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A list of American films released in 1946 .
The Best Years of Our Lives won Best Picture at the Academy Awards .
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Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Abie's Irish Rose
A. Edward Sutherland
Michael Chekhov , Joanne Dru
Comedy
United Artists . Remake of 1928 film
Abilene Town
Edwin L. Marin
Randolph Scott , Ann Dvorak , Rhonda Fleming , Lloyd Bridges
Western
United Artists
Accomplice
Walter Colmes
Richard Arlen , Veda Ann Borg , Tom Dugan
Crime
PRC
Affairs of Geraldine
George Blair
Jane Withers , Jimmy Lydon
Comedy
Republic
Alias Billy the Kid
Thomas Carr
Sunset Carson , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Alias Mr. Twilight
John Sturges
Trudy Marshall , Gigi Perreau
Drama
Columbia
Ambush Trail
Harry L. Fraser
Bob Steele , Syd Saylor
Western
PRC
Angel on My Shoulder
Archie Mayo
Paul Muni , Anne Baxter , Claude Rains
Fantasy
United Artists
Anna and the King of Siam
John Cromwell
Irene Dunne , Rex Harrison , Linda Darnell
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Avalanche
Irving Allen
Bruce Cabot , Roscoe Karns
Crime
PRC
B
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Baby Bottleneck
Robert Clampett
Looney Tunes
Animated
Warner Bros.
The Bachelor's Daughters
Andrew L. Stone
Claire Trevor , Gail Russell , Ann Dvorak
Comedy
United Artists
Bad Bascomb
S. Sylvan Simon
Wallace Beery , Margaret O'Brien , Marjorie Main
Western
MGM
Badman's Territory
Tim Whelan
Randolph Scott , Ann Richards
Western
RKO
The Bamboo Blonde
Anthony Mann
Frances Langford , Ralph Edwards , Iris Adrian
War
RKO
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
George Sherman , Henry Levin
Cornel Wilde , Anita Louise , Jill Esmond , Edgar Buchanan
Adventure
Columbia
Baseball Bugs
Friz Freleng
Looney Tunes
Animated
Warner Bros.
The Beast with Five Fingers
Robert Florey
Robert Alda , Andrea King , Peter Lorre , Victor Francen , J. Carrol Naish
Horror
Warner Bros.
Beauty and the Bandit
William Nigh
Gilbert Roland , Ramsay Ames
Western
Monogram
Because of Him
Richard Wallace
Deanna Durbin , Charles Laughton
Musical
Universal
Beer Barrel Polecats
Jules White
The Three Stooges
Short
Columbia
Bedlam
Mark Robson
Boris Karloff , Anna Lee
Thriller
RKO
Behind Green Lights
Otto Brower
Carole Landis , William Gargan , Mary Anderson
Drama
20th Century Fox
Behind the Mask
Phil Karlson
Kane Richmond , Barbara Read
Mystery
Monogram
Below the Deadline
William Beaudine
Warren Douglas , Jan Wiley
Drama
Monogram
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler
Fredric March , Myrna Loy , Dana Andrews , Teresa Wright , Virginia Mayo , Hoagy Carmichael , Harold Russell
Drama
RKO . Academy Award for Best Picture
Betty Co-Ed
Arthur Dreifuss
Jean Porter , Shirley Mills
Musical
Columbia
Beware
Bud Pollard
Louis Jordan , Frank L. Wilson
Drama
Astor
The Big Sleep
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , Martha Vickers
Film noir
Warner Bros.
A Bird in the Head
Edward Bernds
The Three Stooges
Short
Columbia
Black Angel
Roy William Neill
Dan Duryea , June Vincent , Peter Lorre , Broderick Crawford
Film noir
Universal
Black Beauty
Max Nosseck
Mona Freeman , Richard Denning
Family
20th Century Fox
Blonde Alibi
Will Jason
Tom Neal , Martha O'Driscoll
Thriller
Universal
Blonde for a Day
Sam Newfield
Hugh Beaumont , Kathryn Adams
Crime
PRC
Blondie Knows Best
Abby Berlin
Penny Singleton , Arthur Lake
Comedy
Columbia
Blondie's Lucky Day
Abby Berlin
Penny Singleton , Arthur Lake
Comedy
Columbia
The Blue Dahlia
George Marshall
Alan Ladd , Veronica Lake , William Bendix , Hugh Beaumont
Film noir
Paramount
Blue Skies
Stuart Heisler
Fred Astaire , Bing Crosby , Joan Caulfield
Musical
Paramount
Book Revue
Robert Clampett
Animated
Warner Bros.
