1940’s Classic Movies

Manhandled (1949) – Crime Film Noir

Manhandled (1949) Manhandled is a 1949 crime film noir directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden[…]

Second Chorus (1940) When perennial college students Danny O’Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own,[…]

The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) Film: The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) Studio: Rainbow Productions Director: Leo McCarey Writer:[…]

When a rich woman’s ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn[…]

13 Lead Soldiers (1948) Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom[…]

This Gun for Hire (1942) When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is[…]

The Fallen Idol 1948 A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally[…]

Foreign Correspondent 1940 On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in[…]

Mexican Hayride (1948) Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into[…]

White Heat (1949) A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old[…]