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Roxie HartRoxie Hart (Chicago) (1942)
Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery
Comedy adapting the 1926 play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins, which was the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical. Ginger Rogers plays the…
SaboteurSaboteur (1942) Recommended
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings dodges shady conspirators and skeptical patriots as the wrong man thought to be responsible for some anti–American sabotage.…
Secret MissionSecret Mission (1942)
Dir. Harold French
Feat. Michael Wilding, James Mason, Hugh Williams
Wartime propaganda piece focused around four Brit intelligence officers on a mission in France to gauge the force of the German defences while being…
Secret Weapon, TheSecret Weapon, The (1942)
Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce play the definitive Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in this updated (to the 40s) version of the original Conan Doyle…
Silver Screen Collection BoxsetSilver Screen Collection Boxset (1942-1960)
25 classics from the British and American golden age. – The African Queen – A Town Like Alice – Brief Encounter – Odd…
Spoilers, TheSpoilers, The (1942)
Dir. Ray Enright
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne
A gold–rush Western set in Alaska in which gold–miner John Wayne tussles it out with corrupt commissioner Randolph Scott over his claims…
Spy SmasherSpy Smasher (1942)
Dir. William Whitney
Feat. Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Marguerite Chapman
Wartime serial adapted from the comic strip has twin brothers protecting democracy from the needle–nosed Nazi spys. 12 instalments on one…
Tales of ManhattanTales of Manhattan (1942) Recommended
Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers
A star–studded portmanteau of five tales of life in the Big Apple. Runs the gamut from film noir, to romantic comedy, to high melodrama.
Talk of the Town, TheTalk of the Town, The (1942)
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur
Vaguely radical factory–worker Cary Grant goes on the run after being framed for arson and manslaughter by a corrupt establishment, and hides…
This Gun for HireThis Gun for Hire (1942)
Dir. Frank Tuttle
Feat. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston
Dynamite film noir, with Alan Ladd leaping to prominence as an unsmiling hitman embroiled in a vicious revenge quest for a traitorous confederate,…

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