List of American films of 1949

American films
by year

1890s
1890–1899
1900s
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1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
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1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s
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1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s
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1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s
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1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s
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1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s
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2025 2026 2027 2028

A list of American films released in 1949.
All the King's Men won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

* Adam's Rib

* Bagdad

* Battleground

* Beyond the Forest

## A-B

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Abandoned | Joseph M. Newman | Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler | Film noir | Universal
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff | Comedy horror | Universal
The Accused | William Dieterle | Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey | Film noir | Paramount
Across the Rio Grande | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Reno Browne, Dub Taylor | Western | Monogram
Act of Violence | Fred Zinnemann | Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor | Drama | MGM
Adam's Rib | George Cukor | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Hagen | Romantic comedy | MGM; script by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Adventure in Baltimore | Richard Wallace | Shirley Temple, Robert Young, John Agar | Drama | RKO
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | James Algar, Clyde Geronimi | Bing Crosby, Eric Blore, Basil Rathbone | Animation | Disney; Golden Globe for Cinematography, Color
Africa Screams | Charles Barton | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty | Comedy | United Artists
Air Hostess | Lew Landers | Gloria Henry, Audrey Long, Marjorie Lord | Drama | Columbia
Alias the Champ | George Blair | Audrey Long, Gorgeous George, Robert Rockwell | Mystery | Republic
Alias Nick Beal | John Farrow | Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell | Horror | Paramount
Alimony | Alfred Zeisler | Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke | Film noir | Eagle-Lion
All the King's Men | Robert Rossen | Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland | Drama | Columbia; Remade in 2006
Always Leave Them Laughing | Roy Del Ruth | Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Bert Lahr | Comedy | Warner Bros.
And Baby Makes Three | Henry Levin | Barbara Hale, Robert Young, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia
Angels in Disguise | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram
Anna Lucasta | Irving Rapper | Paulette Goddard, William Bishop Broderick Crawford | Film noir | Columbia; Remade in 1958
Any Number Can Play | Mervyn LeRoy | Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Mary Astor | Drama | MGM
Arctic Manhunt | Ewing Scott | Mikel Conrad, Carol Thurston, Wally Cassell | Adventure | Universal
Arson, Inc. | William Berke | Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy | Drama | Lippert
Bad Boy | Kurt Neumann | Audie Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Lloyd Nolan | Drama | Allied Artists
Bad Men of Tombstone | Kurt Neumann | Broderick Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds | Western | Allied Artists
Bagdad | Charles Lamont | Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price | Adventure | Universal
Bandit King of Texas | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Helene Stanley, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic
Bandits of El Dorado | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia
Barbary Pirate | Lew Landers | Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Lenore Aubert | Adventure | Columbia
The Barkleys of Broadway | Charles Walters | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Billie Burke | Musical | MGM; Final Astaire-Rogers pairing
Battleground | William Wellman | Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy | War | MGM
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Preston Sturges | Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallée | Western | 20th Century Fox
Beyond the Forest | King Vidor | Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman | Drama | Warner Bros.
The Big Cat | Phil Karlson | Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster | Adventure | Eagle-Lion Films
Big Jack | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main | Western | MGM; Beery's final film
The Big Sombrero | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne | Western | Columbia
The Big Steal | Don Siegel | Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix | Drama | RKO
The Big Wheel | Edward Ludwig | Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher | Drama | United Artists
Black Magic | Gregory Ratoff | Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff | Adventure | United Artists
Black Midnight | Budd Boetticher | Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas | Western | Monogram. Boetticher's 1st western[1]
The Blazing Trail | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia
The Blonde Bandit | Harry Keller | Dorothy Patrick, Gerald Mohr, Robert Rockwell | Crime | Republic
Blondie's Big Deal | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms | Comedy | Columbia
Blondie Hits the Jackpot | Edward Bernds | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms | Comedy | Columbia
Bodyhold | Seymour Friedman | Willard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke | Action | Columbia
Bomba, the Jungle Boy | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens | Adventure | Monogram
Bomba on Panther Island | Ford Beebe | Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts, Lita Baron | Adventure | Monogram
Border Incident | Anthony Mann | Ricardo Montalbán, Howard Da Silva, George Murphy | Drama | MGM
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Seymour Friedman | Chester Morris, Maylia Fong, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia
Brand of Fear | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Gail Davis, Tom London | Western | Monogram
The Bribe | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price | Film noir | MGM
Bride for Sale | William D. Russell | Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent | Comedy | RKO
Bride of Vengeance | Mitchell Leisen | Paulette Goddard, John Lund, Macdonald Carey | Historical | Paramount
Brimstone | Joseph Kane | Rod Cameron, Walter Brennan, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic
Brothers in the Saddle | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie | Western | RKO

