List of American films of 1943

Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca

A list of American films released in 1943.
Casablanca won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Studio
Above Suspicion	Richard Thorpe	Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt	Spy	MGM
Action in the North Atlantic	Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh	Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Sr.	War	Warner Bros.
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor	Tom Brown, Rose Hobart, Marjorie Lord, Keye Luke, Sidney Toler	Serial	Universal
Adventures of the Flying Cadets	Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor	Johnny Downs, Eduardo Ciannelli	Serial	Universal
Air Force	Howard Hawks	John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young	Drama
Air Raid Wardens	Edward Sedgwick	Laurel and Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally	Comedy
The Ape Man	William Beaudine	Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall	Science fiction
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'			Propaganda
Baby Puss (Tom and Jerry)	Hanna-Barbera		Animated Short	MGM
Back from the Front	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia
Background to Danger	Raoul Walsh	George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre	Mystery
Bataan	Tay Garnett	Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan	War	MGM
Batman	Lambert Hillyer	Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson	Action	Columbia
Best Foot Forward	Edward Buzzell	Lucille Ball, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Nancy Walker	Musical Comedy	MGM
Black Marketing	William Castle		Propaganda
Bombardier	Richard Wallace	Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert	War	RKO
Brazil at War	William Castle		Propaganda
Cabin in the Sky	Vincente Minnelli	Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong	Musical Comedy	MGM
Calling Dr. Death	Reginald Le Bourg	Lon Chaney, Jr., Patricia Morison		Universal
Captive Wild Woman	Edward Dmytryk	John Carradine, Milburn Stone, Paula Dupree	Science fiction, Horror	Universal
A Challenge to Democracy			Propaganda
The Chance of a Lifetime	William Castle	Chester Morris, Erik Rolf, Jeanne Bates	Crime Drama	Columbia
Clancy Street Boys	William Beaudine	East Side Kids
Combat America		Clark Gable	Propaganda
Coney Island	Walter Lang	Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers	Musical
The Constant Nymph	Edmund Goulding	Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Peter Lorre	Drama
Corvette K-225		Randolph Scott, Ella Raines	Drama
Crash Dive	Archie Mayo	Tyrone Power, Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter	War
Crazy House		Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson	Comedy
Crime Doctor	Michael Gordon	Warner Baxter, Ray Collins	Crime drama
Cry 'Havoc'	Richard Thorpe	Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter	Drama	MGM

D-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Daffy - The Commando	Friz Freleng	Daffy Duck	Animated Short
The Dancing Masters		Laurel and Hardy	Comedy
Daredevils of the West			Serial
Dead Men Walk	Sam Newfield	George Zucco, Mary Carlisle	Horror
December 7th	John Ford		Propaganda
Destination Tokyo	Delmer Daves	Cary Grant, John Garfield	War
Dixie	A. Edward Sutherland	Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour	Musical Bio-pic
Dizzy Detectives	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Dizzy Pilots	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard			Serial
DuBarry Was a Lady	Roy Del Ruth	Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly	Musical
Edge of Darkness	Lewis Milestone	Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston	War
Education for Death	Clyde Geronimi		Animated short
Falling Hare	Robert Clampett	Bugs Bunny	Animated	Merrie Melodies
Family Troubles		Our Gang	Short
Five Graves to Cairo	Billy Wilder	Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter	War
Flesh and Fantasy	Julien Duvivier	Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck	Drama anthology
Food for Fighters			Propaganda	On nutrition in Armed Forces
For Whom the Bell Tolls	Sam Wood	Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Arturo de Córdova	War Drama
Forever and a Day	René Clair, Edmund Goulding	Brian Aherne, Robert Cummings, Charles Laughton, Ida Lupino	Drama	RKO
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man		Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi	Horror
Der Fuehrer's Face	Jack Kinney		Animation	Walt Disney
The Gang's All Here	Busby Berkeley	Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda	Musical
A Gem of a Jam	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
The Ghost Ship	Mark Robson	Richard Dix
Girl Crazy	Norman Taurog	Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland	Musical	Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Guadalcanal Diary	Lewis Seiler	William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn	War
A Guy Named Joe	Victor Fleming	Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson	Romantic Fantasy
Hangmen Also Die!	Fritz Lang	Hans Heinrich von Twardowski	War
Happy Land	Irving Pichel	Don Ameche	Drama
The Hard Way	Vincent Sherman	Ida Lupino	Drama
Heaven Can Wait	Ernst Lubitsch	Don Ameche, Gene Tierney	Comedy
Hello, Frisco, Hello		Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie	Comedy
Hi Diddle Diddle	Andrew L. Stone	Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe	Comedy
Higher Than a Kite	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Hit Parade of 1943	Albert S. Rogell		Musical
Hit the Ice	Charles Lamont	Abbott and Costello
Hitler's Children	Edward Dmytryk	Tim Holt, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith	Propaganda	RKO
Holy Matrimony	John M. Stahl	Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields	Comedy
The Human Comedy	Clarence Brown	Mickey Rooney	Drama

