Criss Cross (1949)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
A man tries to save his fickle ex-wife from her criminal lover.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Percy Helton, Alan Napier
Director: Robert Siodmak
The Uninvited (1944)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Romance
Seeking respite from the bustle of London life, writer Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland, Dial M for Murder and The Lost Weekend) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey, The Philadelphia Story) move into a neglected clifftop mansion and set about making it their home. However, it isn't long before an unnerving presence makes itself felt: an eerie chill lingers in the rooms and distant wailing is heard at night. Despite Roderick's cynicism, it becomes increasingly clear that the house is haunted – but why in such a snug haven would the dead trouble the living?
Starring: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest, Alan Napier
Director: Lewis Allen
Macbeth (1948)
Drama | History | War
In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king.
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Alan Napier, Edgar Barrier
Director: Orson Welles
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War 2 in England when he stumbles on a deadly Nazi spy plot by accident, and tries to stop it.
Starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Dan Duryea, Hillary Brooke, Alan Napier
Director: Fritz Lang