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Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | George Sherman | Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart | Western | Universal
Canadian Pacific | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish | Western | 20th Century Fox
Caught | Max Ophüls | James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan | Film noir | MGM
Challenge of the Range | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Paula Raymond, Steve Darrell | Western | Columbia
Challenge to Lassie | Richard Thorpe | Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Geraldine Brooks | Drama | MGM
Champion | Mark Robson | Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell | Film noir | United Artists; 6 Oscar nominations
Chicago Deadline | Lewis Allen | Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc | Film noir | Paramount
Chicken Every Sunday | George Seaton | Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Colleen Townsend | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Chinatown at Midnight | Seymour Friedman | Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers | Crime drama | Columbia
City Across the River | Maxwell Shane | Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Sue England | Film noir | Universal; Curtis's first film
The Clay Pigeon | Richard Fleischer | Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, Richard Quine | Crime drama | RKO
C-Man | Joseph Lerner | Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Edith Atwater | Film noir | Film Classics
Colorado Territory | Raoul Walsh | Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone | Western | Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra
Come to the Stable | Henry Koster | Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe | Drama | 20th Century Fox
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Tay Garnett | Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke | Musical comedy | Paramount; from a story by Mark Twain
Cover Up | Alfred E. Green | William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton | Film noir | United Artists
The Cowboy and the Indians | John English | Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards | Western | Columbia
The Crime Doctor's Diary | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne | Mystery | Columbia. Last of series
Criss Cross | Robert Siodmak | Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal
The Crooked Way | Robert Florey | John Payne, Ellen Drew, Sonny Tufts | Film noir | United Artists
Dancing in the Dark | Irving Reis | William Powell, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox
A Dangerous Profession | Ted Tetzlaff | George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien | Film noir | RKO
The Daring Caballero | Wallace Fox | Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Charles Halton | Western | United Artists
Daughter of the Jungle | George Blair | Lois Hall, Sheldon Leonard, James Cardwell | Adventure | Republic
Daughter of the West | Harold Daniels | Martha Vickers, Phillip Reed, Donald Woods | Western | Film Classics
Dear Wife | Richard Haydn | William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Paramount
Death Valley Gunfighter | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic
Desert Vigilante | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia
The Devil's Henchman | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Mary Beth Hughes, Regis Toomey | Crime | Columbia
The Doctor and the Girl | Curtis Bernhardt | Glenn Ford, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh | Drama | MGM
The Doolins of Oklahoma | Gordon Douglas | Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Allbritton | Western | Columbia
Down Dakota Way | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Elisabeth Risdon | Western | Republic
Down to the Sea in Ships | Henry Hathaway | Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; Remake of 1922 silent film
Duke of Chicago | George Blair | Audrey Long, Tom Brown, Grant Withers | Sports | Republic
Dynamite | William H. Pine | William Gargan, Richard Crane, Virginia Welles | Film noir | Paramount

