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A list of American films released in 1949.
All the King's Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Abandoned |
Joseph M. Newman |
Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff |
Comedy horror |
Universal
|
The Accused |
William Dieterle |
Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Across the Rio Grande |
Oliver Drake |
Jimmy Wakely, Reno Browne, Dub Taylor |
Western |
Monogram
|
Act of Violence |
Fred Zinnemann |
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor |
Drama |
MGM
|
Adam's Rib |
George Cukor |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hagen |
Romantic comedy |
MGM; script by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
|
Adventure in Baltimore |
Richard Wallace |
Shirley Temple, Robert Young, John Agar |
Drama |
RKO
|
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |
James Algar, Clyde Geronimi |
Bing Crosby, Eric Blore, Basil Rathbone |
Animation |
Disney; Golden Globe for Cinematography, Color
|
Africa Screams |
Charles Barton |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Air Hostess |
Lew Landers |
Gloria Henry, Audrey Long, Marjorie Lord |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Alias the Champ |
George Blair |
Audrey Long, Gorgeous George, Robert Rockwell |
Mystery |
Republic
|
Alias Nick Beal |
John Farrow |
Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Alimony |
Alfred Zeisler |
Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke |
Film noir |
Eagle-Lion
|
All the King's Men |
Robert Rossen |
Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland |
Drama |
Columbia; Remade in 2006
|
Always Leave Them Laughing |
Roy Del Ruth |
Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Bert Lahr |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
And Baby Makes Three |
Henry Levin |
Barbara Hale, Robert Young, Janis Carter |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Angels in Disguise |
Jean Yarbrough |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Anna Lucasta |
Irving Rapper |
Paulette Goddard, William Bishop Broderick Crawford |
Film noir |
Columbia; Remade in 1958
|
Any Number Can Play |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Mary Astor |
Drama |
MGM
|
Arctic Manhunt |
Ewing Scott |
Mikel Conrad, Carol Thurston, Wally Cassell |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Arson, Inc. |
William Berke |
Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy |
Drama |
Lippert
|
Bad Boy |
Kurt Neumann |
Audie Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Lloyd Nolan |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Bad Men of Tombstone |
Kurt Neumann |
Broderick Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Bagdad |
Charles Lamont |
Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Bandit King of Texas |
Fred C. Brannon |
Allan Lane, Helene Stanley, Eddy Waller |
Western |
Republic
|
Bandits of El Dorado |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Columbia
|
Barbary Pirate |
Lew Landers |
Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Lenore Aubert |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
The Barkleys of Broadway |
Charles Walters |
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Billie Burke |
Musical |
MGM; Final Astaire-Rogers pairing
|
Battleground |
William Wellman |
Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy |
War |
MGM
|
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend |
Preston Sturges |
Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallée |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Beyond the Forest |
King Vidor |
Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Big Cat |
Phil Karlson |
Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster |
Adventure |
Eagle-Lion Films
|
Big Jack |
Richard Thorpe |
Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main |
Western |
MGM; Beery's final film
|
The Big Sombrero |
Frank McDonald |
Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Big Steal |
Don Siegel |
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix |
Drama |
RKO
|
The Big Wheel |
Edward Ludwig |
Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Black Magic |
Gregory Ratoff |
Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Black Midnight |
Budd Boetticher |
Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas |
Western |
Monogram. Boetticher's 1st western[1]
|
The Blazing Trail |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Blonde Bandit |
Harry Keller |
Dorothy Patrick, Gerald Mohr, Robert Rockwell |
Crime |
Republic
|
Blondie's Big Deal |
Edward Bernds |
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Blondie Hits the Jackpot |
Edward Bernds |
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Bodyhold |
Seymour Friedman |
Willard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke |
