Top 10 Action Movies of 1946
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- DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn RidgelyPrivate detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
- DirectorKing VidorOtto BrowerWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenGregory PeckBeautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames CagneyAnnabellaRichard ConteWhen spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsRay TaylorStarsRussell HaydenJane AdamsLionel AtwillFollowing the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsStanley MaxtedThomas ScullionAllan WoodA re-enactment of the Battle of Arnhem during the Second World War which was later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far (1977).
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsRobert CummingsMichèle MorganSteve CochranChuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsMaria MontezRobert PaigeSabuA war-weary newsman (Robert Paige) joins a Spanish dancer (Maria Montez) hunting down a Nazi puppet in North Africa.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsAnna MagnaniAmedeo NazzariCarla Del PoggioA contingent of Italian prisoners of war arrive on a train from Germany after World War II to Turin. The city where Ernesto lives has been bombed, his mother is dead and his sister has gone missing.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeWilliam BendixAn ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsMichael RedgraveRachel KempsonFrederick LeisterIn 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsJohnny WeissmullerBrenda JoyceJohnny SheffieldAs a spate of leopard attacks causes panic, a sceptical Tarzan joins a hunting expedition, only to face a pagan cult of leopard-god worshippers and their fiendish high priestess. Can he escape the sharp claws of the savage Leopard Woman?
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnJean CarlinDawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action.
- DirectorWilliam H. PineStarsJohnny WeissmullerVirginia GreyBuster CrabbeIn the delta county of Louisiana, Johnny Duval is haunted by recurring nightmares of his wartime experiences.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatti McCartyIt's up to Billy and Fuzzy to find out who is behind a land grab of a rancher's property who also winds up dead.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatricia KnoxBilly and Fuzzy help the owner of a treasure map that leads to stolen gold.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatti McCartyWhen Fuzzy's niece is killed in a stage holdup, Billy and Fuzzy go after the killers. They catch Tryon only to have him shot before he can talk. When Gordon confesses he is also killed. But Billy has a plan. He announces Gordon is alive and will shortly name the killer.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatricia KnoxWhile Fuzzy is waiting for his mail order bride, McCallister frames him for murder. McCallister then advises Matilda to marry Fuzzy so she will get the money when he is hung. But Billy breaks up the wedding and goes after the real killer.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatti McCartyFuzzy believes his psychic powers lead him to gold, but Billy learns that Fuzzy is a pawn in a scheme.