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East Side, West Side | Mervyn LeRoy | Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner | Crime drama | MGM
Easy Living | Jacques Tourneur | Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott | Drama | RKO
Edward, My Son | George Cukor | Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter | Drama | MGM-British. Oscar nomination for Kerr
El Paso | Lewis R. Foster | John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden | Western | Paramount
Everybody Does It | Edmund Goulding | Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Remake of 1937 film
Family Honeymoon | Claude Binyon | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson | Comedy | Universal
The Fan | Otto Preminger | Madeleine Carroll, Jeanne Crain, Richard Greene, George Sanders | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Based on Oscar Wilde story
Father Was a Fullback | John M. Stahl | Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Rudy Vallée | Family | 20th Century Fox
Feudin' Rhythm | Edward Bernds | Eddy Arnold, Gloria Henry, Kirby Grant | Western musical | Columbia
Fighting Fools | Reginald Le Borg | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lyle Talbot | Comedy | Monogram
The Fighting Kentuckian | George Waggner | John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston | Western | Republic
Fighting Man of the Plains | Edwin L. Marin | Randolph Scott, Jane Nigh, Bill Williams | Western | 20th Century Fox
The Fighting O'Flynn | Arthur Pierson | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene | Adventure | Universal
The Fighting Redhead | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Emmett Lynn, Peggy Stewart | Western | Eagle-Lion
Flame of Youth | R. G. Springsteen | Barbra Fuller, Danny Sue Nolan, Don Beddoe | Drama | Republic
Flaming Fury | George Blair | George Cooper, Roy Roberts, Paul Marion | Crime | Republic
Flamingo Road | Michael Curtiz | Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on the play
Flaxy Martin | Richard L. Bare | Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Zachary Scott | Drama | Warner Bros.
Follow Me Quietly | Richard Fleischer | William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey | Film Noir | RKO
The Forbidden Street | Jean Negulesco | Maureen O'Hara, Dana Andrews, Sybil Thorndike | Drama | Fox
Forgotten Women | William Beaudine | Elyse Knox, Edward Norris, Robert Shayne | Drama | Monogram
The Fountainhead | King Vidor | Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on Ayn Rand novel
Free for All | Charles Barton | Robert Cummings, Ann Blyth, Percy Kilbride | Comedy | Universal
Frontier Investigator | Fred C. Brannon | Allan Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic
The Gal Who Took the West | Frederick de Cordova | Yvonne De Carlo, Scott Brady, Charles Coburn | Western | Universal
The Gay Amigo | Wallace Fox | Duncan Renaldo, Armida, Leo Carrillo | Western | United Artists. Cisco Kid
The Girl from Jones Beach | Peter Godfrey | Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Warner Bros.
The Golden Stallion | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic
The Great Dan Patch | Joseph M. Newman | Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick | Drama | United Artists
The Great Gatsby | Elliott Nugent | Alan Ladd, Ruth Hussey, Betty Field | Drama | Paramount. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald novel; remade in 1974 and 2013
The Great Lover | Alexander Hall | Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young | Comedy | Paramount
The Great Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas | Drama | MGM
Gun Law Justice | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Jane Adams, Dub Taylor | Western | Monogram
Gun Runner | Lambert Hillyer | Jimmy Wakely, Noel Neill, Mae Clarke | Western | Monogram
The Hasty Heart | Vincent Sherman | Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd | Drama | Warner Bros.
The Heiress | William Wyler | Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson | Drama | Paramount; won 4 Academy Awards
Hellfire | R. G. Springsteen | Wild Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic
Hideout | Philip Ford | Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Sheila Ryan | Thriller | Republic
Hold That Baby! | Reginald Le Borg | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy | Monogram
Holiday Affair | Don Hartman | Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey | Romantic comedy | RKO;
Holiday in Havana | Jean Yarborough | Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran | Musical comedy | Columbia
Home in San Antone | Ray Nazarro | Roy Acuff, Lyn Thomas, George Cleveland | Western musical | Columbia
Home of the Brave | Mark Robson | Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards | Drama | United Artists
Homicide | Felix Jacoves | Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Monte Blue | Crime | Warner Bros.
Horsemen of the Sierras | Fred F. Sears | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lois Hall | Western | Columbia
The House Across the Street | Richard L. Bare | Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett | Comedy | Warner Bros.
House of Strangers | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox

