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1. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
G | 76 min | Drama, Family
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen
Votes: 665
Geraldine Brooks
2. Madame Bovary (1949)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Romance
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 2,911
Jannifer Jones
3. Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Betty Garrett
Votes: 1,747
Esther Williams
4. Adam's Rib (1949)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell
Votes: 22,918
Katharine Hepburn
5. Samson and Delilah (1949)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Family, History
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 8,984 | Gross: $28.80M
Hedy Lamarr
6. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific and fall in love while growing up together.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Susan Stranks, Peter Rudolph Jones
Votes: 651
Jean Simmons
7. The Heiress (1949)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
Votes: 17,344
Olivia De Havilland
8. The Great Sinner (1949)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston
Votes: 1,623
Gregory Peck
9. Whisky Galore! (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton
Votes: 6,655
Joan Greenwood
10. South of St. Louis (1949)
Passed | 88 min | Western
The friendship of three Texas ranchers whose ranch is destroyed by Cottrell, of the Union army, and his band of outlaw raiders. The working title was "Distant Drums", and south of St. Louis was a term used to describe Civil War deserters.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 580
Dorothy Malone
11. I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, War
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 under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart
Votes: 9,213
Cary Grant
12. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music
A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when two actors agree to help her.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin
Votes: 1,977
Doris Day
13. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett
Votes: 4,077
Esther Williams
14. Under Capricorn (1949)
Approved | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8,110
Ingrid Bergman
15. My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 1,676
Doris Day
16. Malaya (1949)
Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,445
James Stewart
17. Streets of Laredo (1949)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Western
An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime after they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, William Bendix
Votes: 793
Mona Freeman
18. Siren of Atlantis (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure
A pair of explorers stumble across a lost city in the desert ruled by a mysterious queen.
Directors: Gregg G. Tallas, John Brahm, Arthur Ripley | Stars: Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe, Henry Daniell
Votes: 328
Maria Montez
19. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, War
A tough-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 15,807
Gregory Peck
20. Tell It to the Judge (1949)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a Federal judgeship but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group who think her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald
Votes: 450
Rosalind Russell
21. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas
Votes: 10,804
Jeanne Crain
22. Bagdad (1949)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An English-educated Bedouin princess returns to Bagdad to find her father murdered, a corrupt ruling Pasha in charge and various local factions warring for control of the Caliphate.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Paul Hubschmid, Vincent Price, John Sutton
Votes: 450
Maureen O Hara
23. Little Women (1949)
Approved | 122 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor
Votes: 8,235 | Gross: $7.47M
Janet Leigh
24. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 620
Virginia Mayo
25. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 3,599
Oliver Hardy
26. Song of India (1949)
77 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young arrogant Indian prince and his girl decide to hunt animals in the forbidden jungle for a zoo. A local boy helps the captured animals and confronts the prince.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Sabu, Gail Russell, Turhan Bey, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 186
Gail Russell
27. Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Family
Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther while helping Judy Maitland and her brother Robert build an experimental farm.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron, Charles Irwin
Votes: 233
Lita Baron
28. Bomba: The Jungle Boy (1949)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Family
George Harland and his daughter, Patricia, are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Patricia become lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce wild animals.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens, Charles Irwin
Votes: 353
Peggy Ann Garner
29. Zamba (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a boy raised by gorillas.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Jon Hall, June Vincent, Jane Nigh, Beau Bridges
Votes: 62
Jane Nigh
30. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Tarzan secretly arrives in Blue Valley, the land of the magical fountain of youth, to find the intrepid aviatrix who can save an innocent man. But, is she the same person she used to be? Can Tarzan protect the vale's ultimate mystery?