Action |
Columbia
|
Bomba, the Jungle Boy |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
Bomba on Panther Island |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
Border Incident |
Anthony Mann |
Ricardo Montalbán, Howard Da Silva, George Murphy |
Drama |
MGM
|
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture |
Seymour Friedman |
Chester Morris, Maylia Fong, Richard Lane |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
Brand of Fear |
Oliver Drake |
Jimmy Wakely, Gail Davis, Tom London |
Western |
Monogram
|
The Bribe |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price |
Film noir |
MGM
|
Bride for Sale |
William D. Russell |
Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Bride of Vengeance |
Mitchell Leisen |
Paulette Goddard, John Lund, Macdonald Carey |
Historical |
Paramount
|
Brimstone |
Joseph Kane |
Rod Cameron, Walter Brennan, Lorna Gray |
Western |
Republic
|
Brothers in the Saddle |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie |
Western |
RKO
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
George Sherman |
Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart |
Western |
Universal
|
Canadian Pacific |
Edwin L. Marin |
Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Caught |
Max Ophüls |
James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan |
Film noir |
MGM
|
Challenge of the Range |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Paula Raymond, Steve Darrell |
Western |
Columbia
|
Challenge to Lassie |
Richard Thorpe |
Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Geraldine Brooks |
Drama |
MGM
|
Champion |
Mark Robson |
Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell |
Film noir |
United Artists; 6 Oscar nominations
|
Chicago Deadline |
Lewis Allen |
Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Chicken Every Sunday |
George Seaton |
Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Colleen Townsend |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Chinatown at Midnight |
Seymour Friedman |
Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers |
Crime drama |
Columbia
|
City Across the River |
Maxwell Shane |
Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Sue England |
Film noir |
Universal; Curtis's first film
|
The Clay Pigeon |
Richard Fleischer |
Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, Richard Quine |
Crime drama |
RKO
|
C-Man |
Joseph Lerner |
Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Edith Atwater |
Film noir |
Film Classics
|
Colorado Territory |
Raoul Walsh |
Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone |
Western |
Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra
|
Come to the Stable |
Henry Koster |
Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
Tay Garnett |
Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; from a story by Mark Twain
|
Cover Up |
Alfred E. Green |
William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
The Cowboy and the Indians |
John English |
Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Crime Doctor's Diary |
Seymour Friedman |
Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne |
Mystery |
Columbia. Last of series
|
Criss Cross |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Crooked Way |
Robert Florey |
John Payne, Ellen Drew, Sonny Tufts |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Dancing in the Dark |
Irving Reis |
William Powell, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou |
Musical comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
A Dangerous Profession |
Ted Tetzlaff |
George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The Daring Caballero |
Wallace Fox |
Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Charles Halton |
Western |
United Artists
|
Daughter of the Jungle |
George Blair |
Lois Hall, Sheldon Leonard, James Cardwell |
Adventure |
Republic
|
Daughter of the West |
Harold Daniels |
Martha Vickers, Phillip Reed, Donald Woods |
Western |
Film Classics
|
Dear Wife |
Richard Haydn |
William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Edward Arnold |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Death Valley Gunfighter |
R. G. Springsteen |
Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller |
Western |
Republic
|
Desert Vigilante |
Fred F. Sears |
Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Devil's Henchman |
Seymour Friedman |
Warner Baxter, Mary Beth Hughes, Regis Toomey |
Crime |
Columbia
|
The Doctor and the Girl |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Glenn Ford, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Doolins of Oklahoma |
Gordon Douglas |
Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Allbritton |
Western |
Columbia
|
Down Dakota Way |
William Witney |
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Elisabeth Risdon |
