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Red House, TheRed House, The (1947)
Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Dame Judith Anderson
A man dares to unlock the mystery of the red house in the thick of the woods. Music, photography and Edward G. Robinson in a spooky key role combine…
Song of the Thin ManSong of the Thin Man (1947)
Dir. Edward Buzzell
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
The Thin Man legacy is stretched out to a sixth film, with Nick and Nora busting one last case involving a dispute over owed money to a two–bit…
Two Mrs Carrolls, TheTwo Mrs Carrolls, The (1947)
Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith
Bogie plays the baddie in this tense psychodrama – a mad artist who paints his female models before killing them. Barbara Stanwyk is the latest…
Black AngelBlack Angel (1946) Recommended
Dir. Roy William Neill
Feat. Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre
The husband of a murdered woman and the wife of the man who was convicted for the killing (Duryea and Vincent) team up to prove his innocence, until…
Blue Dahlia, TheBlue Dahlia, The (1946)
Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
Riveting Raymond Chandler noir teams Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in their third on–screen pairing as an ex–bomber pilot accused of…
Dark CornerDark Corner (1946)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, Mark Stevens
Expert film noir concerns a private detective (Stevens) living under the shadow of a murder frame–up concocted by villain Clifton Webb (LAURA).…
DragonwyckDragonwyck (1946)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston
1940s gothic thriller. Gene Tierney gets married to the local lord of the manor, before discovering the skeletons in the closet of his big spooky…
Dressed To KillDressed To Kill (1946)
Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
The final of the 14 Rathbone–Bruce 'Sherlock Holmes' adaptations concerning a criminal gang's pursuit of three music–boxes for mysterious…
Green for DangerGreen for Danger (1946) Recommended
Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Alastair Sim
Sly whodunit finds Trevor Howard and Sally Gray prime suspects in the death of a hospital patient. Cue Scotland Yard’s finest (Alistair Sim), whose…
I See a Dark StrangerI See a Dark Stranger (The Adventuress) (1946)
Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley
Absorbing thriller with Deborah Kerr outstanding as a young Irish woman who despises England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.

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