121. Human Beast, The ( bête humaine, La )
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy, Gérard Landry, Jenny Hélia
Plot: Train engineer Jacques Lantier finds himself captivated by Séverine, wife of fellow worker Roubaud. When Roubaud learns that she has been seduced by wealthy Grandmorin, he convinces Séverine to help him murder the old man on a train journey - which is witnessed by Lantier. Sickened by her actions, Séverine finds herself in the arms of Lantier - and wants him to help murder her husband.
122. The Woman in the Window
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson
Plot: A college professor and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in a nearby men's club. When admiring the picture, the actual subject of the painting shows up and he winds up in her apartment. When her boyfriend shows up, he thinks something sinister is going on and attempts to rough up the professor but, fighting back, the boyfriend winds up dead. He and the woman agree to cover up the death by dumping the body - but the police come closer the the truth as they lean on the woman.
123. Call Northside 777
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, Betty Garde, Kasia Orzazewski
Plot: Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal reopens an eleven-year-old case after the
victim's mother post and ad in the paper. While he at first initially
supports the original findings, as he digs deeper, he comes up with
another theory - and resistance from the authorities only makes him work
that much harder to uncover the truth.
124. The Body Snatcher
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday
Plot: A brilliant doctor hides a secret - all his cadavers are supplied by a
cabbie who holds this fact over his head. When he takes on a new, young
assistant, it complicates matters even more.
125. Snow Trail ( Ginrei no hate )
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Senkichi Taniguchi
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Akitake Kôno, Setsuko Wakayama, Kokuten Kôdô
126. They Were Expendable
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson
Plot: After Pearl Harbor, a group of PT boats stationed in the Philippians battles with the Navy brass just as much as with Japanese incursions.
127. Hôtel du Nord
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Carné
Actors: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost, André Brunot
128. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Preston Sturges
Actors: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Brian Donlevy
Plot: A midwest girl can't remember the name of the soldier that she married during one night of partying. She tries to find a husband before the stork arrives with a rather big bundle.
Preston Sturgess at his best.
129. I Remember Mama
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Philip Dorn, Rudy Vallee, Peggy McIntyre, Oskar Homolka
130. The Southerner
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Charles Kemper
Plot: Sam Tucker is just a man looking to do what is best for his families
future. He decides the best course of action is to grow his own Cotton
crop - but the first year sees a series of near disasters including
disease, a flood and a jealous neighbor - will his family be able to
succeed?