Western |
Republic
|
Down to the Sea in Ships |
Henry Hathaway |
Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox; Remake of 1922 silent film
|
Duke of Chicago |
George Blair |
Audrey Long, Tom Brown, Grant Withers |
Sports |
Republic
|
Dynamite |
William H. Pine |
William Gargan, Richard Crane, Virginia Welles |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
East Side, West Side |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner |
Crime drama |
MGM
|
Easy Living |
Jacques Tourneur |
Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott |
Drama |
RKO
|
Edward, My Son |
George Cukor |
Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter |
Drama |
MGM-British. Oscar nomination for Kerr
|
El Paso |
Lewis R. Foster |
John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden |
Western |
Paramount
|
Everybody Does It |
Edmund Goulding |
Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox. Remake of 1937 film
|
Family Honeymoon |
Claude Binyon |
Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Fan |
Otto Preminger |
Madeleine Carroll, Jeanne Crain, Richard Greene, George Sanders |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox. Based on Oscar Wilde story
|
Father Was a Fullback |
John M. Stahl |
Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Rudy Vallée |
Family |
20th Century Fox
|
Feudin' Rhythm |
Edward Bernds |
Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, Kirby Grant |
Western musical |
Columbia
|
Fighting Fools |
Reginald Le Borg |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lyle Talbot |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
The Fighting Kentuckian |
George Waggner |
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston |
Western |
Republic
|
Fighting Man of the Plains |
Edwin L. Marin |
Randolph Scott, Jane Nigh, Bill Williams |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The Fighting O'Flynn |
Arthur Pierson |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene |
Adventure |
Universal
|
The Fighting Redhead |
Lewis D. Collins |
Jim Bannon, Emmett Lynn, Peggy Stewart |
Western |
Eagle-Lion
|
Flame of Youth |
R. G. Springsteen |
Barbra Fuller, Danny Sue Nolan, Don Beddoe |
Drama |
Republic
|
Flaming Fury |
George Blair |
George Cooper, Roy Roberts, Paul Marion |
Crime |
Republic
|
Flamingo Road |
Michael Curtiz |
Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; based on the play
|
Flaxy Martin |
Richard L. Bare |
Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Zachary Scott |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Follow Me Quietly |
Richard Fleischer |
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey |
Film Noir |
RKO
|
The Forbidden Street |
Jean Negulesco |
Maureen O'Hara, Dana Andrews, Sybil Thorndike |
Drama |
Fox
|
Forgotten Women |
William Beaudine |
Elyse Knox, Edward Norris, Robert Shayne |
Drama |
Monogram
|
The Fountainhead |
King Vidor |
Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; based on Ayn Rand novel
|
Free for All |
Charles Barton |
Robert Cummings, Ann Blyth, Percy Kilbride |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Frontier Investigator |
Fred C. Brannon |
Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller |
Western |
Republic
|
The Gal Who Took the West |
Frederick de Cordova |
Yvonne De Carlo, Scott Brady, Charles Coburn |
Western |
Universal
|
The Gay Amigo |
Wallace Fox |
Duncan Renaldo, Armida, Leo Carrillo |
Western |
United Artists. Cisco Kid
|
The Girl from Jones Beach |
Peter Godfrey |
Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Golden Stallion |
William Witney |
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez |
Western |
Republic
|
The Great Dan Patch |
Joseph M. Newman |
Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick |
Comedy drama |
United Artists
|
The Great Gatsby |
Elliott Nugent |
Alan Ladd, Ruth Hussey, Betty Field |
Drama |
Paramount. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; remade in 1974 and 2013
|
The Great Lover |
Alexander Hall |
Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Great Sinner |
Robert Siodmak |
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas |
Drama |
MGM
|
Gun Law Justice |
Lambert Hillyer |
Jimmy Wakely, Jane Adams, Dub Taylor |
Western |
Monogram
|
Gun Runner |
Lambert Hillyer |
Jimmy Wakely, Noel Neill, Mae Clarke |
Western |
Monogram
|
The Hasty Heart |
Vincent Sherman |
Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Heiress |
William Wyler |
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson |
Drama |
Paramount; won 4 Academy Awards
|
Hellfire |
R. G. Springsteen |
Wild Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker |
Western |
Republic
|
Hideout |
Philip Ford |
Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Sheila Ryan |
Thriller |
Republic
|
Hold That Baby! |