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I Cheated the Law | Edward L. Cahn | Tom Conway, Steve Brodie, Barbara Billingsley | Crime | 20th Century Fox
I Married a Communist | Robert Stevenson | Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar | Drama | RKO. aka The Woman on Pier 13
I Shot Jesse James | Samuel Fuller | Preston Foster, John Ireland, Barbara Britton | Western | Lippert
I Was a Male War Bride | Howard Hawks | Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Illegal Entry | Frederick de Cordova | Märta Torén, Howard Duff, George Brent | Film noir | Universal
Impact | Arthur Lubin | Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn | Film noir | United Artists
In the Good Old Summertime | Robert Z. Leonard | Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton | Comedy | MGM
The Inspector General | Henry Koster | Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. Golden Globe Best Original Score
Intruder in the Dust | Clarence Brown | Juano Hernandez, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr. | Drama | MGM
It Happens Every Spring | Lloyd Bacon | Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
It's a Great Feeling | David Butler | Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. Academy Award for Best Song
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | William Beaudine | Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus | Comedy | Monogram
Jigsaw | Fletcher Markle | Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Marc Lawrence | Film noir | United Artists
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight | Cy Endfield | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Lina Romay | Comedy | Monogram
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch | Reginald Le Borg | Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood, Elyse Knox | Comedy | Monogram
John Loves Mary | David Butler | Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris, Patricia Neal | Comedy | Warner Bros.
Johnny Allegro | Ted Tetzlaff | George Raft, George Macready, Nina Foch | Crime | Columbia
Johnny Holiday | Willis Goldbeck | William Bendix, Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Clements | Drama | United Artists
Johnny Stool Pigeon | William Castle | Shelley Winters, Howard Duff, Dan Duryea | Film noir | Universal
Jolson Sings Again | Henry Levin | Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest | Biography | Columbia. Sequel to The Jolson Story
The Judge | Elmer Clifton | Milburn Stone, Katherine DeMille, Paul Guilfoyle | Crime | Film Classics
The Judge Steps Out | Boris Ingster | Ann Sothern, Alexander Knox George Tobias | Comedy | RKO

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Kazan | Will Jason | Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Roman Bohnen | Western | Columbia
The Kid from Cleveland | Herbert Kline | George Brent, Lynn Bari, Tommy Cook | Sports drama | Republic
A Kiss for Corliss | Richard Wallace | Shirley Temple, David Niven, Virginia Welles | Comedy | United Artists
A Kiss in the Dark | Delmer Daves | Jane Wyman, David Niven, Broderick Crawford | Comedy | Warner Bros.
Knock on Any Door | Nicholas Ray | Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready | Drama | Columbia; from Willard Motley novel
Ladies of the Chorus | Phil Karlson | Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks | Musical | Columbia
The Lady Gambles | Michael Gordon | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally | Drama | Universal
The Lady Takes a Sailor | Michael Curtiz | Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden | Comedy | Warner Bros.
Laramie | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo | Western | Columbia; Became TV series
The Last Bandit | Joseph Kane | Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker | Western | Republic
Law of the Barbary Coast | Lew Landers | Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens | Crime | Columbia
Law of the Golden West | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Gail Davis, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic
Law of the West | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jack Ingram | Western | Monogram
Lawless Code | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Ellen Hall | Western | Monogram
A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain | Drama | 20th Century Fox; won 2 Academy Awards
The Life of Riley | Irving Brecher | William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, James Gleason | Comedy | Universal
Little Women | Mervyn LeRoy | Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, June Allyson | Family | MGM; from Louisa May Alcott novel
The Lone Wolf and His Lady | John Hoffman | Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray | Mystery | Columbia. Last of series
Look for the Silver Lining | David Butler | June Haver, Ray Bolger, Charlie Ruggles | Musical | Warner Bros.
Lost Boundaries | Alfred L. Werker | Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas | Drama | Film Classics
The Lost Tribe | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Elena Verdugo, Myrna Dell | Adventure | Columbia. Jungle Jim
The Lovable Cheat | Richard Oswald | Charles Ruggles, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Ney | Comedy | Film Classics
Love Happy | David Miller | Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Ilona Massey | Comedy | United Artists; final Marx Bros. film
The Lucky Stiff | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy | Comedy | United Artists; produced by Jack Benny
Lust for Gold | S. Sylvan Simon | Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino, Gig Young | Western | Columbia

