, 1h27 Directed byRobert Parrish OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Noir, Crime ActorsBroderick Crawford, Richard Kiley, Neville Brand, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Charles Bronson Roles Peggy Clancy Rating70% Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford), a detective going home in the rain one night, he finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street, where the gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct, flashing a real badge -- and then slipping away. Damico discovers that the victim of the shooting was a witness who was to have appeared before a grand jury investigating waterfront crime, and that the same man who shot him also murdered the chief investigator on the case just a few hours earlier (which is where the badge came from).
, 1h23 Directed byRudolph Maté OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance ActorsEdmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Carol Hughes, Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Frank Cady Roles Mrs. Philips Rating71% The film begins with what a BBC reviewer called "perhaps one of cinema's most innovative opening sequences." The scene is a long, behind-the-back tracking sequence featuring Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking through the hallway of a police station to report his own murder. Oddly, the police almost seem to have been expecting him and already know who he is.
, 1h29 Directed byJacques Tourneur OriginUSA GenresDrama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance ActorsBurt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Nick Cravat, Aline MacMahon, Norman Lloyd Roles Francesca Rating67% In the time of Frederick Barbarossa, in the area of Italy known as Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli (Lancaster) is walking with his son Rudi (Gordon Gebert) when they encounter Count Ulrich (Frank Allenby), known as "the Hawk", together with his niece, Lady Anne (Mayo), and his lover, Dardo's unfaithful wife Francesca (Lynn Baggett). Dardo shows off his skill as an archer by shooting down Ulrich's expensive hunting hawk. In revenge, the count takes Dardo's son to his castle. Dardo is struck by an arrow while rescuing Rudi, so the boy allows himself to be recaptured in order to draw the soldiers away.
, 1h42 Directed byDouglas Sirk OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Noir, Crime ThemesSerial killer films ActorsGeorge Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Joseph Calleia Roles Robert's Rejected Girlfriend (uncredited) Rating69% Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is an American who came to London to perform in a show, but now is working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to find out that friend and fellow dancer Lucy Barnard (Tanis Chandler) is missing and believed to be the latest victim of the notorious "Poet Killer," who lures victims with ads in the newspaper's personal columns and sends poems to taunt the police.
, 1h22 Directed byCharles Barton OriginUSA GenresFantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance ThemesGhost films, Political films, Buddy films ActorsBud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds, Gale Sondergaard, Binnie Barnes, Ann Gillis Roles June Prescott Rating75% The time is 1780, and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) is a master tinker. He travels to the estate of Tom Danbury (Jess Barker) with a letter of commendation from General George Washington. He plans to present this letter to Danbury, hoping it will persuade the wealthy man to let Horatio marry Nora O'Leary (Anne Gillis), Danbury's housemaid. Unfortunately, Horatio has a romantic rival in Cuthbert Greenway (Bud Abbott), Danbury's butler, who is very fond of Nora and intends to prevent Horatio from presenting his letter, which Nora has taken for safekeeping.
, 1h51 Directed byMichael Curtiz OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance ActorsJoan Crawford, Jack Carson, Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Moroni Olsen Roles Waitress (uncredited) Rating78% While the novel is told by a third-person narrator in strict chronological order, the film uses voice-over narration (the voice of Mildred). The story is framed by Mildred's interrogation by police after they discover the body of her second husband, Monte Beragon. The film, in noir fashion, opens with Beragon (Zachary Scott) having been shot. He murmurs the name "Mildred" before he dies. The police tell Mildred (Joan Crawford) that they believe the murderer is her first husband, Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett). Bert has already been interrogated, and confessed to the crime. Mildred protests that he is too kind and gentle to commit murder, and goes on to relate her life story in flashback.
, 1h57 Directed byMichael Curtiz OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy ThemesTransport films, Aviation films ActorsRosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, Robert Hutton, Andrea King, Johnny Sheffield Roles Vendeuse Rating69% Louise Randall Pierson (Rosalind Russell) does not have an easy life. When she is a teenager, her beloved father dies, leaving her, her mother, and her sister in financial difficulty. However, heeding her father's advice to shoot for the stars, she remains undaunted. She goes to college and learns typing and shorthand; on her first (temporary) job, she overcomes the prejudice of her new boss, Lew Morton (Alan Hale, Sr.), against women workers.
, 22minutes Directed byDon Siegel OriginUSA GenresDrama, Western ThemesChristmas films ActorsJ. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Richard Erdman, Rosina Galli, Lynn Baggett, Anthony Caruso Roles Maria Santos Rating76% Christmas Eve in a lonely desert in the Southwestern United States: Three riding cowboys have just bought out Christmas presents from a store, although they actually don't need them. One of the cowboys says that he just had the feeling that he should buy gifts to give them to someone. The cowboys see a flashing star in the distance, which they ride over to investigate. The star is actually a second hand star, used by the Italian-American Nick Catapoli for his little motel in the desert. A mysterious hitchiker appears at Nick's motel who states that he just wants to come in from the cold for a little while. Nick and the Hitchhiker have a discussion about Christmas. While the hitchiker tries to explain the true meaning of Christmas with love, goodwill and brotherhood; Nick opposes the holiday: He thinks that people behave bad during most of the year, but then try to behave in a fake-friendly way at Christmas. Nick shows the hitchiker his motel customers as examples: Miss Roberts complains about the noise of Christmas carolers; the businessman Mr. Dilson is furious about the shirt-cleaning service that Nick uses and a travelling couple demands to get extra blankets for their room.
, 2h10 Directed byIrving Rapper OriginUSA GenresDrama, Biography, Adventure ThemesFilms about writers ActorsFredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine Rating70% A group of people are watching Halley's Comet overhead when Judge Clemens is called away for the birth of his son, Samuel Clemens. The film proceeds to mix in elements of many of Clemens' best-known stories as if they actually occurred. Thus, as he grows up, Sam plays with his friends Huck, Tom, and the slave boy Jim on a raft on the Mississippi, providing a fictitious "real–life" basis for the novels Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
, 2h4 Directed byDavid Butler OriginUSA GenresComedy, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsEddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, S.Z. Sakall, Hattie McDaniel Roles Miss Latin America in "Good Neighbor" Number (uncredited) Rating67% Theater producers (Horton and Sakall) staging a wartime charity program, only to have the production taken over by their egotistical star (Eddie Cantor). Meanwhile, an aspiring singer (Dennis Morgan) and his songwriter girlfriend (Joan Leslie) conspire to get into the charity program by replacing Cantor with their look-alike friend, tour bus driver Joe Simpson (Eddie Cantor).