Blue Swords, The ( blauen Schwerter, Die )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/30/1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wolfgang Schleif
Actors: Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat, Alexander Engel, Herbert Hübner, Willy A. Kleinau, Marianne Prenzel
On the Town
Theatrical Release Date: 12/30/1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Actors: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Alice Pearce, Vera-Ellen
Plot: Three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and
romance before their twenty-four hours are up.
Counter Investigation ( Contre-enquête )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1949
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Faurez
Actors: Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou, Jany Holt, Maurice Teynac, Abel Jacquin, Paul Frankeur
Never Fear
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ida Lupino
Actors: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Hugh O'Brian, Eve Miller, Lawrence Dobkin, Rita Lupino
The Reckless Moment
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, David Bair
Silent Dust
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1949
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lance Comfort
Actors: Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge, Seymour Hicks, Marie Lohr, Edgar Norfolk
Malaya
Theatrical Release Date: 12/27/1949
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet, John Hodiak, Lionel Barrymore
Adam and Evelyne
Theatrical Release Date: 12/26/1949
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harold French
Actors: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Edwin Styles, Raymond Young, Helen Cherry, Beatrice Varley
Battle of the Rails, The ( Bataille du rail, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/26/1949
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clément
Actors: Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand, Jacques Desagneaux, François Joux, Pierre Latour
Boys from the Streets ( Gategutter )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/26/1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ulf Greber, Arne Skouen
Actors: Tom Tellefsen, Ivar Thorkildsen, Pål Bang-Hansen, Svein Byhring, Per Arne Knobelauch, Ella Hval
Masked Pirate, The aka Pirates of Capri ( I pirati di Capri )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1949
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti, Massimo Serato, Alan Curtis, Mikhail Rasumny
Tight Little Island ( Whisky Galore! )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Basil Radford, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Wylie Watson, Gabrielle Blunt
Plot: When a ship laden with whiskey (250,000 bottles to be exact) gets shipwrecked off the Scottish coasts, locals rush collect as many bottles as they can before the proper authorities arrive.
Holiday Affair
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Don Hartman
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert, Griff Barnett, Esther Dale
Plot: In this bit of Christmastime romance, a sales clerk finds himself out of a
job thanks to a widowed commercial spy but may find something much better
when the two connect on a date.
oveja negra, La
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1949
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ismael Rodríguez
Actors: Fernando Soler, Pedro Infante, Andrés Soler, Dalia Íñiguez, Virginia Serret, Amelia Wilhelmy
Rabbit Hood
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1949
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chuck Jones
Actors: Mel Blanc
Plot: Bugs Bunny must face the consequences after taking a carrot off the King's property.
Range Land
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1949
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Actors: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Leonard Penn, Reed Howes, Kenne Duncan
Young Guard, The ( Molodaya gvardiya )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei Gerasimov
Actors: Vladimir Ivanov, Inna Makarova, Nonna Mordyukova, Sergei Gurzo, Lyudmila Shagalova, Gleb Romanov
