1948 Movies

Earl Williams is due to be hanged tomorrow, and he's innocent. When Earl escapes from his cell, journalist Hildy Johnson seems likely to land the scoo...

A loosely ethnographic document from the late 1940s from Uimaharju, North Karelia. At that time, it was completely free to dump the nest, even directl...

Young couple run off to join the Mexican Revolution, in part because she has a crush on Francisco Villa.

Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had wanted to approach her, because he imagined that she h...

Ben Jason has found a lost gold mine. When Morgan learns this, he and his henchman chase down Jason and kill him. Banning and sidekick Rafferty arrive...

The Spanish merchant "Mare Nostrum", captained by Ulises Ferragut, docked in September 1939 at the port of Naples to repair a breakdown. Walking throu...

This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of...

Filmed in Firgoun, Niger, the film documents an initiation ceremony in which a young Songhay woman undergoes ritual preparation for the dance of posse...

An orchestra of gnomes (some of whom look like they might know Snow White). As they are playing flowers and other organic instruments in the forest, t...

The capital Stockholm from morning through night.

Jack Parr hosts a variety program of comedic sketches.

A predatory cat and the mouse he's chasing become temporary friends after the mouse takes refuge in a barrel full of pickled herrings and the cat beco...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becomin...

Two strolling players are mistaken for locally-famous bandit. Also, a young lady's inheritance is at stake.

Italian movie inspired by "Le pain des pauvres".

A tale of intrigue and deceit concerning two young lovers who, despite the fact that their relationship was originally founded on greed, soon discover...

This post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949),is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing...