21. Tight Little Island ( Whisky Galore! )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Wylie Watson, Gabrielle Blunt
Plot: When a ship laden with whiskey (250,000 bottles to be exact) gets shipwrecked off the Scottish coasts, locals rush collect as many bottles as they can before the proper authorities arrive.
22. The Big Steal
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Siegel
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro, Don Alvarado
23. I Was a Male War Bride
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, Bill Neff
Plot: Love blooms even in a warzone, so when Captain Henri Rochard, a French officer marries American Lieutenant Catherine Gates, she wants to take her husband home when her unit is recalled to the U.S. Provisions and protocols are in place for soldiers to take spouses home to America, but they don't account for possible reversals in gender roles. Thus ensues a hilarious mess, as "Mrs. Gates" battles red tape and unconventional accomodations in order to remain with his wife.
24. Little Women
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Plot: Based on the autobiographical story by Louisa May Alcott - while their
father is serving in the civil war, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth - raised
by their outspoken mother - experience life, love and finding out where
they belong in the world.
25. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Busby Berkeley
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jules Munshin
26. A Letter to Three Wives
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence
Plot: Addie Ross has just delivered a letter to her three married friends: she has run off with one of their husbands - but they won't find out who until later that night.
27. 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
28. Samson and Delilah
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Olive Deering
29. Shockproof
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Douglas Sirk
Actors: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John, Russell Collins
30. Caught
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Frank Ferguson, Curt Bois, Ruth Brady