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Ma and Pa Kettle | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Meg Randall | Comedy | Universal. The Egg and I sequel
Madame Bovary | Vincente Minnelli | Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin | Drama | MGM. From Gustave Flaubert novel
Make Believe Ballroom | Joseph Santley | Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles | Drama | Columbia
Make Mine Laughs | Richard Fleischer | Ray Bolger, Joan Davis, Dennis Day | Musical | RKO
Malaya | Richard Thorpe | Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Sydney Greenstreet | Thriller | MGM
The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Burgess Meredith | Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith | Mystery | RKO
Manhandled | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden | Film noir | Paramount
Manhattan Angel | Arthur Dreifuss | Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry, Thurston Hall | Musical comedy | Columbia
Mary Ryan, Detective | Abby Berlin | Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent | Crime Drama | Columbia
Masked Raiders | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord, Richard Martin | Western | RKO
Massacre River | John Rawlins | Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews | Western | Monogram
Master Minds | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Comedy horror | Monogram
Mighty Joe Young | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson | Adventure | RKO
Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Lloyd Bacon | Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia
Miss Mink of 1949 | Glenn Tryon | Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Barbara Brown | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Mother Is a Freshman | Lloyd Bacon | Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Elliott Nugent | Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; sequel to Sitting Pretty
Mr. Soft Touch | Gordon Douglas | Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland | Film noir | Columbia
Mrs. Mike | Louis King | Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Angela Clarke | Drama | United Artists
The Mutineers | Jean Yarbrough | Jon Hall, Adele Jergens, George Reeves | Adventure | Columbia
My Dream Is Yours | Michael Curtiz | Doris Day, Jack Carson, Eve Arden | Musical | Warner Bros.
My Foolish Heart | Mark Robson | Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith | Drama | RKO. 2 Oscar nominations
My Friend Irma | George Marshall | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Paramount; 1st Martin and Lewis film
My Own True Love | Compton Bennett | Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | Paramount
The Mysterious Desperado | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Movita Castaneda | Western | RKO
Navajo Trail Raiders | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Robert Emmett Keane | Western | Republic
Neptune's Daughter | Edward Buzzell | Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán | Musical | MGM; Oscar for Best Song
Never Fear | Ida Lupino | Sally Forrest, Hugh O'Brian, Keefe Brasselle | Drama | Eagle-Lion
Night Unto Night | Don Siegel | Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford | Drama | Warner Bros.
Not Wanted | Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino | Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn | Drama | Film Classics

