#240 – Ossessione, 1943, Luchino Visconti
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
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#354: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
#354 – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
General Candy, who’s overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn’t have the respect of the men he’s training and is considered out-of-touch with what’s needed to win the war. But it wasn’t always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
#391: Shadow of a Doubt
#391 – Shadow of a Doubt, 1943, Alfred Hitchcock
A bored teen living in Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte “Charlie” Newton, is frustrated because nothing seems to be happening in her life and that of her family. Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit. But Uncle Charlie may not be the man he seems to be.
#417: Day of Wrath
#417 – Day of Wrath, (Vredens dag), 1943, Carl Theodor Dreyer
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne’s older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother – but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon’s son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it’s a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
#750: The Ox-Bow Incident
#750 – The Ox-Bow Incident, 1943, William A. Wellman
Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Croft eventually join a posse out to get the criminals, who also may be involved in a recent shooting. When the posse closes in on a group that could be the fugitives, they must decide on a course of action, with numerous lives hanging in the balance.
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