Border Bandits
Lambert Hillyer
Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton
Western
Monogram
Boston Blackie and the Law
D. Ross Lederman
Chester Morris , Trudy Marshall , Constance Dowling
Mystery
Columbia
Bowery Bombshell
Phil Karlson
Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall , Teala Loring
Comedy
Monogram . The Bowery Boys
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
Herbert Kline
Sharyn Moffett , Lionel Stander
Drama
Film Classics
Boys' Ranch
Roy Rowland
Butch Jenkins , James Craig , Dorothy Patrick
Family
MGM
Breakfast in Hollywood
Harold D. Schuster
Tom Breneman , Bonita Granville , Billie Burke
Comedy
United Artists
The Bride Wore Boots
Irving Pichel
Barbara Stanwyck , Robert Cummings , Diana Lynn , Patric Knowles
Comedy
Paramount
Bringing Up Father
Edward F. Cline
Joe Yule , Renie Riano
Comedy
Monogram
The Brute Man
Jean Yarbrough
Rondo Hatton , Jan Wiley , Tom Neal
Horror
Universal
Bunker Hill Bunny
I. Freleng
Bugs Bunny
Animated
Warner Bros.
C
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
California Gold Rush
R. G. Springsteen
Wild Bill Elliott , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Canyon Passage
Jacques Tourneur
Dana Andrews , Brian Donlevy , Susan Hayward , Patricia Roc
Western
Universal
The Caravan Trail
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Lash La Rue
Western
PRC
The Cat Concerto
William Hanna
Tom and Jerry
Animated
MGM
The Cat Creeps
Erle C. Kenton
Noah Beery Jr. , Lois Collier
Suspense
Universal
The Catman of Paris
Lesley Selander
Carl Esmond , Lenore Aubert , Adele Mara
Horror
Republic
Centennial Summer
Otto Preminger
Jeanne Crain , Cornel Wilde , Linda Darnell , Walter Brennan
Musical
20th Century Fox
The Chase
Arthur Ripley
Robert Cummings , Michèle Morgan , Steve Cochran
Film noir
United Artists
Chick Carter, Detective
Derwin Abrahams
Lyle Talbot , Julie Gibson
Serial
Columbia
Child of Divorce
Richard Fleischer
Sharyn Moffett , Regis Toomey
Drama
RKO
Cinderella Jones
Busby Berkeley
Joan Leslie , Robert Alda
Musical
Warner Bros.