Reginald Le Borg |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Holiday Affair |
Don Hartman |
Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey |
Romantic comedy |
RKO;
|
Holiday in Havana |
Jean Yarborough |
Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran |
Musical comedy |
Columbia
|
Home in San Antone |
Ray Nazarro |
Roy Acuff, Lyn Thomas, George Cleveland |
Western musical |
Columbia
|
Home of the Brave |
Mark Robson |
Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Homicide |
Felix Jacoves |
Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Monte Blue |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
Horsemen of the Sierras |
Fred F. Sears |
Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lois Hall |
Western |
Columbia
|
The House Across the Street |
Richard L. Bare |
Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
House of Strangers |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
I Cheated the Law |
Edward L. Cahn |
Tom Conway, Steve Brodie, Barbara Billingsley |
Crime |
20th Century Fox
|
I Married a Communist |
Robert Stevenson |
Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar |
Drama |
RKO. aka The Woman on Pier 13
|
I Shot Jesse James |
Samuel Fuller |
Preston Foster, John Ireland, Barbara Britton |
Western |
Lippert
|
I Was a Male War Bride |
Howard Hawks |
Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Illegal Entry |
Frederick de Cordova |
Märta Torén, Howard Duff, George Brent |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Impact
|
Arthur Lubin
|
Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn
|
Film noir
|
United Artists
|
In the Good Old Summertime |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton |
Musical |
MGM
|
The Inspector General |
Henry Koster |
Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates |
Musical comedy |
Warner Bros. Golden Globe Best Original Score
|
Intruder in the Dust |
Clarence Brown |
Juano Hernandez, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr. |
Drama |
MGM
|
It Happens Every Spring |
Lloyd Bacon |
Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
It's a Great Feeling |
David Butler |
Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Song
|
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters |
William Beaudine |
Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Jigsaw |
Fletcher Markle |
Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Marc Lawrence |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight |
Cy Endfield |
Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Lina Romay |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch |
Reginald Le Borg |
Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
John Loves Mary |
David Butler |
Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris, Patricia Neal |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Johnny Allegro |
Ted Tetzlaff |
George Raft, George Macready, Nina Foch |
Crime |
Columbia
|
Johnny Holiday |
Willis Goldbeck |
William Bendix, Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Clements |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Johnny Stool Pigeon |
William Castle |
Shelley Winters, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Jolson Sings Again |
Henry Levin |
Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest |
Biography |
Columbia. Sequel to The Jolson Story
|
The Judge |
Elmer Clifton |
Milburn Stone, Katherine DeMille, Paul Guilfoyle |
Crime |
Film Classics
|
The Judge Steps Out |
Boris Ingster |
Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox George Tobias |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Kazan |
Will Jason |
Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Roman Bohnen |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Kid from Cleveland |
Herbert Kline |
George Brent, Lynn Bari, Tommy Cook |
Sports drama |
Republic
|
A Kiss for Corliss |
Richard Wallace |
Shirley Temple, David Niven, Virginia Welles |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
A Kiss in the Dark |
Delmer Daves |
Jane Wyman, David Niven, Broderick Crawford |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Knock on Any Door |
Nicholas Ray |
Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready |
Drama |
Columbia; from Willard Motley novel
|
Ladies of the Chorus |
Phil Karlson |
Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks |
Musical |
Columbia
|
The Lady Gambles |
Michael Gordon |
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally |
Drama |
Universal
|
The Lady Takes a Sailor |
Michael Curtiz |
Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Laramie |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo |
Western |
Columbia; Became TV series
|
The Last Bandit |
Joseph Kane |
Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker |
Western |
Republic
|
Law of the Barbary Coast |
