81. My Favorite Wife
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Garson Kanin
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett
Plot: A woman presumed dead in a shipwreck shows up seven years later... just in time to stop her husband from marrying Bianca. But as the husband is set to reconcile, he finds his wife wasn't alone for those seven years - and jealousy reigns supreme.
82. The Killers
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, William Conrad
Plot: A boxer is murdered to little resistance and an insurance investigator is hired to connect the dots uncovering a past robbery.
83. Odd Man Out
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell
Plot: Johnny McQueen, leader of an Irish gang, has been planning a heist at the home of Kathleen and her mother. When he thinks he has everything worked out, he puts the plan in motion - and everything goes south. On the run from police, he can't go back home and attempts to hide in the back-alleys of Belfast. Meanwhile, Kathleen decides to look for Johnny herself.
84. Baker's Wife, The ( femme du boulanger, La )
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Pagnol
Actors: Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Robert Vattier, Charles Blavette, Robert Bassac
Plot: When his beautiful wife runs off with a local shepherd, a naive village baker is too distraught to ply his trade. Missing their daily supply of bread, the villagers from all walks of life pull together to bring her back.
85. Suspicion
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans
Plot: A would-be spinster is swept off her feet by a dashing stranger, only to suspect that he is a murderer. Is she his next intended victim, or is her overactive imagination getting the best of her?
86. The Bishop's Wife
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, Elsa Lanchester, James Gleason
Plot: A young bishop, focused on acquiring funds to build a grand new cathedral, ignores his wife and daughter. Can a visit from an angel at Christmas cure the problems ailing the family?
87. Mildred Pierce
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett
Plot: A woman learns the hard way that money truly does not buy happiness. In Mildred's quest to reach the top, she drives away her husband, raises a selfish daughter, hooks up with a duplicitous lover and ultimately ends up at the bottom again.
88. Hail the Conquering Hero
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.1 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.
89. Pinky
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael
90. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen
Plot: In the 19th century a man is retiring from the U.S. cavalry in a few days. But first, he must escort a family to another fort.