Claudia and David
Walter Lang
Dorothy McGuire , Robert Young , Mary Astor
Drama
Fox
Cloak and Dagger
Fritz Lang
Gary Cooper , Lilli Palmer , Robert Alda
Thriller
Warner Bros.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Lew Landers
Chester Morris , Lynn Merrick
Mystery
Columbia
Cluny Brown
Ernst Lubitsch
Charles Boyer , Jennifer Jones , Peter Lawford
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Cockeyed Miracle
S. Sylvan Simon
Audrey Totter , Cecil Kellaway , Frank Morgan , Keenan Wynn
Fantasy
MGM
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Irving Pichel
Charles Coburn , Joan Bennett
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Colorado Serenade
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Roscoe Ates
Western
PRC
Conquest of Cheyenne
R. G. Springsteen
Wild Bill Elliott , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Courage of Lassie
Fred M. Wilcox
Elizabeth Taylor , Catherine McLeod , Frank Morgan
Family
MGM
Cowboy Blues
Ray Nazarro
Ken Curtis , Jeff Donnell , Guy Kibbee
Western
Columbia
Crack-Up
Irving Reis
Pat O'Brien , Claire Trevor , Herbert Marshall
Film noir
RKO
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
William Castle
Warner Baxter , Ellen Drew
Mystery
Columbia . One of series
Crime of the Century
Philip Ford
Stephanie Bachelor , Martin Kosleck
Crime
Republic
Criminal Court
Robert Wise
Martha O'Driscoll , Tom Conway
Crime
RKO
The Crimson Ghost
Fred C. Brannon , William Witney
Charles Quigley , Linda Stirling
Serial
Republic
Cross My Heart
John Berry
Betty Hutton , Sonny Tufts
Comedy
Paramount
Cuban Pete
Jean Yarbrough
Desi Arnaz , Joan Fulton , Don Porter
Musical
Universal
D
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Danger Woman
Lewis D. Collins
Don Porter , Brenda Joyce , Patricia Morison
Film Noir
Universal
Dangerous Business
D. Ross Lederman
Forrest Tucker , Lynn Merrick
Comedy
Columbia
Dangerous Millions
James Tinling
Kent Taylor , Dona Drake
Suspense
20th Century Fox
Dangerous Money
Terry O. Morse
Sidney Toler , Gloria Warren
Mystery
Monogram . Charlie Chan
Danny Boy
Terry O. Morse
Charles Bates , Ace the Wonder Dog
Drama
PRC
Dark Alibi
Phil Karlson
Sidney Toler , Mantan Moreland
Mystery
Monogram . Charlie Chan
The Dark Corner
Henry Hathaway
Lucille Ball , Clifton Webb , William Bendix
Film noir
20th Century Fox
The Dark Horse
Will Jason
Phillip Terry , Ann Savage , Allen Jenkins
Drama
Universal
The Dark Mirror
Robert Siodmak
Olivia de Havilland , Lew Ayres , Thomas Mitchell
Thriller
Universal
Daughter of Don Q
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Lorna Gray , Kirk Alyn
Serial
Republic
Days of Buffalo Bill
Thomas Carr
Sunset Carson , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Deadline at Dawn
Harold Clurman
Susan Hayward , Paul Lukas , Bill Williams
Film noir
RKO
Deadline for Murder
James Tinling
Paul Kelly , Kent Taylor , Sheila Ryan , Marion Martin
Crime
20th Century Fox
Death Valley
Lew Landers
Robert Lowery , Nat Pendleton
Western
Golden Gate Pictures
Deception
Irving Rapper
Bette Davis , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains
Film noir
Warner Bros.
Decoy
Jack Bernhard
Jean Gillie , Edward Norris , Robert Armstrong
Film noir
Monogram
The Desert Horseman
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Devil Bat's Daughter
Frank Wisbar
Rosemary La Planche , Molly Lamont
Horror
PRC
The Devil's Mask
Henry Levin
Anita Louise , Jim Bannon
Crime
Columbia
The Devil's Playground
George Archainbaud
William Boyd , Elaine Riley
Western
United Artists
Devotion
Curtis Bernhardt
Ida Lupino , Paul Henreid , Olivia de Havilland , Sydney Greenstreet
Biography
Warner Bros.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Jean Renoir
Paulette Goddard , Burgess Meredith , Hurd Hatfield
Drama
United Artists
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Gordon Douglas
Morgan Conway , Esther Howard , Anne Jeffreys
Mystery
RKO
Ding Dong Williams
William Berke
Marcy McGuire , Anne Jeffreys
Comedy
RKO
Don't Gamble with Strangers
William Beaudine
Kane Richmond , Bernadene Hayes
Drama
Monogram
Do You Love Me
Gregory Ratoff
Maureen O'Hara , Harry James
Musical
20th Century Fox
Don Ricardo Returns
Terry O. Morse
Lita Baron , Martin Garralaga