Lew Landers |
Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens |
Crime |
Columbia
|
Law of the Golden West |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Gail Davis, Paul Hurst |
Western |
Republic
|
Law of the West |
Ray Taylor |
Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jack Ingram |
Western |
Monogram
|
Lawless Code |
Oliver Drake |
Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Ellen Hall |
Western |
Monogram
|
A Letter to Three Wives |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; won 2 Academy Awards
|
The Life of Riley |
Irving Brecher |
William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, James Gleason |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Little Women |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, June Allyson |
Family |
MGM; from Louisa May Alcott novel
|
The Lone Wolf and His Lady |
John Hoffman |
Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray |
Mystery |
Columbia. Last of series
|
Look for the Silver Lining |
David Butler |
June Haver, Ray Bolger, Charlie Ruggles |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
Lost Boundaries |
Alfred L. Werker |
Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas |
Drama |
Film Classics
|
The Lost Tribe |
William Berke |
Johnny Weissmuller, Elena Verdugo, Myrna Dell |
Adventure |
Columbia. Jungle Jim
|
The Lovable Cheat |
Richard Oswald |
Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney |
Comedy |
Film Classics
|
Love Happy |
David Miller |
Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Ilona Massey |
Comedy |
United Artists; final Marx Bros. film
|
The Lucky Stiff |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy |
Comedy |
United Artists; produced by Jack Benny
|
Lust for Gold |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino, Gig Young |
Western |
Columbia
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Ma and Pa Kettle |
Charles Lamont |
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall |
Comedy |
Universal. The Egg and I sequel
|
Madame Bovary |
Vincente Minnelli |
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin |
Drama |
MGM. From Gustave Flaubert novel
|
Make Believe Ballroom |
Joseph Santley |
Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Make Mine Laughs |
Richard Fleischer |
Ray Bolger, Joan Davis, Dennis Day |
Musical |
RKO
|
Malaya |
Richard Thorpe |
Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Sydney Greenstreet |
Thriller |
MGM
|
The Man on the Eiffel Tower |
Burgess Meredith |
Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith |
Mystery |
RKO
|
Manhandled |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Manhattan Angel |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry, Thurston Hall |
Musical comedy |
Columbia
|
Mary Ryan, Detective |
Abby Berlin |
Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent |
Crime Drama |
Columbia
|
Masked Raiders |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord, Richard Martin |
Western |
RKO
|
Massacre River |
John Rawlins |
Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews |
Western |
Monogram
|
Master Minds |
Jean Yarbrough |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Mighty Joe Young |
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Miss Grant Takes Richmond |
Lloyd Bacon |
Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Miss Mink of 1949 |
Glenn Tryon |
Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Barbara Brown |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Mother Is a Freshman |
Lloyd Bacon |
Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College |
Elliott Nugent |
Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox; sequel to Sitting Pretty
|
Mr. Soft Touch |
Gordon Douglas |
Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Mrs. Mike |
Louis King |
Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Angela Clarke |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Mutineers |
Jean Yarbrough |
Jon Hall, Adele Jergens, George Reeves |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
My Dream Is Yours |
Michael Curtiz |
Doris Day, Jack Carson, Eve Arden |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
My Foolish Heart |
Mark Robson |
Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith |
Drama |
RKO. 2 Oscar nominations
|
My Friend Irma |
George Marshall |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marie Wilson |
Comedy |
Paramount; 1st Martin and Lewis film
|
My Own True Love |
Compton Bennett |
Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix |
Drama |
Paramount
|
The Mysterious Desperado |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Movita Castaneda |
Western |
RKO
|
Navajo Trail Raiders |
R. G. Springsteen |
Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Robert Emmett Keane |
Western |
Republic
|
Neptune's Daughter |
