Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945

English

6.7

♡ 2

Drama

Thriller

victorian england

Robert Hamer Director

Gordon Jackson as David Sutton

Mervyn Johns as Mr. Edward Sutton

Googie Withers as Pearl Bond

Sally Ann Howes as Peggy Sutton

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

Blithe Spirit

1945

English

7.0

♡ 15

78%

75%

Action

based on play or musical

David Lean Director

Rex Harrison as Charles Condomine

Marie Ault as Cook

Noel Coward as Narrator

Joyce Carey as Violet Bradman

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

English

6.2

♡ 8

33%

Joseph Kane Director

Frank Hagney as Morell Henchman

William A. Boardway as Saloon Patron

William Frawley as 'Smooth' Wylie

Tom London as Thompson - Townsman in Mob

Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.

Escape in the Fog

1945

English

5.9

♡ 9

27%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Budd Boetticher Director

William Yip as Chinese Man

Elmo Lincoln as Cop

Harrison Greene as Mr. Boggs - Hotel Guest

John Elliott as Thomas - the Butler

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

A Yank in London

1945

English

6.1

♡ 5

Herbert Wilcox Director

Rex Harrison as Major David Bruce

Norman Williams as Minor Role

Duncan Lamont as Paratrooper

Cecil Ramage as Trewhewy

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.

Pillow of Death

1945

English

6.0

♡ 5

19%

Wallace Fox Director

Clara Blandick as Belle Kincaid

Brenda Joyce as Donna Kincaid

Victoria Horne as Vivian Fletcher

Lon Chaney Jr. as Wayne Fletcher

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.

Johnny in the Clouds

1945

English

7.3

♡ 4

77%

Anthony Asquith Director

Douglass Montgomery as Johnny Hollis

Joyce Carey as Miss Winterton

Trevor Howard as Sq / Leader Carter

Basil Radford as Tiny Williams

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

The Jungle Captive

1945

English

5.1

♡ 3

Harold Young Director

Jerome Cowan as Detective W.L. Harrigan

Phil Brown as Don Young

Rondo Hatton as Moloch the Brute

Otto Kruger as Mr. Stendahl

Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.

Dead of Night

1945

English

7.5

♡ 19

96%

Basil Dearden Director

Roland Culver as Eliot Foley

Basil Radford as George Parratt

Googie Withers as Joan Cortland

Ralph Michael as Peter Cortland

While seeking some architectural work at a country farmhouse, Walter Craig soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. He’s forced to listen to the bizarre tales of each guest while dreading the terrible end he knows is coming.

Strange Confession

1945

English

6.5

♡ 4

31%

John Hoffman Director

Addison Richards as Dr. Williams

Ian Wolfe as Frederick - Brandon's Butler

George Chandler as Harper

Francis McDonald as Jose Hernandez

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.

The Frozen Ghost

1945

English

5.8

♡ 4

26%

Harold Young Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Inspector Brant

Evelyn Ankers as Maura Daniel

Elena Verdugo as Nina Coudreau

William Haade as Policeman on Dock

When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.

Rhapsody in Blue

1945

English

7.0

♡ 5

29%

Irving Rapper Director

Robert Alda as George Gershwin

Darryl Hickman as Ira Gershwin

Kenneth Gibson as Nightclub Patron

Rosemary DeCamp as Rose Gershwin

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

English

7.6

♡ 13

85%

86%

Action

based on novel or book

John M. Stahl Director

Addison Richards as Bedford

Darryl Hickman as Danny Harland

Gene Lockhart as Dr. Saunders

Vincent Price as Russell Quinton

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

They Were Expendable

1945

English

7.2

♡ 16

92%

73%

Action

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

Cameron Mitchell as Ens. George Cross

John Roy as Man in Admiral's Office

Betty Blythe as Officer's Wife

Louis Jean Heydt as 'Ohio'

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

Barnen från Frostmofjället

1945

Swedish

6.4

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Family

Rolf Husberg Director

Lisbeth Hedendahl as Anna - Uppasserska i bröllopsgården

Anders Nyström as Monke

Britta Brunius as Mrs. Grape

Axel Högel as Peasant

Based on the classic children’s story, seven orphan siblings and their goat make a difficult journey over the mountains to find new parents.

A Song to Remember

1945

English

6.6

♡ 3

53%

Charles Vidor Director

Cornel Wilde as Frédéric Chopin

Ian Wolfe as Pleyel's Clerk

Darren McGavin as Student

William Challee as Titus

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

I Roslagens famn

1945

Swedish

5.0

♡ 1

Action

Musical

Schamyl Bauman Director

Siegfried Fischer as Auctioneer

Arne Lindblad as Don Mauricio

Carl von Scheven as Mr. von Scheven

Axel Högel as Norman

Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.

Johnny Frenchman

1945

English

6.3

♡ 2

Charles Frend Director

Ralph Michael as Bob Tremayne

Alfie Bass as Corporal

Tom Walls as Nat Pomeroy

Arthur Hambling as Steve Matthews

The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.

Hangover Square

1945

English

7.3

♡ 6

72%

John Brahm Director

Faye Marlowe as Barbara Chapman

Linda Darnell as Netta Longdon

Leslie Denison as Policeman

Alan Napier as Sir Henry Chapman

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.