Western
PRC
Down Missouri Way
Josef Berne
Martha O'Driscoll , John Carradine , Eddie Dean
Musical
PRC
Dragonwyck
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Gene Tierney , Walter Huston , Vincent Price , Spring Byington , Jessica Tandy
Drama
20th Century Fox ; from book by Anya Seton
Dressed to Kill
Roy William Neill
Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Patricia Morison
Mystery
Universal . Sherlock Holmes
Drifting Along
Derwin Abrahams
Johnny Mack Brown , Lynne Carver , Raymond Hatton
Western
Monogram
Driftin' River
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Shirley Patterson
Western
PRC
Duel in the Sun
King Vidor
Gregory Peck , Joseph Cotten , Jennifer Jones , Lionel Barrymore
Western
Selznick
E
F
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The Fabulous Suzanne
Steve Sekely
Barbara Britton , Rudy Vallée
Romantic comedy
Republic
The Face of Marble
William Beaudine
John Carradine , Claudia Drake
Horror
Monogram
Faithful in My Fashion
Sidney Salkow
Donna Reed , Tom Drake
Romance
MGM
The Falcon's Adventure
William Berke
Tom Conway , Myrna Dell
Mystery
RKO
The Falcon's Alibi
Ray McCarey
Tom Conway , Rita Corday
Mystery
RKO
Fear
Alfred Zeisler
Peter Cookson , Warren William , Anne Gwynne
Drama
Monogram
The Fighting Frontiersman
Derwin Abrahams
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
The Fighting Guardsman
Henry Levin
Willard Parker , Anita Louise , Janis Carter , John Loder
Adventure
Columbia
Flight to Nowhere
William Rowland
Alan Curtis , Evelyn Ankers , Micheline Cheirel
Film Noir
Lippert
The Flying Serpent
Sam Newfield
George Zucco , Eddie Acuff
Horror
PRC
Freddie Steps Out
Arthur Dreifuss
Freddie Stewart , June Preisser
Comedy
Monogram
The French Key
Walter Colmes
Albert Dekker , Mike Mazurki , Evelyn Ankers
Mystery
Republic
From This Day Forward
John Berry
Joan Fontaine , Mark Stevens
Drama
RKO
Frontier Gunlaw
Derwin Abrahams
Charles Starrett , Jack Rockwell
Western
Columbia
G
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
G.I. Wanna Home
Jules White
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
G.I. War Brides
George Blair
Anna Lee , James Ellison
Comedy
Republic
Gallant Bess
Harry Rapf
Marshall Thompson , George Tobias
Family, Western
MGM
Gallant Journey
William A. Wellman
Glenn Ford , Janet Blair , Charlie Ruggles
Historical
Columbia
Galloping Thunder
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Gas House Kids
Sam Newfield
Robert Lowery , Billy Halop
Comedy/Drama
PRC
Gay Blades
George Blair
Jean Rogers , Allan Lane
Comedy
Republic
The Gay Cavalier
William Nigh
Gilbert Roland , Martin Garralaga
Western
Monogram
Genius at Work
Leslie Goodwins
Anne Jeffreys , Wally Brown , Alan Carney
Comedy
RKO
The Gentleman from Texas
Lambert Hillyer
Johnny Mack Brown , Claudia Drake , Raymond Hatton
Western
Monogram
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Cy Endfield
Leon Errol , Joe Kirkwood , Elyse Knox
Sports
Monogram
The Gentleman Misbehaves
George Sherman
Osa Massen , Hillary Brooke
Musical comedy
Columbia
Gentlemen with Guns
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John
Western comedy
PRC
Ghost of Hidden Valley
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John
Western comedy
PRC
Gilda
Charles Vidor
Glenn Ford , Rita Hayworth
Film noir
Columbia
Ginger
Oliver Drake
Frank Albertson . Barbara Read
Drama
Monogram
Girl on the Spot
William Beaudine
Lois Collier , Jess Barker
Musical crime
Universal
The Glass Alibi
W. Lee Wilder
Maris Wrixon , Anne Gwynne
Drama
Republic
God's Country
Robert Emmett Tansey
Robert Lowery , Helen Gilbert, Buster Keaton
Drama
Lippert
The Great Morgan
Nat Perrin
Frank Morgan , Tommy Dorsey
Musical
MGM
The Green Years
Victor Saville
Charles Coburn , Tom Drake , Beverly Tyler
Comedy, Drama
MGM
Gun Town
Wallace Fox
Kirby Grant , Claire Carleton , Lyle Talbot
Western
Universal
Gunman's Code
Wallace Fox
Kirby Grant , Jane Adams
Western
Universal
Gunning for Vengeance
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
A Guy Could Change
William K. Howard
Allan Lane , Jane Frazee
Drama
Republic
H
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Hair-Raising Hare
Charles M. Jones
Bugs Bunny
Animated
Warner Bros.
