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Snake Pit, The (1948): Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm; Hollywood melodrama that gives serious attention to the subject of mental illness with Olivia de Havilland (in a career–best performance) as a…
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948): Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster; The great Barbara Stanwyck cracks up in this crime melodrama, an enjoyably overrought 'visualisation' of what was a gripping and highly successful…
State of the Union (1948): Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury; An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Street With No Name, The (1948): Dir. William Keighley
Feat. Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan…; One of the grittier film noirs of the 1940s, evokes its tale of corruption, mob violence and FBI infiltration with a semi–documentary surface.…
They Live By Night (w/ Side Street) (1948-1950): Dir. Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Feat. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell; Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi–noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers…
Three Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne; Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Walter Huston, Humphrey Bogart; Alltime Hollywood classic, rides with forlorn roughnecks Walter Huston and Humphrey Bogart (in a rare unsympathetic role) as they scrounge around…
Unfaithfully Yours (1948): Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence…; Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Velvet Touch, The (1948): Dir. Jack Gage
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn…; Film noir with Rosalind Russell (HIS GIRL FRIDAY) playing a Broadway star who accidentally kills her producer during an argument, then stands by as a…
Whispering Smith (1948): Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall…; Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.

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