41. Fantastic Night ( nuit fantastique, La )
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Actors: Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre, Charles Granval, Bernard Blier, Marcel Lévesque
42. Manila Calling
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Actors: Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, Martin Kosleck, Ralph Byrd
43. The Lady is Willing
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge, Charles Lane
Plot: Actress Liza Madden (Marlene Dietrich) kidnaps a baby only to find that she must get married in order to keep it.
44. Eyes in the Night
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally, Katherine Emery, Allen Jenkins
45. I Married a Witch
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clair
Actors: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Elizabeth Patterson
Plot: In 1672 a witch and her father were both burned by Jonathan Wooley - but before she succumbed to the flames she cursed the family in that all males would be miserable by marrying the wrong woman. Flash-forward to the 20th century where a bolt of lighting suddenly frees the duo - assuming human form, she wastes no time in going after Wallace Wooley - descendant of the one who burned her. She decides to make his love life even more miserable by marrying him herself - but she has to resort to a love potion for the straight-arrow politician.... with unintended consequences.
46. The Shanghai Gesture
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann
47. Across the Pacific
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Victor Sen Yung, Roland Got
Plot: A U.S. soldier is dishonorably discharged just before the country joins the Allies in WWII.
48. Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Cromwell
Actors: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer, Elsa Lanchester, Roddy McDowall
49. Kings Row
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Claude Rains, Charles Coburn
50. George Washington Slept Here
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Keighley
Actors: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy
Plot: Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of yet another apartment because of their dog. Connie wants to buy a house in the country while Bill is content finding another apartment. So Connie buys a dilapidated house that George Washington supposedly slept in without Bill's knowledge. Now all the family's finances are quickly being eaten up by the house as they try to rebuild and acquire running water. Can the Fuller's marriage and house be saved?