Hare Remover
Frank Tashlin
Bugs Bunny
Animated
Warner Bros.
The Haunted Mine
Derwin Abrahams
Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton , Linda Leighton
Western
Monogram
The Harvey Girls
George Sidney
Judy Garland , Ray Bolger , Angela Lansbury
Musical
MGM ; Academy Award for Best Song
Heading West
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Heartbeat
Sam Wood
Ginger Rogers , Jean-Pierre Aumont
Romance
RKO
Heldorado
William Witney
Roy Rogers , George "Gabby" Hayes
Western
Republic
Her Adventurous Night
John Rawlins
Dennis O'Keefe , Helen Walker
Comedy
Universal
Her Kind of Man
Frederick de Cordova
Janis Paige , Zachary Scott , Dane Clark
Crime
Warner Bros.
Her Sister's Secret
Edgar G. Ulmer
Nancy Coleman , Margaret Lindsay
Drama
Warner Bros.
High School Hero
Arthur Dreifuss
Freddie Stewart , June Preisser , Noel Neill
Comedy
Monogram
Holiday in Mexico
George Sidney
Jane Powell , Walter Pidgeon
Musical
MGM
Home in Oklahoma
William Witney
Roy Rogers , Dale Evans , Carol Hughes
Western
Republic
Home on the Range
R. G. Springsteen
Monte Hale , Lorna Gray
Western
Republic
Home Sweet Homicide
Lloyd Bacon
Peggy Ann Garner , Randolph Scott
Mystery
20th Century Fox
The Hoodlum Saint
Norman Taurog
William Powell , Esther Williams , Lewis Stone
Drama
MGM
Hop Harrigan
Derwin Abrahams
Jennifer Holt , William Bakewell
Serial
Hot Cargo
Lew Landers
Jean Rogers , William Gargan
Drama
Paramount
House of Horrors
Jean Yarbrough
Rondo Hatton , Robert Lowery , Virginia Grey
Horror
Universal
Humoresque
Jean Negulesco
John Garfield , Joan Crawford
Melodrama
Warner Bros.
I
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
I Ring Doorbells
Frank R. Strayer
Anne Gwynne , Robert Shayne , Roscoe Karns
Mystery
PRC
Idea Girl
Will Jason
Jess Barker , Julie Bishop , Alan Mowbray
Comedy
Universal
If I'm Lucky
Lewis Seiler
Vivian Blaine , Perry Como
Musical
20th Century Fox
In Fast Company
Del Lord
The Bowery Boys , Jane Randolph
Comedy
Monogram
In Old Sacramento
Joseph Kane
Bill Elliott , Constance Moore
Western
Republic
The Inner Circle
Philip Ford
Adele Mara , Warren Douglas , Ricardo Cortez
Mystery
Republic
Inside Job
Jean Yarbrough
Preston Foster , Ann Rutherford
Crime
Universal
The Invisible Informer
Philip Ford
Linda Stirling , Adele Mara
Crime
Republic
It's Great to Be Young
Del Lord
Leslie Brooks , Jeff Donnell
Musical
Columbia
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra
James Stewart , Donna Reed , Lionel Barrymore
Fantasy
RKO ; nominated for 5 Academy Awards
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Herbert I. Leeds
Carole Landis , Allyn Joslyn , Margo Woode
Comedy
20th Century Fox
I've Always Loved You
Frank Borzage
Catherine McLeod , Philip Dorn
Romance
Republic
J
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The James Brothers of Missouri
Fred C. Brannon
Keith Richards, Noel Neill
Western
Republic ; on Jesse James
Janie Gets Married
Vincent Sherman
Joan Leslie , Ann Harding , Edward Arnold
Comedy
Warner Bros. Sequel to 1944 film
