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Secret Agent X-9 (1945) on 24 july 1945
Directed by Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Victoria Horne, Samuel S. Hinds, Jan Wiley, Cy Kendall
Rating65%
On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island (above the island of Formosa), run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create cheap aviation fuel.
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) on 25 july 1945
, 1h6Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett, Fay Helm, Robert Armstrong
Rating63%
While travelling by railroad for a vacation in San Francisco, The Falcon witnesses the murder of a wealthy young girl's nurse. His investigation eventually uncovers the relationship between an ex-bootlegger and a wealthy shipping heiress.
One Exciting Night (1944) on 26 july 1945
, 1h29Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Vera Lynn, Mary Clare, Donald Stewart, Frederick Leister, Cyril Smith, Richard Murdoch
Rating60%
Vera Baker is an aspiring singer desperate for an opportunity to impress producer Michael Thorne. Her chance arrives at a benefit concert that is also the scene of an attempted kidnapping of Thorne by gangsters chasing a priceless Rembrandt. Vera somehow eventually thwarts the villains, and along the way manages to wow the audience with her singing.
Jealousy (1945) on 23 july 1945
, 1h11Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley, Nils Asther, Hugo Haas, Holmes Herbert
Rating61%
A successful alcoholic writer is murdered and his wife is accused.
Midnight Manhunt (1945) on 27 july 1945
, 1h4Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey, George Zucco, Paul Hurst, Don Beddoe
Rating53%
Midnight Manhunt begins with the shooting death of a master criminal who expires in a wax museum. Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage) is first on the scene, but she is soon in competition with her boyfriend, fellow reporter Pete Willis (William Gargan). The killer traps Sue in the wax museum when he returns there looking for the body. Leo Gorcey plays the caretaker of the wax museum.
Guest Wife (1945) on 27 july 1945
, 1h30Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Dick Foran, Charles Dingle, Gertrude Astor, Grant Mitchell
Rating64%
Banker Christopher Price (Dick Foran) from the humdrum town of Keetoosen, Ohio, is happily married to Mary (Claudette Colbert), and the couple are just about to go to New York on their second honeymoon. However, Chris' old childhood friend Joe Parker (Don Ameche), a known newspaper reporter who has been stationed abroad, sends him a message just before they begin their journey. Joe arrives in Keetoosen before the couple leaves, and explains that he has lied to his boss about being martied to Mary, to get a longer vacation in the past. Now, he is to work in New York, and needs to "borrow" Mary to pretend that she is his wife, to save his career. Mary wants nothing to do with this, but Chris agrees to help out, lending Joe his wife. Joe and Mary go ahead to New York, but Chris is delayed because the trains are full. When they arrive to New York, Joe and Mary are taken to a press conference immediately, and their picture end up all over the papers. It turns out Joe's lies were a tad larger than he first said, since he has faked letters from his loving wife - letters that his boss, Arthur Truesdale Worth (Charles Dingle), has read. Chris experiences some large bumps on his way to New York, as his boss Arnold (Edward Fielding) sees the pictures of Joe and Mary in the papers, and believes Chris is an adulterer. Arnold forces Chris to stay on in Keetoosen a few days longer to fend off a scandal. Another person from Keetoosen recognizes Mary clubbing with Joe in New York. When Chris eventually makes it to New York the evening after, Worth and other people get suspicious of his interest in "Mrs. Parker". Eventually Mary pretends to be in love with Joe, and even tells her friend Suzy (Marlo Dwyer) about this. On invitation from Worth, she comes out to Long Island to his house, with Joe as company. Chris finds out where they are and sneaks into the house. He finds Joe and Mary under a romantic night sky on a balcony, and believes Mary has fallen for the reporter. The truth is that Mary pretends to be suicidal, threatening to jump off the balcony because Joe doesn't return her feelings for him. Chris knocks out Joe and takes Mary away in his car. Joe takes the opportunity to play the devastated husband who has been left by his wife, and gets sympathy from Worth. Mary is quite happy with Chris' actions and that he finally stood up to his friend.
The Woman in Green (1945) on 27 july 1945
, 1h8Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Serial killer films, Buddy films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell, Hillary Brooke, Matthew Boulton, Paul Cavanagh
Rating65%
When several women are murdered and their forefingers severed, Holmes and Watson are called into action, but Holmes is baffled by the crimes at the start. Widower Sir George Fenwick (Paul Cavanagh), after a romantic night alone with his girlfriend Lydia Marlowe (Hillary Brooke), is hypnotized into believing that he is responsible for the crimes. He is certain that he is guilty after he awakes from a stupor and finds a woman's forefinger in his pocket. His daughter comes to Holmes and Watson without realizing that Moriarty's henchman is following her. She tells Holmes and Watson that she found her father burying a forefinger under a pile of soil. She has dug up the forefinger and shows it to them.
Canine Casanova (1945) on 27 july 1945
, 7minutesDirected by Charles August Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar, Billy Bletcher
Rating62%
Pluto essaye d'attirer l'attention de Dinah le teckel mais elle l'ignore. En utilisant un énorme os, il tente de lui voler un baiser mais n'y arrive pas. Dinah se fait alors attraper par la fourrière. Après lui avoir porté secours et l'avoir libéré, Pluto obtient enfin son baiser en récompense mais découvre qu'elle est déjà la mère d'une portée de chiots.