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Evelyn Ankers
Votes: 653
Brenda Joyce
31. The Rugged O'Riordans (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country. In addition to being beset with the obstacles and difficulties with the... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, Tommy Burns, John Unicomb
Votes: 92
Dorothy Alison
32. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
Approved | 86 min | Western
Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker
Votes: 447
Yvonne De Carlo
33. Prince of Foxes (1949)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti
Votes: 1,978 | Gross: $2.55M
Wanda Hendrix
34. The Window (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
Votes: 4,857
Ruth Roman
35. Criss Cross (1949)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally
Votes: 9,602
Yvonne De Carlo
36. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Passed | 104 min | Western
Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Votes: 19,329
Joanne Dru
37. Too Late for Tears (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Film-Noir
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 5,695
Lizabeth Scott
38. The Red Pony (1949)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Family, Western
A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 1,221
Myrna Loy
39. The Lost Tribe (1949)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo, Joseph Vitale
Votes: 393
Elena Verdugo
40. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley
Votes: 2,505
Barbara Britton
41. Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Western
Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element--with help from an old pal, Jesse James.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, Victor Jory, Jane Nigh
Votes: 547
Jane Nigh
42. Massacre River (1949)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Two cavalry officers clash over the colonel's daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews, Cathy Downs
Votes: 285
Carole Mathews
43. Ghost of Zorro (1949)
Approved | 167 min | Family, Western
It is 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. The engineer on the job is Ken Mason and he ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Clayton Moore, Pamela Blake, Roy Barcroft, George J. Lewis
Votes: 180
Pamela Blake
44. Once Upon a Dream (1949)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Chaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Guy Middleton, Betty Lynne
Votes: 104
Betty Lynne
45. Scene of the Crime (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,365
Arlene Dahl
46. Reign of Terror (1949)
Approved | 89 min | History, Romance, Thriller
Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl
Votes: 2,122
Arlene Dahl
47. The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden, Robert Douglas
Votes: 458
Eve Arden
48. Adam and Evalyn (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Helen Cherry, Joan Swinstead
Votes: 612
Jean Simmons
49. The Pirates of Capri (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Action, Drama
A group of men calling themselves 'The Pirates of Capri", headed by Captain Sirroco, who is really Count Amalfi, are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples in 1799. The Queen is ... See full summary »
Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer, Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Stars: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti, Massimo Serato
Votes: 225
Mariella Lotti
50. Badmen of Tombstone (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Western
A marshal goes up against a collection of vicious outlaws terrorizing his town.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford, Fortunio Bonanova
Votes: 145
Marjorie Reynolds
51. And Baby Makes Three (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman, who just divorced her husband is walking down the aisle to marry for a second time, faints. She discovers that she is pregnant by her husband. She must decide whether she wants to go back to him or marry her lover.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Robert Hutton, Janis Carter
Votes: 234
Janis Carter
52. Die Freunde meiner Frau (1949)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Grethe Weiser, Gerda Maurus, Carl-Heinz Schroth
Votes: 35
Sonja Ziemann
53. Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Helmut Weiss | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Gustav Knuth, Angelika Hauff, Trude Hesterberg
Votes: 62
Heinz Rühmann
54. Stampede (1949)
Passed | 76 min | Western
In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-love with the same settler girl while crooked businessmen try to swindle both sides.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown, Don Castle
Votes: 231
Gale Storm
55. Outlaw Country (1949)
Approved | 72 min | Western
The Marshal sends Lash and Fuzzy south of the border where McCord runs a smuggling operation. His chief henchman, known as the Frontier Phantom, is Lash's brother and it's not long before the two brothers meet.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Lash La Rue, Al St. John, Dan White, John Merton
Votes: 77
Nancy Saunders
56. Gesucht wird Majora (1949)
90 min | Crime
The discoverer and patent holder of a synthetic fiber named 'Majora ', dies in captivity, but he previously asked his comrades Blohm and Prack notify the storehouse of Majora's formula ... See full summary »
Director: Hermann Pfeiffer | Stars: Lotte Koch, Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Horn, Harald Paulsen
Votes: 20
Heinz Erhardt
57. Tension (1949)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 3,576
Audrey Totter
58. Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former WW2 naval pilot employed by a Miami civilian company reminisces about his past and present sins while flying a plane into an incoming hurricane.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake, John Russell
Votes: 546
Veronica Lake
59. The Younger Brothers (1949)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight and try to get pardons so they can return to a law-abiding life.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 237
Janis Paige
60. Diamond City (1949)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Adventure
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".
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 148
Diana Dors
61. Hellfire (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Western
A reformed gambler turned preacher partnered with a pretty female fugitive outlaw runs into an old pal who's also a marshal, and they both fall for the same bad gal.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker, Jim Davis
Votes: 400
Marie Windsor
62. Red Canyon (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Western
A young girl sets out to tame a wild horse so she can enter him in a race.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 303
Ann Blyth
63. Brimstone (1949)
Approved | 90 min | Western
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Walter Brennan, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 210
Lorna Gray
64. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Mr. Joseph Young
Votes: 5,786
Terry Moore
65. The Last Bandit (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Western
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Andy Devine
Votes: 118
Minna Gombell
66. Colorado Territory (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Western
Outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull
Votes: 3,178
Dorothy Malone
67. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Directors: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 1,259
Glenn Ford
68. House of Strangers (1949)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler
Votes: 4,188
Susan Hayward
69. Nach Regen scheint Sonne (1949)
93 min | Comedy
Two young suicide candidates discover the sunnier side of life together and blossom into happy spouses.
Director: Erich Kobler | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Gert Fröbe, Rudolf Platte, Ralph Lothar
Votes: 15
Sonja Ziemann
70. Um eine Nasenlänge (1949)
101 min
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Theo Lingen, Hans Moser, Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack
Votes: 41
Sonja Ziemann
71. Act of Violence (1948)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
Votes: 5,716
Janet Leigh
72. Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Western
Badguys Henry, Bill and Pete head a gang of outlaws who are destroying the timberland. When Gene butts in they frame him on a cattle-poisoning charge and set him up for murder.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd
Votes: 235
Patricia Barry
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