231. The Mark of Zorro
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Actors: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg
232. A Canterbury Tale
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell
Actors: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Sergeant John Sweet, Esmond Knight, Charles Hawtrey
233. The Fighting 69th
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Keighley
Actors: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh
Plot: A man who's all talk and no bite joins the military.
234. The Strawberry Blonde
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, George Reeves
235. Johnny Eager
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane
Plot: The District Attorney's daughter falls in love with a gangster the D.A. is trying to put away.
236. My Little Chickadee
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward F. Cline
Actors: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton
237. Dead Reckoning
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Cromwell
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller
Plot: Bogart and a buddy return from WW II to go to an award ceremony, but
quickly get wrapped up with shady underworld types. Of course, there's a
dame involved.
238. Germany, Year Zero ( Germania anno zero )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Actors: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne
239. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Van Johnson, Robert Mitchum, Spencer Tracy, Douglas Cowan, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
Plot: The story of the Doolittle Raids seen through the eyes of a young pilot and the pregnant wife he leaves behind.
240. Boomerang!
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Ed Begley, Arthur Kennedy
Plot: Based on the true story of a vagrant who was accused of murder, only to be found innocent through the efforts of the prosecutor.
