1948 POSTER

    The Eleven O'Clock Woman

    1948

    French

    6.5

    1

    Action

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Jean Devaivre Jean Devaivre Director Junie Astor Junie Astor as Hélène Tassin - l'infirmière Jean Debucourt Jean Debucourt as Le docteur Vermeulen Palau Palau as Le portier Marc Arian Marc Arian as Petit rôle
    Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...
    Onna 1948 POSTER

    Onna

    1948

    Japanese

    6.6

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Keisuke Kinoshita Keisuke Kinoshita Director Eitarô Ozawa Eitarô Ozawa as Tadashi Mitsuko Mito Mitsuko Mito as Toshiko
    Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd join him more frequently, but she detests his criminal involvement.
    The Miracle of the Bells 1948 POSTER

    The Miracle of the Bells

    1948

    English

    6.6

    6

    56%

    56%

    Action

    black and white

    church bells

    Drama

    Irving Pichel Irving Pichel Director Ian Wolfe Ian Wolfe as Grave Digger Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Man George Chandler George Chandler as Max Dorothy Neumann Dorothy Neumann as Miss Millhouser
    The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
    Apostasy 1948 POSTER

    Apostasy

    1948

    Japanese

    6.2

    2

    Action

    based on novel or book

    buraku discrimination

    discrimination

    Drama

    japan

    meiji period

    Keisuke Kinoshita Keisuke Kinoshita Director Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Kappei Matsumoto Kappei Matsumoto as Jûkichi Uno Jûkichi Uno as Ginnosuke Tuchiya Ichirô Sugai Ichirô Sugai as Keinosuke Kazama
    In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
    Romance on the High Seas 1948 POSTER

    Romance on the High Seas

    1948

    English

    7.0

    9

    88%

    65%

    Action

    carribean cruise

    Comedy

    fake identity

    mistaken identity

    Music

    musical

    Musical

    Mystery

    new york city

    rio de janeiro

    Romance

    Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Director Douglas Kennedy Douglas Kennedy as Car Salesman John Alvin John Alvin as Charles - Travel Agent William Bakewell William Bakewell as Dudley Jack Carson Jack Carson as Peter Virgil
    Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
    He Walked by Night 1948 POSTER

    He Walked by Night

    1948

    English

    7.0

    5

    82%

    63%

    Action

    cop-killer

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    los angeles, california

    man hunt

    noir

    police

    Thriller

    Anthony Mann Anthony Mann Director Ann Doran Ann Doran as Dispatcher Thomas Browne Henry Thomas Browne Henry as Dunning Harry Harvey Harry Harvey as Liquor Store Proprietor Richard Basehart Richard Basehart as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
    Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
    Force of Evil 1948 POSTER

    Force of Evil

    1948

    English

    7.2

    5

    100%

    74%

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    gangster

    lawyer

    new york city

    noir

    numbers racket

    Abraham Polonsky Abraham Polonsky Director William Challee William Challee as Gunman #1 John Indrisano John Indrisano as Henchman Thomas Gomez Thomas Gomez as Leo Morse Arthur O'Connell Arthur O'Connell as Link Hall
    Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
    Ruthless 1948 POSTER

    Ruthless

    1948

    English

    6.8

    4

    100%

    47%

    Action

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    noir

    philanthropist

    Romance

    Edgar G. Ulmer Edgar G. Ulmer Director Charles Evans Charles Evans as Bruce McDonald Robert J. Anderson Robert J. Anderson as Horace Vendig Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Lawyer Diana Lynn Diana Lynn as Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
    Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
    The Inside Story 1948 POSTER

    The Inside Story

    1948

    English

    6.7

    2

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    money

    Romance

    small town

    Allan Dwan Allan Dwan Director Allen Jenkins Allen Jenkins as Eddie Frank Ferguson Frank Ferguson as Eph - Editor of 'The Bugle' Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart as Horace Taylor William Haade William Haade as Rocky
    A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.
    Station West 1948 POSTER

    Station West

    1948

    English

    6.6

    3

    44%

    44%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    murder

    Mystery

    Romance

    saloon singer

    singer

    Thriller

    Western

    Sidney Lanfield Sidney Lanfield Director Regis Toomey Regis Toomey as James Goddard Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mick Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Caslon Herman Hack Herman Hack as Townsman
    When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
    Främmande hamn 1948 POSTER