I-N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
I Can Hardly Wait	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
I Dood It	Vincente Minnelli	Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell	Musical–Comedy
I Walked with a Zombie	Jacques Tourneur		Horror
In Old Oklahoma	Albert S. Rogell	John Wayne, Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans	Western
It Ain't Hay		Abbott and Costello	Comedy
It Comes Up Love		Gloria Jean, Ian Hunter, Donald O'Connor	Musical	Universal
An Itch in Time	Bob Clampett	Elmer Fudd	Animated	Merrie Melodies
Jack London	Alfred Santell	Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward	Bio-pic
Jane Eyre	Robert Stevenson	Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine	Drama	20th Century Fox
Jitterbugs	Malcolm St. Clair	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy
Journey into Fear	Norman Foster, Orson Welles	Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río, Orson Welles	Spy Thriller	RKO Radio Pictures
The Kansan	George Archainbaud	Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker	Western	Harry Sherman Productions
Lassie Come Home	Fred M. Wilcox	Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty	Family
The Leopard Man	Jacques Tourneur	Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks	Horror
The Mad Ghoul	James P. Hogan	George Zucco, Evelyn Ankers, Robert Armstrong	Sci-fi Horror
Madame Curie	Mervyn LeRoy	Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers	Biography	MGM
The Masked Marvel			Serial
Meshes of the Afternoon	Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid		Short	Experimental film
Mission Accomplished			Propaganda	Film on B-17 Flying Fortress
Mission to Moscow	Michael Curtiz	Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka	War drama
Mister Big	Charles Lamont	Donald O'Connor, Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan	Musical
Moonlight in Vermont	Edward C. Lilley	Gloria Jean	Musical
The More the Merrier	George Stevens	Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn	Comedy
Mr. Lucky	H. C. Potter	Cary Grant, Laraine Day	Romance
My Friend Flicka	Harold D. Schuster	Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson	Family
Negro Colleges in War Time			Propaganda Short
The New Spirit			Propaganda	Animated short
No Time for Love	Mitchell Leisen	Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray	Comedy
The North Star	Lewis Milestone	Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan	War
Northern Pursuit	Raoul Walsh	Errol Flynn	War

