51. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, Natalie Wood, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown
Plot: A house is haunted by a ghost that Mrs. Muir loves.
52. The Uninvited
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Allen
Actors: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest
Plot: A sister and brother buy a house in the country where they soon discover the house is haunted, and that the haunting is related to their newly introduced neighbors.
53. Now, Voyager
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder
Plot: A young woman is dominated by her overbearing mother and has a nervous breakdown, only to recover and triumphantly overcome her overwhelming mother.
54. Hail the Conquering Hero
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Preston Sturges
Actors: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson
Plot: A man discharged from the Marines for an allergy before every seeing action is encouraged by fellow marines to fabricate a story about being an injured war hero - and give him a uniform and medals to back up his claim. Back home, he is hailed as a hero - complete with statue and song - but when he tries to explain the truth - no one will listen.
55. The Postman Always Rings Twice
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tay Garnett
Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter
Plot: Frank Chambers hitchhikes to an out-of-the-way gas station/diner where he finds both a job and trouble.
56. The Letter
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard, Bruce Lester
Plot: Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) lies about what happened to her lover.
57. All the King's Men
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Rosse
Actors: Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, John Derek, Will Wright
Plot: A "hick" from a small town is double crossed into thinking he is running for mayor when his campaign help finally informs him he is only there to split the vote. He takes vengeance and finally speaks his mind. Once he wins an election he will stop at nothing to give what he believes to be right to his people all the while instilling corruption and bribery in virtually every aspect of the law and the government.
58. Stray Dog ( Nora inu )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma
Plot: A post war (WW2) look at Tokyo, Japan through the events surrounding a police detective, searching for a killer, and his stolen gun.
59. Sergeant York
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly
Plot: This is the story of a Tennessee pacifist who is drafted into the military
during WWI and grows to understand that sometimes there is a need for war.
He ultimately becomes the most decorated hero of the war by single-
handedly capturing over a hundred enemy soldiers.
60. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Barton
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert
Plot: Two freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young (Abbot and Costello) find themselves in deep trouble when Dracula and a weakened Frankenstein escape on route to a house of horrors exhibit. When the Wolfman comes calling to stop Dracula - who is after Wilbur's brain to revitalize his monster - things seem to be going better... until the full moon arrives.
