221. Sanshiro Sugata ( Sugata Sanshirô )
Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai
222. Possessed
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Actors: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely
Plot: Possessed tells the story of a woman (Joan Crawford) who is obsessed with her ex-lover and over the course of the film, loses her sanity.
223. I Was a Male War Bride
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, Bill Neff
Plot: Love blooms even in a warzone, so when Captain Henri Rochard, a French officer marries American Lieutenant Catherine Gates, she wants to take her husband home when her unit is recalled to the U.S. Provisions and protocols are in place for soldiers to take spouses home to America, but they don't account for possible reversals in gender roles. Thus ensues a hilarious mess, as "Mrs. Gates" battles red tape and unconventional accomodations in order to remain with his wife.
224. State Fair
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter
225. Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway
Plot: Tarzan mus protect his home and family when greedy men threaten to destroy all in their search for gold.
226. Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Hall
Actors: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason
Plot: A boxer dies prematurely in a plane crash, but it's not his time, so the celestial powers must find him another body.
227. The Glass Key
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Heisler
Actors: Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Joseph Calleia
228. The Mark of Zorro
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Actors: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg
229. Night Train to Munich
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt
Plot: The Germans have taken Czechoslovakia and scientist Axel Bomasch, inventor of a new type of armor plating, manages to flee to England with his daughter, Anna. The relief is short-lived as Gestapo agents find them and take them back to Berlin. British secret service agent Gus Bennet is in pursuit, disguised as a German officer, must rescue the scientist even if it means starting a romance with Anna.
230. A Canterbury Tale
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell
Actors: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey
