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BrendanH's Favorite Movies of the 1940s

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To Have and Have Not 1944, 100 min.

Howard Hawks • Starring: Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran

Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama

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The Big Sleep 1946, 114 min.

Howard Hawks • Starring: Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Humphrey Bogart

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Detective Film • Femme Fatale

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Rope 1948, 80 min.

Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

Based-on-Theatre • Crime Drama • Crime

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To Be or Not to Be 1942, 99 min.

Ernst Lubitsch • Starring: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack

Comedy • Farce • Satire

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Double Indemnity 1944, 107 min.

Billy Wilder • Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime

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The Third Man 1949, 93 min.

Carol Reed • Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles

British Noir • Film Noir • Mystery

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The Maltese Falcon 1941, 100 min.

John Huston • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Detective Film

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Out of the Past 1947, 97 min.

Jacques Tourneur • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Femme Fatale

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The Red Shoes 1948, 133 min.

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Dance Film • Drama

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The Naked City 1948, 96 min.

Jules Dassin • Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

Crime Drama • Crime • Drama

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Pinocchio 1940, 88 min.

Hamilton Luske • Starring: Christian Rub, Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards

Animated Musical • Animation • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature

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Citizen Kane 1941, 119 min.

Orson Welles • Starring: Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten

Drama • Newspaper Film • Period Film

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Casablanca 1942, 102 min.

Michael Curtiz • Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Romance

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His Girl Friday 1940, 92 min.

Howard Hawks • Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Media Satire

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Bambi 1942, 70 min.

David Hand • Starring: Bobby Stewart, Hardie Albright, Perce Pearce

Animated Musical • Animation • Family

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Dumbo 1941, 64 min.

Ben Sharpsteen • Starring: Herman Bing, James Baskett, Billy Bletcher

Adventure • Animated Musical • Animation

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