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Subgenre Sampler
Cry of the City (1948)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark… - Dying cop–killer Conte refuses to confess to a crime, and worries that childhood friend turned flinty cop Mature, will implicate his girlfriend…
Dick Barton Trilogy, The (Dick Barton Special Agent, Dick Barton Strikes Back, Dick Barton at Bay) (1948-1950)- Dir. Godfrey Grayson, Alfred J. Goulding
Feat. Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot, George Ford… - A collection of three campy spy thrillers from Hammer Studios during their successful post–war period, with Don Stannard playing the special…
Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) (1948)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura - The film that made Toshiro Mifune a star – playing a petty gangster with TB, who turns to an alcoholic doctor for help after a shoot–out.…
Fallen Idol, The (1948)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Ralph Richardson - Celebrated, tasteful British thriller about the muddled attempt of an 8–year–old ambassador's son to protect the embassy butler (Ralph…
Gun Crazy (1948)
- Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Feat. John Dall, Peggy Cummins - Cocked with outstanding set pieces, daring twists and a desperate, exciting romanticism, this 'B–movie' thriller makes the grade with any of…
He Walked By Night (1948)- Dir. Alfred L. Werker
Feat. Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts - High–tension film noir shot in semi documentary style follows Richard Basehart as a psychopathic loner being doggedly pursued by LAPD's finest.
My Brother's Keeper (1948)- Dir. Alfred Roome
Feat. Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson… - Rickety chase film from Gainsborough Pictures with two prisoners chained together making a dash for freedom.
Naked City, The (1948)- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart… - Classic crime thriller has its eye on a young woman's murder in the 'naked city' of New York, and the two veteran cops in charge of tracking down her…
Paradine Case, The (1948)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd - Lawyer Gregory Peck falls in love with the 'wrong woman', in this case Alida Valli, a client charged with murdering her blind husband. In classic…
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…
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