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Sinbad, the Sailor (1947): Dir. Richard Wallace
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Maureen O'Hara…; Swashbuckling technicolour adventure set in medieval Persia telling the story of the eighth voyage of Sinbad, where he discovers the lost treasure of…
Overlanders, The (1946): Dir. Harry Watt
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell; A rather odd blend of high adventurism, wartime propaganda, and agricultural instruction, this Ealing production recounts the true story of a…
Theirs is the Glory (Men of Arnhem) (1946): Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
Feat. Stanley Maxted; British war movie depicting the 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the 1944 Battle of Arnhem, a battle which was also the subject of A BRIDGE TOO…
Virginian, The (1946): Feat. Joel McCrea, Sonny Tufts, Brian Donlevy; Fourth time out of the stable adaptation of Owen Wister's influential novel. Local ranch hand (McCrea) risks losing his best friend and the woman…
Captain Kidd (1945): Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton…; Charles Laughton has a great time playing the 17th century English pirate, who swindles King William III. Rollicking production is a nicely comic…
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944): Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson…; Adventure film based on 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights' about a boy prince who takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father…
Frenchman's Creek (1944): Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone…; A faithful adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel about an aristocratic English woman who falls in love with a French pirate during the reign of…
Henry V (1944): Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks; Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
Purple Heart, The (1944): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger…; Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944): Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch; Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.

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