161. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H.C. Potter
Actors: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Connie Marshall
Plot: A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.
162. Quiet Duel, The ( Shizukanaru ketto )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjo, Kenjiro Uemura, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Plot: Dr. Kyoji gets infected by Syphilis from a drunken man named Nakata, a soon to be father. Minegishi is a nurse who secretly has feelings for Kyoji. Kyoji gets emotionally affected by the unfortunate incident.
163. Pittsburgh
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Seiler
Actors: Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard
Plot: Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham burns every bridge on his way to becoming one of the biggest magnates in the steel industry. Unsurprisingly, he finds being at the top is nothing when there is no one around him. A sudden crash gives him a second chance at life.
164. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, J. Pat O'Malley, John McLeish, Colin Campbell
Plot: Animated adaptation of two tales: The Wind in the Willows - in which Mr. Toad's fascination with the latest fads get him into all sorts of trouble, the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - the story of Ichabod Crane, a fleeting love and his run-in with the legendary headless horseman.
165. The Reluctant Dragon
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Robert Benchley, Barnett Parker, Frances Gifford, Claud Allister, Clarence Nash, Alan Ladd
166. The Man Who Came to Dinner
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Keighley
Actors: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis
Plot: Sheridan Whiteside, critic extraordinaire, and with quite the acid tongue, slips on the ice outside the home of prominent Ohio family and is told he will have to stay while his broken leg heals. He wastes no time in getting involved with everyone in the family and taking over the household.
167. The Devil and Miss Jones
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington, S.Z. Sakall
168. You Were Never Lovelier
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Seiter
Actors: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom, Leslie Brooks, Adele Mara
Plot: The rich, Argentine Acunas live by a traditional rule - the daughters must get married in order from oldest to youngest. The oldest follows, but sister #2, Maria, has not found love - even though sisters #3 and 4 have already found their respective future husbands. The patriarch of the family, feeling the modern man isn't romantic enough, creates a "mystery man" to entice his daughter. But when an American dancer enters the picture - it shakes everything up.
169. Madame Curie
Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann, Robert Walker, C. Aubrey Smith
Plot: The story of scientist couple Pierre and Marie Curie, who embark on a journey of discovery over the radioactive element radium. From young love the Nobel Prize, the story has both a tragic and uplifting end.
170. This Gun for Hire
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Tuttle
Actors: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence
Plot: A hitman with his own code kills a blackmailer for William Gates - who turns traitor by paying him off with marked bills. Seeking revenge, he happens to meet Ellen Graham - girlfriend of a police lieutenant who is on his case and who happens to be investigating Gates for the Senate. The two form an uneasy alliance to take down a common enemy.
