Movies released in 1949

Give Us This Day

74/100

One of the few (if any at the time this film was made) films shot in England with New York City's 'Little Italy" as the locale...

Chicago Deadline

66/100

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

Døden er et kjærtegn

67/100

The story of a working man who has a gorgeous fiancee but she falls for a rich older woman - who turns out to be a femme fatale.

Slightly French

63/100

A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.

Red, Hot and Blue

61/100

An aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment.

Not Wanted

69/100

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

Calabacitas tiernas

73/100

"Tin Tan" plays a broke man, who is trying to put a musical show to pay his debts.

The Life of Riley

71/100

A factory worker's family is thrown into an uproar when his teenage daughter starts to date his boss' son.

Hellfire

71/100

A reformed gambler turned preacher, partners with a pretty, female fugitive outlaw, runs into an old pal who's also a marshal and they both fall for the same bad gal.

Angels in Disguise

71/100

The Bowery Boys investigate a murder, and all the evidence points to the involvement of the notorious Loop gang.

Train of Events

69/100

A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

Gigi

63/100

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old ... See full summary »

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

57/100

The female leader of an international crime ring steals a valuable artifact that can give her the power to control men's minds. Federal agents are dispatched to get it back and stop her evil plans.

The Spider and the Fly

70/100

A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires, the woman loved by the official who is in love with the thief, at the outbreak of World War I.

The House Across the Street

61/100

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because ... See full summary »

The Great Dan Patch

61/100

Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.

The Singing Princess

69/100

An insane woman brings peace to her village by being the most ultimate singer around.

'C'-Man

60/100

A Treasury Department agent is murdered. His best friend, a fellow agent, investigates and stumbles into a scheme involving smuggling and murder.

Dear Wife

65/100

Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.

Abandoned

66/100

Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.

Maniacs on Wheels

66/100

A factory worker is fired from a reliable job and becomes a successful motorbike racer, until his wife threatens to leave him unless he comes to his senses. Produced by Ian Dalrymple. Written by Jack Lee.

Take One False Step

68/100

Prof. Andrew Gentling, in Los Angeles to help found a new college, is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. Next day Catherine is missing, believed killed; friend ... See full summary »

Åsa-Nisse

40/100

At a parish meeting Åsa-Nisse suggests that they should hire a common home help, who could give their...

Between Eleven and Midnight

70/100

A police detective with a striking resemblance for a murdered criminal impersonates the deceased to identify his murderer.

Crazy Show

49/100