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Somewhere in the NightSomewhere in the Night (1946)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan
Often underrated 'film noir' has an amnesiac soldier (Hodiak) return to Los Angeles from WW2 to rediscover his identity, only he may not want to... A…
Stranger, TheStranger, The (1946)
Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson
Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
Terror By NightTerror By Night (1946)
Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray
The penultimate Rathbone–Bruce "Sherlock Holmes", with the duo on the trail of a large diamond 'The Star of Rhodesia' which has gone missing…
Woman in Green, TheWoman in Green, The (1946)
Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
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…
And Then There Were NoneAnd Then There Were None (1945) Recommended
Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward
The best film version of Agatha Christie's novel, that is literally a by–the–numbers whodunnit. A little dated, but you'll have fun…
Blood On the SunBlood On the Sun (1945)
Dir. Frank Lloyd
Feat. James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall
Minor Cagney suspense vehicle is distinguished by its unusual setup: Cagney plays a newspaper man in 1920s Japan who uncovers a military plot for…
CorneredCornered (1945)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Morris Carnovsky
The director and star of MURDER, MY SWEET team up again for another noir–ish tale, this time with a wartime context. A Canadian WW2 veteran…
DetourDetour (1945) Aro Favourite
Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Tom Neal, Ann Savage
Often touted as the best B–movie ever made, this blistering film noir upstaged many of the Hollywood main features it was paired with. Short on…
DillingerDillinger (1945)
Dir. Max Nosseck
Feat. Lawrence Tierney
Lawrence Tierney stars in this robust B–Movie biopic as the notorious gangster who declared war on America's banking system.
Fallen AngelFallen Angel (1945)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell
Follow–up to Preminger's film noir LAURA stars Andrews as a penniless drifter who falls in love with beautiful waitress Stella (Darnell) so…

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