Edward Buzzell |
Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán |
Musical |
MGM; Oscar for Best Song
|
Never Fear |
Ida Lupino |
Sally Forrest, Hugh O'Brian, Keefe Brasselle |
Drama |
Eagle-Lion
|
Night Unto Night |
Don Siegel |
Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Not Wanted |
Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino |
Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn |
Drama |
Film Classics
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Oh, You Beautiful Doll |
John M. Stahl |
Mark Stevens, June Haver, Gale Robbins |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
Once More, My Darling |
Robert Montgomery |
Robert Montgomery, Ann Blyth, Jane Cowl |
Romantic comedy |
Universal
|
One Last Fling |
Peter Godfrey |
Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
On the Town |
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett |
Musical |
MGM; Oscar for Best Musical Score
|
Outcasts of the Trail |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Jeff Donnell, Paul Hurst |
Western |
Republic
|
Outpost in Morocco |
Robert Florey |
George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Pinky |
Elia Kazan |
Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations
|
Pioneer Marshal |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Nan Leslie |
Western |
Republic
|
The Pirates of Capri |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti |
Adventure |
Film Classics
|
Post Office Investigator |
George Blair |
Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell |
Mystery |
Republic
|
Port of New York |
László Benedek |
Scott Brady, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner |
Film noir |
Eagle-Lion
|
Powder River Rustlers |
Philip Ford |
Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
Prince of Foxes |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix |
Historical |
20th Century Fox
|
Prince of the Plains |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
Prison Warden |
Seymour Friedman |
Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, Harlan Warde |
Crime |
Columbia
|
Range Justice |
Ray Taylor |
Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Riley Hill |
Western |
Monogram
|
Ranger of Cherokee Strip |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
The Reckless Moment |
Max Ophüls |
James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Red Canyon |
George Sherman |
Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent |
Western |
Universal
|
The Red Danube |
George Sidney |
Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury |
Drama |
MGM
|
Red, Hot and Blue |
John Farrow |
Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest |
Musical comedy |
Paramount
|
Red Light |
Roy Del Ruth |
George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
The Red Menace |
R. G. Springsteen |
Robert Rockwell, Betty Lou Gerson, Barbra Fuller |
Film noir |
Republic
|
The Red Pony |
Lewis Milestone |
Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern |
Western drama |
Republic
|
Red Rock Outlaw |
Elmer Clifton |
Lee "Lasses" White, Reno Browne, Ewing Miles Brown |
Western |
Astor
|
Red Stallion in the Rockies |
Ralph Murphy |
Jean Heather, Arthur Franz, Ray Collins |
Western |
Eagle-Lion
|
Reign of Terror |
Anthony Mann |
Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Basehart |
Historical thriller |
Eagle-Lion
|
Renegades of the Sage |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslie Banning |
Western |
Columbia
|
Ride, Ryder, Ride! |
Lewis D. Collins |
Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn |
Western |
Eagle-Lion
|
Riders in the Sky |
John English |
Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Mary Beth Hughes |
Western |
Columbia
|
Riders of the Range |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jacqueline White |
Western |
RKO
|
Riders of the Whistling Pines |
John English |
Gene Autry, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd |
Western |
Columbia
|
Rimfire |
B. Reeves Eason |
Mary Beth Hughes, James Millican, Reed Hadley |
Western |
Lippert
|
Rim of the Canyon |
John English |
Gene Autry, Thurston Hall, Clem Bevans |
Western |
Columbia
|
Ringside |
Frank McDonald |
Don "Red" Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan |
Film noir |
Lippert
|
Roaring Westward |
Oliver Drake |
Jimmy Wakely, Lois Hall, Dennis Moore |
Western |
Monogram
|
Roll, Thunder, Roll! |
Lewis D. Collins |
Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn |
Western |
Eagle-Lion
|
Rope of Sand |
William Dieterle |
Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
Roseanna McCoy |
Irving Reis |
Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Raymond Massey |
Drama |
RKO
|
Rose of the Yukon |
George Blair |
Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie, Emory Parnell |
Western |
Republic
|