Joe Palooka, Champ
Reginald Le Borg
Leon Errol , Joe Kirkwood , Elyse Knox
Sports
Monogram
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Benjamin Stoloff
Faye Marlowe , Martha Stewart
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Jolson Story
Alfred E. Green
Larry Parks , William Demarest
Biography
Columbia ; on Al Jolson
Junior Prom
Arthur Dreifuss
Judy Clark , Noel Neill
Drama
Monogram
Just Before Dawn
William Castle
Warner Baxter , Adele Roberts
Mystery
Columbia
K
L
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Lady Chaser
Sam Newfield
Robert Lowery , Ann Savage
Mystery
PRC
Lady Luck
Edwin L. Marin
Robert Young , Barbara Hale
Comedy
RKO
Landrush
Vernon Keays
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Larceny in Her Heart
Sam Newfield
Hugh Beaumont , Cheryl Walker
Mystery
PRC
The Last Crooked Mile
Philip Ford
Don "Red" Barry , Ann Savage , Adele Mara
Crime
Republic
Lawless Breed
Wallace Fox
Kirby Grant , Jane Adams
Western
Universal
A Letter for Evie
Jules Dassin
Marsha Hunt , Hume Cronyn
Comedy
MGM
Little Giant
William A. Seiter
Abbott and Costello , Brenda Joyce , Elena Verdugo
Comedy
Universal
Little Iodine
Reginald Le Borg
Jo Ann Marlowe, Irene Ryan
Comedy
United Artists . Based on comic strip
Little Miss Big
Erle C. Kenton
Fay Holden , Frank McHugh
Comedy drama
Universal
Little Mister Jim
Fred Zinnemann
James Craig , Butch Jenkins
Drama
MGM
Live Wires
Phil Karlson
Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall
Comedy
Monogram . The Bowery Boys
The Locket
John Brahm
Laraine Day , Brian Aherne , Robert Mitchum
Film noir
RKO
Lone Star Moonlight
Ray Nazarro
Ken Curtis , Joan Barton , Guy Kibbee
Action
Columbia
Lost City of the Jungle
Lewis Collins, Ray Taylor
Russell Hayden , Jane Adams
Serial
Universal
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Willis Goldbeck
Mickey Rooney , Lewis Stone , Bonita Granville
Comedy
MGM
Lover Come Back
William A. Seiter
George Brent , Lucille Ball
Comedy
Universal
M
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The Madonna's Secret
Wilhelm Thiele
Gail Patrick , Ann Rutherford
Mystery
Republic
Magnificent Doll
Frank Borzage
Ginger Rogers , David Niven
Drama
Universal
The Magnificent Rogue
Albert Rogell
Lynne Roberts , Stephanie Bachelor
Drama
Republic
Make Mine Music
Jack Kinney , Clyde Geronimi
Dinah Shore , Benny Goodman , Nelson Eddy , Andrews Sisters
Animated film
Disney
Man from Rainbow Valley
R. G. Springsteen
Monte Hale , Lorna Gray
Western
Republic
The Man Who Dared
John Sturges
George Macready , Forrest Tucker
Drama
Columbia
Margie
Henry King
Jeanne Crain , Glenn Langan , Lynn Bari
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Mask of Diijon
Lew Landers
Erich von Stroheim , Jeanne Bates
Drama
PRC
Meet Me on Broadway
Leigh Jason
Marjorie Reynolds , Jinx Falkenburg
Musical
Columbia
The Milky Waif
Hanna-Barbera
Tom and Jerry
Animated
MGM
The Missing Lady
Phil Karlson
Kane Richmond , Barbara Read
Mystery
Monogram . The Shadow series
Miss Susie Slagle's
