181. The Keys of the Kingdom
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John M. Stahl
Actors: Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Roddy McDowall, Anne Revere, Rose Stradner
Plot: This film covers the life of a Catholic priest who is a missionary in China. It covers the struggles and the triumphs during his many years ministering to his congregation.
182. Ministry of Fear
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke, Percy Waram, Dan Duryea
Plot: A man released from an asylum stumbles into a WWII Nazi plot by accident and must convince someone to help him stop it.
183. Brute Force
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines
Plot: Prison inmates revolt against a sadistic guard.
184. 3 Godfathers
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick
Plot: 3 Godfathers follows three horse thieves who have turned to bank robbing. After a narrow escape from the Law, they stumble on a woman about to give birth. She names the child after all three of them and puts her child in their care. With the Law still on their heels they set out for New Jerusalem, with the bible as their guide. It is a sweet allegory for the Christmas story. This movie is a remake of an earlier silent version.
185. Stormy Weather
Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Actors: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Dooley Wilson
Plot: An all-black musical with an improbable romance, wrapped in some of the best music, performed by some of the great entertainers of that time.
186. Five Women Around Utamaro aka Utamaro and His Five Women ( Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô, Hiroko Kawasaki, Toshiko Iizuka, Kyôko Kusajima
187. terra trema: Episodio del mare, La
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Rosario Galvagno, Lorenzo Valastro, Luchino Visconti, Alfio Fichera, Antonino Valastro, Agnese Giammona
188. Hold Back the Dawn
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Actors: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois
Plot: Georges Iscovescu is a Romanian gigalo looking to make his way into the U.S. but in order to get by immigration, he will have to marry an American. Complications arise when he finds himself actually falling in love with his chosen "bride".
189. I Love You Again
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker
190. Tales of Manhattan
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julien Duvivier
Actors: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson
Plot: A formal coat, "tails" are followed in this film from one owner to next, we see how this item of clothing impacts each person's life.
