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Fort Apache (1948) on 24 june 1948
, 2h8Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Victor McLaglen
Rating73%
After the American Civil War, highly respected veteran Captain Kirby York (John Wayne) is expected to replace the outgoing commander at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post. York had commanded his own regiment during the Civil War and was well-qualified to assume permanent command. To the surprise and disappointment of the company, command of the regiment was given to Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda). Thursday, a West Point graduate, was a general during the Civil War. Despite his Civil War combat record, Lieutenant Colonel Thursday lacks experience with the Indians he is expected to oversee, and is an incompetent, arrogant and egocentric officer.
The Big Punch (1948) on 26 june 1948
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gordon MacRae, Lois Maxwell, Wayne Morris, Mary Stuart, Anthony Warde, Douglas Kennedy
Rating57%
New York City boxer Johnny Grant (MacRae) has been ordered by his manager to "throw" his next match, but Johnny double-crosses him and knocks out his opponent instead. The manager decides to get even; he kills a police officer and frames the boxer for the murder.
Jinx Money (1948) on 27 june 1948
, 1h8Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William Benedict, Gabriel Dell, David Gorcey, Benny Bartlett
Rating60%
Pollack, an underworld gambler, is murdered, but before he dies he hides $50,000 that he just won gambling in a newspaper and kicks it under a car. The next day Sach and Slip are walking in the street and find the paper and the cash. Gabe, who is a reporter, runs a story on them finding the money and the gangsters that Pollack won the money from come looking for them. One by one they take the money from the boys and are immediately killed by the mysterious "umbrella". Eventually the boys get tired of having the money taken from them and people dying around them so they hand the money over to the police. The "umbrella", not knowing that they boys no longer have the money, comes to collect it from them and is captured by the police who were staking the boys hideout waiting for the killer.
Mickey (1948) on 23 june 1948
, 1h27Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Irene Hervey, Hattie McDaniel, Skip Homeier, John Sutton, Rose Hobart, Beverly Wills
Rating64%
The plotline involves a young tomboy named Mickey (Butler) with a beautiful singing voice, who is torn between singing and playing on her baseball team. Meanwhile, Mickey trying to make her widowed father fall in love with her neighbor's aunt, Louise (Hervey), a woman who is helping Mickey try to be more ladylike so she can become her best friend's love interest.
Waterfront at Midnight (1948) on 25 june 1948
, 1h3Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis, Richard Crane, Cheryl Walker, Horace McMahon
Rating58%
The Betrayal (1948) on 24 june 1948
, 3h3Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Rating66%
Martin Eden is a successful African American farmer in South Dakota. He is in love with Deborah Stewart, but he believes that she is white and that she would not be interested in him. He is unaware that Deborah also loves him. Martin goes to Chicago to seek out a wife. After an unsuccessful date with a cabaret singer, he reconnects with an ex-girlfriend who introduces him to Linda. They fall in love and marry, and then return to Martin’s farm. The couple become parents, but their happiness is short-lived when Linda’s pathologically jealous father convinces her that Martin is homicidal. She flees the farm with their child and returns to Chicago. Martin tracks her down in the city, but Martin is shot by Linda during a fight. In South Dakota, Deborah discovers she is African American. She travels to Chicago and meets Linda, who agrees to divorce Martin so he can marry Deborah. Linda also gives her child to Deborah to raise. Martin and Deborah return to South Dakota and Linda kills her father in revenge for his role in destroying her marriage.