John Berry
Veronica Lake , Sonny Tufts , Joan Caulfield
Romance
Paramount
Monkey Businessmen
Edward Bernds
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
Monsieur Beaucaire
George Marshall
Bob Hope , Joan Caulfield
Musical
Paramount
Moon Over Montana
Oliver Drake
Jimmy Wakely , Jennifer Holt
Western
Monogram
Mr. Ace
Edwin L. Marin
George Raft , Sylvia Sydney , Jerome Cowan
Crime
United Artists
Mr. Hex
William Beaudine
Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall , Gale Robbins
Comedy
Monogram
Murder in the Music Hall
John English
Nancy Kelly , Vera Ralston
Musical
Republic Pictures
Murder Is My Business
Sam Newfield
Hugh Beaumont , Cheryl Walker , Lyle Talbot
Mystery
PRC
My Darling Clementine
John Ford
Henry Fonda , Victor Mature , Walter Brennan , Linda Darnell , Cathy Downs , Ward Bond
Western
20th Century Fox ; on Wyatt Earp
My Dog Shep
Ford Beebe
Tom Neal , William Farnum
Drama
Lippert
My Pal Trigger
Frank McDonald
Roy Rogers , Dale Evans , Jack Holt
Western
Republic
My Reputation
Curtis Bernhardt
Barbara Stanwyck , George Brent , Eve Arden
Romance
Warner Bros.
Mysterious Intruder
William Castle
Richard Dix , Barton MacLane , Nina Vale
Film noir
Columbia
The Mysterious Mr. M
Lewis Collins, V. Keays
Richard Martin , Pamela Blake
Serial
Universal
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Philip Ford
William Henry , Linda Stirling , Virginia Christine
Film noir
Republic
N
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Never Say Goodbye
James Kern
Errol Flynn , Eleanor Parker
Romantic comedy
Warner Bros.
Night and Day
Michael Curtiz
Cary Grant , Alexis Smith , Jane Wyman
Musical, Biography
Warner Bros. ; on Cole Porter
Night Editor
Henry Levin
William Gargan , Janis Carter
Film noir
Columbia
A Night in Casablanca
Archie Mayo
Marx Brothers , Sig Ruman , Lois Collier
Comedy
United Artists
Night in Paradise
Arthur Lubin
Merle Oberon , Turhan Bey , Gale Sondergaard
Comedy, Drama
Universal
Night Train to Memphis
Lesley Selander
Roy Acuff , Allan Lane
Action
Republic
Nobody Lives Forever
Jean Negulesco
John Garfield , Geraldine Fitzgerald
Film noir
Warner Bros.
Nocturne
Edwin L. Marin
George Raft , Lynn Bari , Virginia Huston
Film noir
RKO
No Leave, No Love
Charles Martin
Van Johnson , Patricia Kirkwood
Musical
MGM
Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant , Ingrid Bergman , Claude Rains , Louis Calhern
Suspense
RKO ; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
The Notorious Lone Wolf
D. Ross Lederman
Gerald Mohr , Janis Carter , Eric Blore
Adventure
Columbia
O
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Of Human Bondage
Edmund Goulding
Paul Henreid , Eleanor Parker , Janis Paige
Drama
Warner Bros. Somerset Maugham book; remake of 1934 film
One Exciting Week
William Beaudine
Al Pearce , Jerome Cowan
Comedy
Republic
One More Tomorrow
Peter Godfrey
Ann Sheridan , Jane Wyman
Drama
Warner Bros.
One Way to Love
Ray Enright
Marguerite Chapman , Chester Morris , Janis Carter
Comedy
Columbia
O.S.S.