    Främmande hamn

    1948

    Swedish

    5.7

    2

    Action

    Drama

    Hampe Faustman Hampe Faustman Director Birger Lensander Birger Lensander as Cook Carl Ström Carl Ström as Engine Officer Åke Fridell Åke Fridell as Steward Georg Skarstedt Georg Skarstedt as Strandmark
    A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland, waiting to depart with coal to Sweden. In a tavern in the port a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors, but is rudely turned away by the tavern owner. Later in the evening the port worker is found dead. That same evening one of the Swedish sailors, meets a Jewish woman who has fled Nazi Germany.
    Women of the Night 1948 POSTER

    Women of the Night

    1948

    Japanese

    7.2

    8

    80%

    80%

    Action

    Drama

    osaka, japan

    post war japan

    prostitution

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Hiroshi Aoyama Hiroshi Aoyama as Kikue Môri Kikue Môri as Sanae Takasugi Sanae Takasugi as Natsuko Kimijima
    In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
    A Song Is Born 1948 POSTER

    A Song Is Born

    1948

    English

    6.9

    7

    50%

    75%

    Action

    Comedy

    Music

    musical

    Musical

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    Howard Hawks Howard Hawks Director Ford Washington Lee Ford Washington Lee as Buck Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong as Louis Armstrong Ben Welden Ben Welden as Monte Juanita Moore Juanita Moore as Woman at Chocolate Club
    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
    Caccia all'uomo 1948 POSTER

    Caccia all'uomo

    1948

    Italian

    6.9

    5

    Action

    Drama

    falsely accused

    french revolution

    Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda Director Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni as A revolutionary Nino Marchetti Nino Marchetti as Courfeyrac Valentina Cortese Valentina Cortese as Fantina Gino Cervi Gino Cervi as Jean Valjean
    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
    Tempesta su Parigi 1948 POSTER

    Tempesta su Parigi

    1948

    Italian

    6.7

    5

    Action

    Drama

    Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda Director Valentina Cortese Valentina Cortese as Cosetta Nino Marchetti Nino Marchetti as Courfeyrac Jone Romano Jone Romano as La Thenardier Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni as Un rivoluzionario
    The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax on the barricades of Paris.
    Tenth Avenue Angel 1948 POSTER

    Tenth Avenue Angel

    1948

    English

    6.7

    4

    54%

    54%

    Action

    depression

    Drama

    ex-con

    kneeling cow

    lie

    little girl

    new york city

    Roy Rowland Roy Rowland Director Barry Nelson Barry Nelson as Al Parker Connie Gilchrist Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Murphy Cameron Mitchell Cameron Mitchell as Narrator-Visitor to Tenth Avenue Angela Lansbury Angela Lansbury as Susan Bratten
    Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and keep Steve out of trouble.
    Bone Bandit 1948 POSTER

    Bone Bandit

    1948

    English

    6.2

    11

    60%

    60%

    Action

    Animation

    cartoon dog

    cartoon gopher

    Comedy

    Family

    gopher

    short

    short film

    Clyde Geronimi Clyde Geronimi Director Vance Colvig Jr. Vance Colvig Jr. as Pluto James MacDonald James MacDonald as Pluto
    Pluto discovers that a gopher has been stealing bones from his hidden stash.
    Pluto's Purchase 1948 POSTER

    Pluto's Purchase

    1948

    English

    6.4

    11

    Action

    Animation

    Comedy

    Family

    short

    short film

    Jack Kinney Jack Kinney Director Clarence Nash Clarence Nash as Butch the Bulldog James MacDonald James MacDonald as Mickey Mouse Vance Colvig Jr. Vance Colvig Jr. as Pluto
    Mickey Mouse sends Pluto to buy sausage at the butcher shop, but Butch schemes to steal it.
    Mickey Down Under 1948 POSTER

    Mickey Down Under

    1948

    English

    5.7

    14

    Action

    Animation

    australia

    boomerang

    Comedy

    Family

    land down under

    ostrich

    short film

    Charles A. Nichols Charles A. Nichols Director James MacDonald James MacDonald as Mickey Mouse Vance Colvig Jr. Vance Colvig Jr. as Pluto
    Mickey, in the Australian bush, throws a boomerang that gets caught in Pluto’s mouth. Mickey then discovers an egg of an emu. Unfortunately, the parent chases him, but Pluto and the boomerang zoom into his path, leaving the emu all tangled.
    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948 POSTER

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    1948

    English

    7.2

    7

    86%

    76%

    advertising executive

    building a house

    Comedy

    home ownership

    Romance

    H.C. Potter H.C. Potter Director Jason Robards Sr. Jason Robards Sr. as John Retch Myrna Loy Myrna Loy as Muriel Blandings Ian Wolfe Ian Wolfe as Smith Robert Bray Robert Bray as Workman
    An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
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