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Old Acquaintance	Vincent Sherman	Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins	Drama
Our Enemy- The Japanese			Propaganda
The Outlaw	Howard Hughes	Jane Russell	Western
The Ox-Bow Incident	William A. Wellman	Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, Harry Morgan	Western
Phantom of the Opera	Arthur Lubin	Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains	Horror
The Phantom		Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates	Serial
Phony Express	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Pigs in a Polka	Friz Freleng		Animated Short
Pilot no. 5	George Sidney	Gene Kelly, Franchot Tone, Van Johnson
Porky Pig's Feat	Frank Tashlin		Animated Short
Prelude to War	Frank Capra		Propaganda	First film in Capra's Why We Fight series
Presenting Lily Mars		Judy Garland, Van Heflin	Musical
Princess O'Rourke	Norman Krasna	Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn	Romantic comedy
Red Hot Riding Hood	Tex Avery		Animated
Report from the Aleutians	John Huston		Propaganda
Reveille with Beverly	Charles Barton	Ann Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Larry Parks
Riding High	George Marshall	Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell
Sahara	Zoltan Korda	Humphrey Bogart	War
The Saint Meets the Tiger	Paul L. Stein	Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie	Mystery
Salute to the Marines	S. Sylvan Simon	Wallace Beery	War Propaganda
Scrap Happy Daffy	Frank Tashlin	Daffy Duck	Animated Short
Secret Service in Darkest Africa			Serial	Republic
The Seventh Victim	Mark Robson	Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, Hugh Beaumont	Horror
Shadow of a Doubt	Alfred Hitchcock	Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Hume Cronyn	Suspense
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery
Sherlock Holmes in Washington	Roy William Neill	Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce	Mystery
Show Business at War			Propaganda Short
The Sky's the Limit	Edward H. Griffith	Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan	Musical Comedy
So Proudly We Hail!	Mark Sandrich	Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, George Reeves, Veronica Lake
Son of Dracula	Robert Siodmak	Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers	Horror
The Song of Bernadette	Henry King	Jennifer Jones	Bio-pic
Spook Louder	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Stage Door Canteen	Frank Borzage		Musical
Star Spangled Rhythm	George Marshall	Victor Moore, Betty Hutton	Musical
Stormy Weather	Andrew L. Stone	Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Dooley Wilson	Musical	featuring Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, the Nicholas Brothers
A Stranger in Town	Roy Rowland	Frank Morgan	Drama, Comedy
Sufferin' Cats!		Tom and Jerry	Animated Short
Suggestion Box			Propaganda Short
Super-Rabbit		Bugs Bunny	Animated Short

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Tarzan's Desert Mystery	William Thiele	Johnny Weismuller, Nancy Kelly	Adventure
Tender Comrade	Edward Dmytryk	Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan
Thank Your Lucky Stars	David Butler	Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie
The Lonesome Mouse	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short
They Came to Blow Up America	Edward Ludwig	George Sanders, Anna Sten, Ward Bond	War drama	20th Century Fox
They Stooge to Conga	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
This Is the Army	Michael Curtiz	George Murphy, Ronald Reagan	Musical	music by Irving Berlin
This Land Is Mine	Jean Renoir	Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara	Drama
Thousands Cheer	George Sidney	Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly	Musical
Three Little Twirps	Harry Edwards	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
Thumbs Up	Joseph Santley	Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser	Musical	Republic Pictures
To the People of the United States	Arthur Lubin		Propaganda Short
Top Man	Charles Lamont	Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster	Musical
Tornado	William A. Berke	Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly
Troop Train			Propaganda Short
Victory Through Air Power			Animated
Wackiki Wabbit	Chuck Jones	Bugs Bunny	Animated Short
War of the Wildcats aka In Old Oklahoma	Albert S. Rogell	John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans	Western
Wartime Nutrition			Propaganda Short
Watch on the Rhine	Herman Shumlin	Bette Davis, Paul Lukas	Drama
We've Never Been Licked	Walter Wanger		Propaganda
Who Killed Who?	Tex Avery		Animated Short
Willoughby's Magic Hat	Bob Wickersham		Animated Short
Women in Bondage	Steve Sekely	Gail Patrick, Nancy Kelly	Drama
Yankee Doodle Daffy	Friz Freleng	Daffy Duck, Porky Pig	Animated Short
The Yankee Doodle Mouse	Hanna-Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short
You, John Jones!	Mervyn LeRoy	James Cagney, Ann Sothern
Young and Willing	Edward H. Griffith	William Holden, Susan Hayward	Comedy

External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1943 films at the Internet Movie Database