Search results for "1948"
Words and Music

Words and Music

Words and Music
IMDb: 6.4
120

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes…

Genre: Drama, Music
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

Act of Violence
IMDb: 7.5
82

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Silver River

Silver River

Silver River
IMDb: 6.5
110

Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most…

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way
IMDb: 5.7
107

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day’s roving…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

Against the Wind
IMDb: 6.4
96

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who…

Genre: Drama, War
Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming
IMDb: 6.8
113

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. On…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
B.F.’s Daughter

B.F.’s Daughter

B.F.’s Daughter
IMDb: 6.1
108

Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Shanghai Chest

The Shanghai Chest

The Shanghai Chest
IMDb: 5.9
65

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man’s finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In the Street

In the Street

In the Street
IMDb: 6.7
16

Images of street life in New York’s Spanish Harlem during the 1940s.

Genre: Documentary
Incident

Incident

Incident
IMDb: 6.5
66

An innocent man — due to a case of mistaken identity — is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target — a gangster– and warn…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Bodyguard

Bodyguard

Bodyguard
IMDb: 6.5
62

A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.

Genre: Crime
Esther Waters

Esther Waters

Esther Waters
IMDb: 6.2
108

Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer’s daughter. Left alone to bring up…

Genre: Drama
Louisiana Story

Louisiana Story

Louisiana Story
IMDb: 6.6
78

The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Fighting Back

Fighting Back

Fighting Back
IMDb: 6.2
61

An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart
IMDb: 5.1
80

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name
IMDb: 7.1
91

After two gang-related killings in “Center City,” a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail…and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to…

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch
IMDb: 6.5
106

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

Genre: Action, Drama
The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells
IMDb: 6.6
120

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for…

Genre: Drama
The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High
IMDb: 6.6
77

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two…

Genre: Comedy
Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph
IMDb: 6.7
83

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Symphony in Spinach

Symphony in Spinach

Symphony in Spinach
IMDb: 6.8
6

Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Olive Oyl for President

Olive Oyl for President

Olive Oyl for President
IMDb: 6.8
6

Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.

Genre: Animation
A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing

A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing

A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing
IMDb: 6.3
N/A

Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she’d like to kiss…

Genre: Animation
Snow Place Like Home

Snow Place Like Home

Snow Place Like Home
IMDb: 6.5
N/A

Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to the North Pole. Fortunately, a penguin comes by advertising Pierre’s Trading Post;…

Genre: Animation
Wigwam Whoopee

Wigwam Whoopee

Wigwam Whoopee
IMDb: 6.5
7

Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.

Genre: Animation
Popeye Meets Hercules

Popeye Meets Hercules

Popeye Meets Hercules
IMDb: 6.5
6

The first Olympics, starring Hercules (looking, but not quite sounding, like a really pumped-up Bluto), who challenges anyone to do the same feats as him. Popeye takes that challenge, of…

Genre: Animation
Pre-Hysterical Man

Pre-Hysterical Man

Pre-Hysterical Man
IMDb: 6.8
7

Popeye and Olive are atop the highest peak in Yellowstone Park; Olive falls off into a deep hole, where a caveman and dinosaur are still living. Olive almost ends up…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Robin Hood-Winked

Robin Hood-Winked

Robin Hood-Winked
IMDb: 6.4
7

Popeye is Robin Hood; he’s got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Spinach vs Hamburgers

Spinach vs Hamburgers

Spinach vs Hamburgers
IMDb: 5.9
N/A

Popeye’s nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.

Genre: Animation
One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus
IMDb: 6.6
82

A window dresser’s kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

Good Sam

Good Sam

Good Sam
IMDb: 6.3
114

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
IMDb: 8.2
126

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him…

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain
IMDb: 6.3
87

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa,…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Road House

Road House

Road House
IMDb: 7.2
95

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride
IMDb: 6.2
78

Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.

Genre: Comedy
Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph
IMDb: 6.3
133

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic,…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes
IMDb: 8.1
133

In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Lulu Belle

Lulu Belle

Lulu Belle
IMDb: 5.9
86

Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900’s when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his fiancée and career…

Genre: Drama, Romance
So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart
IMDb: 6.8
79

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his ‘champion’ lamb, Danny. Jeremiah’s dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of…

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman
IMDb: 7.9
87

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is…

Genre: Drama, Romance