61. Strangers in the Night
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Mann
Actors: William Terry, Virginia Grey, Helen Thimig, Edith Barrett, Anne O'Neal, Audley Anderson
62. The Scarlet Claw
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy William Neill
Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl, Kay Harding
63. The Princess and the Pirate
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Butler
Actors: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence
64. Murder, My Sweet ( Farewell, My Lovely )
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Douglas Walton
Plot: This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent filmgoers mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a seven year stretch, to look for his former girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for the last six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising enquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no one's motivation is obvious, least of all Marlowe's.
65. The Lodger
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Brahm
Actors: Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood, Helena Pickard
Plot: A lodger in a boardinghouse falls under suspicion as he is accused of being a strangler, who is terrorizing women in London.
66. The Spider Woman
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roy William Neill
Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon, Vernon Downing
67. Buffalo Bill
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Anthony Quinn, Edgar Buchanan
68. Wing and a Prayer
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Cedric Hardwicke, Kevin O'Shea
69. Phantom Lady
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Elisha Cook Jr., Fay Helm
70. Two Girls and a Sailor
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson, Tom Drake, Henry Stephenson, Jimmy Durante
