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Drunken AngelDrunken 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, TheFallen Idol, The (1948) Recommended
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…
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc (1948)
Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer, Gene Lockhart
Ingrid Bergman is radiant as the saintly Joan in Fleming's last film, and though perhaps unsuitably theatrical, has been greatly improved by…
Les Enfants TerriblesLes Enfants Terribles (The Strange Ones) (1948) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Edouard Dermithe, Nicole Stephane
A poetic drama–fantasy from the pen of Jean Cocteau (who also directed several scenes), that centres round the narcissistic,…
Loves of Carmen, The (1948)
Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford
Famous Spanish fable with Rita Hayworth making a fine sultry, conniving Gypsy whose love for a respectable corporal leads to murder. No music, though.
My Brother's KeeperMy 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.
Red Shoes, TheRed Shoes, The (1948) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring
Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
Snake Pit, TheSnake Pit, The (1948)
Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm
Hollywood melodrama that gives serious attention to the subject of mental illness with Olivia de Havilland (in a career–best performance) as a…
Daisy KenyonDaisy Kenyon (1947)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda
Joan Crawford gives one of her greatest performances in this surprisingly compelling soap opera, finding herself torn between Fonda and Andrews.…
Desert FuryDesert Fury (1947)
Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster
Small town Nevada desert set suspense focusing around a gambling empire obstinately led by a tough woman whose perfect monopoly is interrupted by her…

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