Search results for "1948"
Furnival and Son

Furnival and Son

Furnival and Son
IMDb: 5.4
19

Story of work in a cutlery manufacturing firm in Sheffield told through story of the son who enters the business.

Les Misérables – Storm Over Paris

Les Misérables – Storm Over Paris

Les Misérables – Storm Over Paris
IMDb: 6.7
93

The story of Jean Valjean, still pursued by Javert, continues with a love developing between Cosette and radical student Marius, a blackmailing attempt by suspicious innkeeper Thenardier, and a climax…

Genre: Drama, History
Castle Sinister

Castle Sinister

Castle Sinister
IMDb: 3.6
49

During the War, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Who or what is…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
IMDb: 7.4
78

How, in November 1945, after the end of the World War II and the fall of the Third Reich, the international prosecutors participating in the first Nuremberg trial —formally, the…

Kalpana

Kalpana

Kalpana
IMDb: 6.3
155

A writer goes to a film producer with a story in the hope of selling the idea for a film. As he explains it to the producer, scenes from his…

Genre: Music
In the Street

In the Street

In the Street
IMDb: 6.8
16

Images of street life in New York’s Spanish Harlem during the 1940s.

Genre: Documentary
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport

XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport

XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
IMDb: 6.5
138

A documentary covering the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and London, England.

Genre: Documentary
Spring in a Small Town

Spring in a Small Town

Spring in a Small Town
IMDb: 7.3
94

A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband’s.

Genre: Drama, Romance
This Was a Woman

This Was a Woman

This Was a Woman
IMDb: 6.8
102

The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Story of Shirley Yorke

The Story of Shirley Yorke

The Story of Shirley Yorke
IMDb: 5.9
92

Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and…

Genre: Drama
A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing

A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing

A Wolf in Sheik’s Clothing
IMDb: 6.2
7

Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she’d like to kiss…

Genre: Animation
Wigwam Whoopee

Wigwam Whoopee

Wigwam Whoopee
IMDb: 6.4
7

Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.

Genre: Animation
Symphony in Spinach

Symphony in Spinach

Symphony in Spinach
IMDb: 6.8
6

Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Spinach vs Hamburgers

Spinach vs Hamburgers

Spinach vs Hamburgers
IMDb: 5.6
6

Popeye’s nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.

Genre: Animation
Snow Place Like Home

Snow Place Like Home

Snow Place Like Home
IMDb: 6.6
7

Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to the North Pole. Fortunately, a penguin comes by advertising Pierre’s Trading Post;…

Genre: Animation
Robin Hood-Winked

Robin Hood-Winked

Robin Hood-Winked
IMDb: 6.5
7

Popeye is Robin Hood; he’s got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Pre-Hysterical Man

Pre-Hysterical Man

Pre-Hysterical Man
IMDb: 6.8
7

Popeye and Olive are atop the highest peak in Yellowstone Park; Olive falls off into a deep hole, where a caveman and dinosaur are still living. Olive almost ends up…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Popeye Meets Hercules

Popeye Meets Hercules

Popeye Meets Hercules
IMDb: 6.5
6

The first Olympics, starring Hercules (looking, but not quite sounding, like a really pumped-up Bluto), who challenges anyone to do the same feats as him. Popeye takes that challenge, of…

Genre: Animation
Olive Oyl for President

Olive Oyl for President

Olive Oyl for President
IMDb: 7
6

Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.

Genre: Animation
Test Tube Babies

Test Tube Babies

Test Tube Babies
IMDb: 3.3
70

A happily married couple has been trying to have a baby with no luck. They discover that the husband is sterile. Their family doctor suggests that they think about artificial…

Genre: Drama
Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl
IMDb: 6.5
81

Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for “problem” girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart

So Dear to My Heart
IMDb: 6.7
82

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his ‘champion’ lamb, Danny. Jeremiah’s dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of…

Parole, Inc.

Parole, Inc.

Parole, Inc.
IMDb: 5.7
71

A federal agent’s life is in danger when he’s exposed while investigating a parole scheme.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado
IMDb: 6.7
100

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war,…

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus
IMDb: 6.1
61

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place….

Genre: Music, Romance
The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out
IMDb: 6.8
91

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Incident

Incident

Incident
IMDb: 6.6
66

An innocent man — due to a case of mistaken identity — is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target — a gangster– and warn…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Blonde Ice

Blonde Ice

Blonde Ice
IMDb: 6
73

A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Act of Violence

Act of Violence

Act of Violence
IMDb: 7.5
82

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow…

Genre: Thriller
Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel
IMDb: 7.6
98

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which…

Genre: Drama
You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy
IMDb: 6.7
100

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Words and Music

Words and Music

Words and Music
IMDb: 6.4
121

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes…

Genre: Drama, Music
Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky
IMDb: 7.4
98

In 1867, a gang led by James “Stretch” Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky…

Genre: Crime, Western
The Woman in White

The Woman in White

The Woman in White
IMDb: 6.6
109

A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are…

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy
IMDb: 7.6
117

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

Genre: Drama
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith
IMDb: 6.6
89

Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to…

Genre: Western
Whiplash

Whiplash

Whiplash
IMDb: 6.4
91

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

Genre: Drama
The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho
IMDb: 6.9
106

In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.

Genre: Drama
Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile
IMDb: 6.3
91

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch
IMDb: 6.5
106

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

Genre: Action, Drama