11. Pinky
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael
12. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen
Plot: In the 19th century a man is retiring from the U.S. cavalry in a few days. But first, he must escort a family to another fort.
13. On the Town
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Actors: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Alice Pearce, Vera-Ellen
Plot: Three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and
romance before their twenty-four hours are up.
14. The Fallen Idol
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins
Plot: Events of the story are scene through the eyes of an impressionable, young son of a diplomat who, though he wants to protect his friends and his butler, Baines, his actions almost certainly mean Baines will be charged with the murder of his wife.
15. Twelve O'Clock High
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Edwards, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Plot: A bomber unit suffering from low morale due to heavy losses comes under the command of hard-nosed General Frank Savage who makes it his mission to turn his crew around and get them back into fighting shape.
16. They Live By Night
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Helen Craig, Jay C. Flippen
Plot: A prison break sees three men escaped - and even though Bowie Bowers wants nothing more than to retreat or prove his innocence - especially with a new love interest in Kitty - his other escapees convince him to participate in a series of heists and the police, thinking him the ringleader, go after him harder than ever.
17. Great Madcap, The ( gran calavera, El )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo, Francisco Jambrina, Luis Alcoriza
Plot: A man's family wants to teach the patriarch about humility and so they plan a ruse to make him think his large fortune is gone by living a life of poverty. Yet, when he finds out the plot - he goes along with their idea while secretly conducting his business to teach his own family a lesson - that they are free-loading leeches.
18. Quiet Duel, The ( Shizukanaru ketto )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjo, Kenjiro Uemura, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Plot: Dr. Kyoji gets infected by Syphilis from a drunken man named Nakata, a soon to be father. Minegishi is a nurse who secretly has feelings for Kyoji. Kyoji gets emotionally affected by the unfortunate incident.
19. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, J. Pat O'Malley, John McLeish, Colin Campbell
Plot: Animated adaptation of two tales: The Wind in the Willows - in which Mr. Toad's fascination with the latest fads get him into all sorts of trouble, the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - the story of Ichabod Crane, a fleeting love and his run-in with the legendary headless horseman.
20. The Queen of Spades
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Actors: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold, Anthony Dawson
