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The Hasty Heart (1949)
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a…
Diamond City (1949)
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the “Wild South”.
Thieves’ Highway (1949)
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently…
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the…
Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
The last of Tex Avery’s variations on “Red Hot Riding Hood” (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilized…
Rotation (1949)
The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his views. Trying to remain…
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette’s exiles plan…
Late Spring (1949)
The House Across the Street (1949)
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses…
The Mysterious Desperado (1949)
A cowboy is accused of his father’s murder.
Silly Hillbilly (1949)
Popeye’s traveling department store comes to hillbilly country. He gets upset as Bluto, mistaking a radiator for an accordion, cuckoo clocks for a shooting gallery, and a girdle for a…
Inspiration (1949)
A glass blower imagines that his creations come to life. A story of love contained within a single drop of rain. A voyage into ethereal beauty.
Down Dakota Way (1949)
In Roy Rogers’ Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by evil rancher H. T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft). To avoid an expensive quarantine on his…
Under Capricorn (1949)
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her…
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett’s novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how…
The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by…
The Cat and the Mermouse (1949)
Tom drowns in a lake and sinks to the bottom. There, he finds a mermouse, which he tries to capture and eat.
All in a Nutshell (1949)
Donald steals Chip and Dale’s nuts for his nut-butter shop, which is shaped like a giant walnut, Chip and Dale, roll and “shoot” Donald into a nearby lake.
White Heat (1949)
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take…
The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops…
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there’s no room in the…
Task Force (1949)
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power….
Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States…
Madame Bovary (1949)
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to…
Black Magic (1949)
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV’s court.
Wags to Riches (1949)
Droopy inherits a fortune, but the will says that if he meets an untimely death all the money will go to Spike, who spends the entire film trying to make…
Tar with a Star (1949)
Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of Cactus Corners.
Slattery’s Hurricane (1949)
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds…
Rope of Sand (1949)
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Obsession (1949)
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife’s lover.
The Red Menace (1949)
A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
Doggone Tired (1949)
A rabbit tries all he can to keep a hunting dog awake before tomorrow’s big hunt.
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
After getting her start in her parents’ vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl’s enormous talent, and before long…
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Sky Liner (1949)
Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!
Conspirator (1949)
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club’s safe and hides in…