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Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948) on 24 january 1948
, 11minutes
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Actors John Nesbitt, Nana Bryant
Rating64% 3.2329953.2329953.2329953.2329953.232995
The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1948) on 25 january 1948
, 1h28
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins
Rating64% 3.244663.244663.244663.244663.24466
The inept, somewhat slow-witted U.S. senator Melvin G. Ashton wants to run for President of the United States. His eager publicist, Lew Gibson, encourages him with various attention-gaining stunts, disappointing his girlfriend Poppy McNaughton, a reporter at a local newspaper.
Les Misérables - Manhunt
Les Misérables - Manhunt (1948) on 21 january 1948
, 2h20
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Gino Cervi, Valentina Cortese, Luigi Pavese, Hans Hinrich, Gino Cavalieri, Nino Marchetti
Rating67% 3.3638353.3638353.3638353.3638353.363835
Jean Valjean tente de voler une miche de pain pour nourrir ses petits-enfants, mais il est immédiatement rattrapé par la police et condamné à 5 ans de prison, qui deviennent 18 ans en raison de ses nombreuses tentatives d'évasion. Ayant enfin purgé sa peine, il est libéré mais rejeté par tous. Seule la bonté de l'évêque de Digne, à qui il avait volé deux candélabres, le convainc de changer de vie. Il se construit ensuite une nouvelle identité en tant que M. Madeleine et devient un industriel prospère. Mais pendant toutes ces années, l'inspecteur Javert n'a jamais cessé de le rechercher.
Night Song
Night Song (1948) on 20 january 1948
, 1h42
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore, Hoagy Carmichael, Bess Flowers, Jacqueline White
Rating63% 3.196643.196643.196643.196643.19664
San Francisco wealthy socialite Cathy Mallory is entranced by the music of a nightclub pianist, Dan Evans, who is blind. He is bitter and resents a potential lady bountiful's attempt to become his patron saint.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1948) on 22 january 1948
, 2h19
Directed by Guy Hamilton, Julien Duvivier, Russell Lloyd
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt, Mary Kerridge
Rating65% 3.293893.293893.293893.293893.29389
Anna Karenina (Vivien Leigh) is married to Alexei Karenin (Ralph Richardson), a cold government official in St Petersburg who is apparently more interested in his career than in satisfying the emotional needs of his wife. Called to Moscow by her brother Stepan Oblonsky (Hugh Dempster), a reprobate who has been unfaithful to his trusting wife Dolly (Mary Kerridge) once too often, Anna meets Countess Vronsky (Helen Haye) on the night train. They discuss their sons, with the Countess showing Anna a picture of her son Count Vronsky (Kieron Moore), a cavalry officer.
Check Your Guns
Check Your Guns (1948) on 24 january 1948
, 53minutes
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Nancy Gates, George Chesebro, I. Stanford Jolley, Lane Bradford
Rating61% 3.0945153.0945153.0945153.0945153.094515
They're Off
They're Off (1948) on 23 january 1948
, 6minutes
Directed by Jack Hannah
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Pinto Colvig
Rating64% 3.2416853.2416853.2416853.2416853.241685
Dingo au milieu de ses congénères se rend à une course de chevaux...
A Lover's Return
A Lover's Return (1946) on 24 january 1948
, 1h40
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Louis Jouvet, Gaby Morlay, François Périer, Jean Brochard, Ludmila Tcherina, Arthur Honegger
Rating73% 3.651443.651443.651443.651443.65144
Jean-Jacques Sauvage, a theater director believed dead by everyone, is back in Lyon.
Holiday Camp
Holiday Camp (1947) on 23 january 1948
, 1h37
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jack Warner, Flora Robson, Kathleen Harrison, Dennis Price, Hazel Court, Emrys Jones
Rating65% 3.291123.291123.291123.291123.29112
It documents a post-war working-class London family's annual visit to a summer holiday camp. It was the first film to feature the Huggett family, who went on to star in the Huggetts Trilogy. It resonated with post-war audiences, and was very successful. The film is a kaleidoscope of various lives at play by the sea, in a Butlin's holiday camp. These include a pregnant young girl, a group of gamblers, and a murderer seeking his next victim.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) on 24 january 1948
, 2h6
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment, L'Or
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya
Rating81% 4.0989054.0989054.0989054.0989054.098905
In 1925 in the Mexican oil-town of Tampico, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), two Americans cheated out of promised wages and down on their luck, meet old prospector Howard (Walter Huston). When one of them wins a small jackpot in the lottery, they have the bankroll to finance a gold prospecting journey to the remote Sierra Madre mountains.