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Oh, You Beautiful Doll | John M. Stahl | Mark Stevens, June Haver, Gale Robbins | Musical | 20th Century Fox
Once More, My Darling | Robert Montgomery | Robert Montgomery, Ann Blyth, Jane Cowl | Romantic comedy | Universal
One Last Fling | Peter Godfrey | Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy | Comedy | Warner Bros.
On the Town | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett | Musical | MGM; Oscar for Best Musical Score
Outcasts of the Trail | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Jeff Donnell, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic
Outpost in Morocco | Robert Florey | George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff | Adventure | United Artists
Pinky | Elia Kazan | Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations
Pioneer Marshal | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Nan Leslie | Western | Republic
The Pirates of Capri | Edgar G. Ulmer | Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti | Adventure | Film Classics
Post Office Investigator | George Blair | Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell | Mystery | Republic
Port of New York | László Benedek | Scott Brady, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner | Film noir | Eagle-Lion
Powder River Rustlers | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic
Prince of Foxes | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix | Historical | 20th Century Fox
Prince of the Plains | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic
Prison Warden | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, Harlan Warde | Crime | Columbia
Range Justice | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Riley Hill | Western | Monogram
Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic
The Reckless Moment | Max Ophüls | James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks | Film noir | Columbia
Red Canyon | George Sherman | Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent | Western | Universal
The Red Danube | George Sidney | Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury | Drama | MGM
Red, Hot and Blue | John Farrow | Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest | Musical comedy | Paramount
Red Light | Roy Del Ruth | George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr | Film noir | United Artists
The Red Menace | R. G. Springsteen | Robert Rockwell, Betty Lou Gerson, Barbra Fuller | Film noir | Republic
The Red Pony | Lewis Milestone | Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern | Western drama | Republic
Red Rock Outlaw | Elmer Clifton | Lee "Lasses" White, Reno Browne, Ewing Miles Brown | Western | Astor
Red Stallion in the Rockies | Ralph Murphy | Jean Heather, Arthur Franz, Ray Collins | Western | Eagle-Lion
Reign of Terror | Anthony Mann | Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Basehart | Historical thriller | Eagle-Lion
Renegades of the Sage | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslie Banning | Western | Columbia
Ride, Ryder, Ride! | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn | Western | Eagle-Lion
Riders in the Sky | John English | Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Mary Beth Hughes | Western | Columbia
Riders of the Range | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jacqueline White | Western | RKO
Riders of the Whistling Pines | John English | Gene Autry, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd | Western | Columbia
Rimfire | B. Reeves Eason | Mary Beth Hughes, James Millican, Reed Hadley | Western | Lippert
Rim of the Canyon | John English | Gene Autry, Thurston Hall, Clem Bevans | Western | Columbia
Ringside | Frank McDonald | Don "Red" Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan | Film noir | Lippert
Roaring Westward | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Lois Hall, Dennis Moore | Western | Monogram
Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Lewis D. Collins | Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Emmett Lynn | Western | Eagle-Lion
Rope of Sand | William Dieterle | Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains | Adventure | Paramount
Roseanna McCoy | Irving Reis | Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Raymond Massey | Drama | RKO
Rose of the Yukon | George Blair | Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie, Emory Parnell | Western | Republic
Roughshod | Mark Robson | Gloria Grahame, Robert Sterling, John Ireland | Western | RKO
Rustlers | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer | Western | RKO
Rusty's Birthday | Seymour Friedman | Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia
Rusty Saves a Life | Seymour Friedman | Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia

## S-T

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Samson and Delilah | Cecil B. DeMille | Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, Angela Lansbury | Biblical, Drama | Paramount. 5 Oscar nominations
San Antone Ambush | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic
Sand | Henry King | Coleen Gray, Mark Stevens, Rory Calhoun | Western | 20th Century Fox. Oscar-nominated
Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker | War | Republic. 4 Oscar nominations
Satan's Cradle | Ford Beebe | Duncan Renaldo, Ann Savage, Leo Carrillo | Western | United Artists
Scene of the Crime | Roy Rowland | Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven | Film noir | MGM
Search for Danger | Jack Bernhard | John Calvert, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell | Crime | Film Classics
The Secret Garden | Fred M. Wilcox | Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell | Drama | MGM
The Secret of St. Ives | Phil Rosen | Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell | Adventure | Columbia
The Set-Up | Robert Wise | Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, Alan Baxter | Sports Film noir | RKO. From W. C. Heinz novel
Shamrock Hill | Arthur Dreifuss | Peggy Ryan, Trudy Marshall, Rick Vallin | Comedy | Eagle-Lion
She Shoulda Said No! | Sherman Scott | Alan Baxter, Lila Leeds, Lyle Talbot | Drama | Independent
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | John Ford | John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson | Western | RKO. Oscar for cinematography
Sheriff of Wichita | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Lyn Wilde, Roy Barcroft | Western | Republic
Shockproof | Douglas Sirk | Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey | Film noir | Columbia
Siren of Atlantis | Gregg G. Tallas | Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe | Adventure | United Artists
Sky Dragon | Lesley Selander | Roland Winters, Noel Neill, Keye Luke | Mystery | Monogram. Charlie Chan
Slattery's Hurricane | André de Toth | Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake | Drama | 20th Century Fox. From Herman Wouk story
Slightly French | Douglas Sirk | Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter | Comedy | Columbia
So Dear to My Heart | Harold D. Schuster | Burl Ives, Beulah Bondi, Harry Carey | Animation | Disney
Song of India | Albert S. Rogell | Sabu, Turhan Bey, Gail Russell | Adventure | Columbia
Song of Surrender | Mitchell Leisen | Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, Andrea King | Drama | Paramount
Sons of New Mexico | John English | Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Robert Armstrong | Western | Columbia
Sorrowful Jones | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot | Comedy | Paramount. Damon Runyon story; remake of 1934 film
South of Death Valley | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Lee Roberts | Western | Columbia
South of Rio | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Kay Christopher, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic
South of St. Louis | Ray Enright | Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Victor Jory | Western | Warner Bros.
Special Agent | William C. Thomas | William Eythe, Kasey Rogers, Carole Mathews | Film noir | Paramount
Square Dance Jubilee | Paul Landres | Don "Red" Barry, Mary Beth Hughes, Wally Vernon | Musical, Western | Lippert
Stagecoach Kid | Lew Landers | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jeff Donnell | Western | RKO
Stampede | Lesley Selander | Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Allied Artists; Remake of 1936 film
State Department: File 649 | Sam Newfield | Virginia Bruce, William Lundigan, Jonathan Hale | Film noir | Film Classics
Strange Bargain | Will Price | Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan | Film noir | RKO
The Stratton Story | Sam Wood | James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan | Sports | MGM. Biography of Monty Stratton
Streets of Laredo | Leslie Fenton | William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey | Western | Paramount; remake of The Texas Rangers
Streets of San Francisco | George Blair | Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Wally Cassell | Crime | Republic
The Story of Molly X | Crane Wilbur | June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart | Film noir | Universal
The Story of Seabiscuit | David Butler | Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Rosemary DeCamp | Sports | Warner Bros.
The Sun Comes Up | Richard Thorpe | Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Claude Jarman Jr. | Family | MGM. Lassie feature
Susanna Pass | William Witney | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez | Western | Republic
Sword in the Desert | George Sherman | Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally | War | Universal
Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Busby Berkeley | Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly | Sports musical | MGM
Take One False Step | Chester Erskine | Shelley Winters, William Powell, Marsha Hunt | Film noir | Universal
Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Lee Sholem | Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Evelyn Ankers | Adventure | RKO
Task Force | Delmer Daves | Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Walter Brennan | War | Warner Bros. 8th Cooper-Brennan pairing
Tell It to the Judge | Norman Foster | Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young | Comedy | Columbia
Tension | John Berry | Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse | Film noir | MGM
That Forsyte Woman | Compton Bennett | Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | MGM; from book by John Galsworthy
That Midnight Kiss | Norman Taurog | Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, José Iturbi | Musical | MGM
There's a Girl in My Heart | Arthur Dreifuss | Lee Bowman, Elyse Knox, Gloria Jean | Musical | Allied Artists
They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva | Film noir | RKO; Ray's 1st film; from novel Thieves Like Us
Thieves' Highway | Jules Dassin | Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb | Film noir | 20th Century Fox
The Threat | Felix E. Feist | Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw | Film noir | RKO
Top o' the Morning | David Miller | Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald | Comedy | Paramount
Tokyo Joe | Stuart Heisler | Humphrey Bogart, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa | War | Columbia
Too Late for Tears | Byron Haskin | Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore | Film noir | United Artists
Tough Assignment | William Beaudine | Don Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert
Trail of the Yukon | William Beaudine | Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert, Iris Adrian | Western | Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series
Trails End | Lambert Hillyer | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Kay Morley | Western | Monogram
Trapped | Richard Fleischer | Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt | Film noir | Eagle-Lion
Treasure of Monte Cristo | William Berke | Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie | Film noir | Lippert
Tucson | William F. Claxton | Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Charles Russell | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Tulsa | Stuart Heisler | Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz | Drama | Eagle-Lion
Tuna Clipper | William Beaudine | Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters | Drama | Monogram
Twelve O'Clock High | Henry King | Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger | War | 20th Century Fox. Oscar for Jagger