Roughshod |
Mark Robson |
Gloria Grahame, Robert Sterling, John Ireland |
Western |
RKO
|
Rustlers |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer |
Western |
RKO
|
Rusty's Birthday |
Seymour Friedman |
Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Rusty Saves a Life |
Seymour Friedman |
Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Samson and Delilah |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Angela Lansbury |
Biblical, Drama |
Paramount. 5 Oscar nominations
|
San Antone Ambush |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
Sand |
Henry King |
Coleen Gray, Mark Stevens, Rory Calhoun |
Western |
20th Century Fox. Oscar-nominated
|
Sands of Iwo Jima |
Allan Dwan |
John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker |
War |
Republic. 4 Oscar nominations
|
Satan's Cradle |
Ford Beebe |
Duncan Renaldo, Ann Savage, Leo Carrillo |
Western |
United Artists
|
Scene of the Crime |
Roy Rowland |
Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven |
Film noir |
MGM
|
Search for Danger |
Jack Bernhard |
John Calvert, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell |
Crime |
Film Classics
|
The Secret Garden |
Fred M. Wilcox |
Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Secret of St. Ives |
Phil Rosen |
Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
The Set-Up |
Robert Wise |
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, Alan Baxter |
Sports Film noir |
RKO. From W. C. Heinz novel
|
Shamrock Hill |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Peggy Ryan, Trudy Marshall, Rick Vallin |
Comedy |
Eagle-Lion
|
She Shoulda Said No! |
Sherman Scott |
Alan Baxter, Lila Leeds, Lyle Talbot |
Drama |
Independent
|
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
John Ford |
John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson |
Western |
RKO. Oscar for cinematography
|
Sheriff of Wichita |
R. G. Springsteen |
Allan Lane, Lyn Wilde, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
Shockproof |
Douglas Sirk |
Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Siren of Atlantis |
Gregg G. Tallas |
Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Sky Dragon |
Lesley Selander |
Roland Winters, Noel Neill, Keye Luke |
Mystery |
Monogram. Charlie Chan
|
Slattery's Hurricane |
André de Toth |
Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. From Herman Wouk story
|
Slightly French |
Douglas Sirk |
Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
So Dear to My Heart |
Harold D. Schuster |
Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey |
Animation |
Disney
|
Song of India |
Albert S. Rogell |
Sabu, Turhan Bey, Gail Russell |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Song of Surrender |
Mitchell Leisen |
Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Andrea King |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Sons of New Mexico |
John English |
Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Robert Armstrong |
Western |
Columbia
|
Sorrowful Jones |
Sidney Lanfield |
Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot |
Comedy |
Paramount. Damon Runyon story; remake of 1934 film
|
South of Death Valley |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Lee Roberts |
Western |
Columbia
|
South of Rio |
Philip Ford |
Monte Hale, Kay Christopher, Paul Hurst |
Western |
Republic
|
South of St. Louis |
Ray Enright |
Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Victor Jory |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Special Agent |
William C. Thomas |
William Eythe, Kasey Rogers, Carole Mathews |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
Square Dance Jubilee |
Paul Landres |
Don "Red" Barry, Mary Beth Hughes, Wally Vernon |
Musical, Western |
Lippert
|
Stagecoach Kid |
Lew Landers |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jeff Donnell |
Western |
RKO
|
Stampede |
Lesley Selander |
Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown |
Western |
Allied Artists; Remake of 1936 film
|
State Department: File 649 |
Sam Newfield |
Virginia Bruce, William Lundigan, Jonathan Hale |
Film noir |
Film Classics
|
Strange Bargain |
Will Price |
Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The Stratton Story |
Sam Wood |
James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan |
Sports |
MGM. Biography of Monty Stratton
|
Streets of Laredo |
Leslie Fenton |
William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey |
Western |
Paramount; remake of The Texas Rangers
|
Streets of San Francisco |
George Blair |
Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Wally Cassell |
Crime |
Republic
|
The Story of Molly X |
Crane Wilbur |
June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Story of Seabiscuit |
David Butler |
Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Rosemary DeCamp |
Sports |
Warner Bros.
