Top Movies of 1940s


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241. Portrait of Jennie

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Dieterle
Actors: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne

242. Blithe Spirit

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Lean
Actors: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey
Plot: Based on Noel Coward's play - a husband and his second wife must deal with constant presence of his first wife's ghost. They contact a medium, hoping to figure out why her spirit won't stay at rest.

243. Samson and Delilah

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Olive Deering

244. They Drive By Night

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale

245. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen

246. Crossfire

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Paul Kelly, Sam Levene
Plot: A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

247. The Man with Nine Lives

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Grinde
Actors: Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown, John Dilson, Hal Taliaferro

248. For Whom the Bell Tolls

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff, Katina Paxinou

249. A-Haunting We Will Go

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Sheila Ryan, John Shelton, Don Costello

250. Great Guns

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Monty Banks
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Marsh

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