## U-Z

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The Undercover Man | Joseph H. Lewis | Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore | Crime drama | Columbia
Undertow | William Castle | Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow | Film noir | Universal
The Walking Hills | John Sturges | Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop | Western | Columbia
We Were Strangers | John Huston | Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz | Adventure | Columbia
West of El Dorado | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne | Western | Monogram
Western Renegades | Wallace Fox | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jane Adams | Western | Monogram
White Heat | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran | Film noir | Warner Bros.
Wicked City | François Villiers | Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer | Drama | United Artists. Co-production with France
The Window | Ted Tetzlaff | Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Ruth Roman | Drama | RKO
Without Honor | Irving Pichel | Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Franchot Tone | Drama | United Artists
The Wolf Hunters | Budd Boetticher | Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Helen Parrish | Western | Monogram; Corporal Rod Webb series
A Woman's Secret | Nicholas Ray | Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame | Film noir | RKO
The Wyoming Bandit | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Trevor Bardette | Western | Republic
Yes Sir, That's My Baby | George Sherman | Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven, Charles Coburn | Musical | Universal
The Younger Brothers | Edwin L. Marin | Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett, Janis Paige | Western | Warner Bros.
You're My Everything | Walter Lang | Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere | Musical | 20th Century Fox

## Serials

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Adventures of Sir Galahad | Spencer Gordon Bennet | George Reeves, Lois Hall | Serial | Republic
Batman and Robin | S.G. Bennet | Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams | Serial |
Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies | Spencer Bennet | Tom Neal, Judy Clark | Serial | Republic
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc |  | Kirk Alyn, Rosemary LaPlanche | Serial |
Ghost of Zorro | Fred C. Brannon | Clayton Moore, Pamela Blake | Serial | Republic
King of the Rocket Men | Fred C. Brannon | Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty | Serial | Republic
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King |  | Kirk Alyn | Serial |

## Shorts

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Awful Orphan | Chuck Jones |  | Animated |
The Cat and the Mermouse |  | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
Dating Do's and Don'ts |  |  |  |
Dunked in the Deep | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Short subject |
For Scent-imental Reasons |  |  | Animated |
Frigid Hare |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
High Diving Hare |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
Malice in the Palace | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Slapstick |
Jerry's Diary |  | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
Long-Haired Hare |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
Love That Pup |  | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
Mississippi Hare |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
Porky in Wackyland |  | Porky Pig | Animated |
Rabbit Hood |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
Rebel Rabbit |  | Bugs Bunny | Animated |
Technicolor for Industrial Films |  |  | Educational |
Tennis Chumps | Hanna-Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated |
Which Is Witch | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animated |

## See also

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* 1949 in the United States

## References

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1. ^ "Black Midnight".

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