|
The Sun Comes Up |
Richard Thorpe |
Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman Jr. |
Family |
MGM. Lassie feature
|
Susanna Pass |
William Witney |
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez |
Western |
Republic
|
Sword in the Desert |
George Sherman |
Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally |
War |
Universal
|
Take Me Out to the Ball Game |
Busby Berkeley |
Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly |
Sports musical |
MGM
|
Take One False Step |
Chester Erskine |
Shelley Winters, William Powell, Marsha Hunt |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Tarzan's Magic Fountain |
Lee Sholem |
Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Evelyn Ankers |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Task Force |
Delmer Daves |
Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan |
War |
Warner Bros. 8th Cooper-Brennan pairing
|
Tell It to the Judge |
Norman Foster |
Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Tension |
John Berry |
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse |
Film noir |
MGM
|
That Forsyte Woman |
Compton Bennett |
Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon |
Drama |
MGM; from book by John Galsworthy
|
That Midnight Kiss |
Norman Taurog |
Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, José Iturbi |
Musical |
MGM
|
There's a Girl in My Heart |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Lee Bowman, Elyse Knox, Gloria Jean |
Musical |
Allied Artists
|
They Live by Night |
Nicholas Ray |
Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva |
Film noir |
RKO; Ray's 1st film; from novel Thieves Like Us
|
Thieves' Highway |
Jules Dassin |
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox
|
The Threat |
Felix E. Feist |
Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw |
Film noir |
RKO
|
Top o' the Morning |
David Miller |
Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Tokyo Joe |
Stuart Heisler |
Humphrey Bogart, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa |
War |
Columbia
|
Too Late for Tears |
Byron Haskin |
Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Tough Assignment |
William Beaudine |
Don Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie |
Film noir |
Lippert
|
Trail of the Yukon |
William Beaudine |
Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert, Iris Adrian |
Western |
Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series
|
Trails End |
Lambert Hillyer |
Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Kay Morley |
Western |
Monogram
|
Trapped |
Richard Fleischer |
Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt |
Film noir |
Eagle-Lion
|
Treasure of Monte Cristo |
William Berke |
Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie |
Film noir |
Lippert
|
Tucson |
William F. Claxton |
Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Charles Russell |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Tulsa |
Stuart Heisler |
Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz |
Drama |
Eagle-Lion
|
Tuna Clipper |
William Beaudine |
Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters |
Drama |
Monogram
|
Twelve O'Clock High |
Henry King |
Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger |
War |
20th Century Fox. Oscar for Jagger
|
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
The Undercover Man |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore |
Crime drama |
Columbia
|
Undertow |
William Castle |
Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Walking Hills |
John Sturges |
Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop |
Western |
Columbia
|
We Were Strangers |
John Huston |
Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
West of El Dorado |
Ray Taylor |
Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne |
Western |
Monogram
|
Western Renegades |
Wallace Fox |
Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jane Adams |
Western |
Monogram
|
White Heat |
Raoul Walsh |
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
|
Wicked City |
François Villiers |
Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer |
Drama |
United Artists. Co-production with France
|
The Window |
Ted Tetzlaff |
Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Ruth Roman |
Drama |
RKO
|
Without Honor |
Irving Pichel |
Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Franchot Tone |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The Wolf Hunters |
Budd Boetticher |
Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Helen Parrish |
Western |
Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series
|
A Woman's Secret |
Nicholas Ray |
Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame |
Film noir |
RKO
|
The Wyoming Bandit |
Philip Ford |
Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Trevor Bardette |
Western |
Republic
|
Yes Sir, That's My Baby |
George Sherman |
Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven, Charles Coburn |
Musical |
Universal
|
The Younger Brothers |
Edwin L. Marin |
Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett, Janis Paige |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
You're My Everything |
Walter Lang |
Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
American films of the 1940s |
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