Irving Pichel
Alan Ladd , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Patric Knowles
Suspense
Paramount
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
William D. Russell
Gail Russell , Diana Lynn
Comedy
Paramount
Out California Way
Lesley Selander
Monte Hale , Lorna Gray , Roy Rogers
Comedy
Republic
Outlaws of the Plains
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John , Bud Osborne
Western
PRC [1]
Overland Riders
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John
Western
PRC
P-Q
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Partners in Time
William Nigh
Chester Lauck , Pamela Blake , Teala Loring
Comedy
RKO
Passkey to Danger
Lesley Selander
Stephanie Bachelor , Adele Mara
Drama
Republic
People Are Funny
Sam White
Jack Haley , Helen Walker , Rudy Vallée
Comedy
Paramount
Perilous Holiday
Edward H. Griffith
Pat O'Brien , Ruth Warrick , Audrey Long
Crime
Columbia
Personality Kid
George Sherman
Anita Louise , Michael Duane
Drama
Columbia
The Phantom Rider
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Robert Kent
Serial
Republic
The Phantom Thief
D. Ross Lederman
Chester Morris , Jeff Donnell
Mystery
Columbia . Boston Blackie
Plainsman and the Lady
Joseph Kane
Wild Bill Elliott , Gail Patrick
Western
Republic
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Tay Garnett
Lana Turner , John Garfield
Film noir
MGM ; from book by James M. Cain
Prairie Badmen
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John
Western
PRC
Quentin Quail
Chuck Jones
Animation
Warner Bros.
Queen of Burlesque
Sam Newfield
Evelyn Ankers , Carleton G. Young , Marion Martin
Drama
PRC
R
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Racketeer Rabbit
Friz Freleng
Bugs Bunny
Animation
Warner Bros.
Rainbow Over Texas
Frank McDonald
Roy Rogers , Dale Evans
Western
Republic
The Razor's Edge
Edmund Goulding
Tyrone Power , Gene Tierney
Drama
20th Century Fox ; from book by Somerset Maugham
The Red Dragon
Phil Rosen
Sidney Toler , Benson Fong
Mystery
Monogram . Charlie Chan
Red River Renegades
Thomas Carr
Sunset Carson , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Rendezvous with Annie
Allan Dwan
Eddie Albert , Faye Marlowe , Gail Patrick
Comedy
Republic
Rendezvous 24
James Tinling
William Gargan , Maria Palmer
Drama
20th Century Fox
Renegade Girl
William Berke
Ann Savage , Alan Curtis , Jack Holt
Western
Lippert
Renegades
George Sherman
Evelyn Keyes , Willard Parker , Larry Parks
Western
Columbia
The Return of Monte Cristo
Henry Levin
Louis Hayward , Barbara Britton
Adventure
Columbia
The Return of Rusty
William Castle
John Litel , Barbara Woodell
Drama
Columbia
Rhapsody Rabbit
I. Freleng
Bugs Bunny
Animation
Warner Bros.
Rhythm and Weep
Jules White
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
Rio Grande Raiders
Thomas Carr
Sunset Carson , Linda Stirling
Western
Republic
Riverboat Rhythm
Leslie Goodwins
Leon Errol , Glen Vernon
Comedy
RKO
Road to Utopia
Hal Walker
Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour
Musical comedy
Paramount ; 4th of series
Roaring Rangers
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Roll on Texas Moon
William Witney
Roy Rogers , Dale Evans , Dennis Hoey
Western
Republic
Rolling Home
William Berke
Jean Parker , Pamela Blake
Drama
Lippert
Romance of the West '
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Emmett Lynn
Western
PRC
The Runaround
Charles Lamont
Rod Cameron , Ella Raines , Broderick Crawford
Mystery
Universal
Rustler's Round-up
Wallace Fox
Kirby Grant , Jane Adams
Western
Universal
S
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
San Quentin
Gordon Douglas
Lawrence Tierney , Barton MacLane , Carol Forman
Crime
RKO
Santa Fe Uprising
R. G. Springsteen
Allan Lane , Martha Wentworth
Western
Republic
A Scandal in Paris
Douglas Sirk
George Sanders , Carole Landis , Signe Hasso
Drama
United Artists
The Scarlet Horseman
Lewis D. Collins , Ray Taylor
Peter Cookson , Paul Guilfoyle
Serial
Universal
The Searching Wind
William Dieterle
Robert Young , Sylvia Sidney
Drama
Paramount
The Secret Heart
Robert Z. Leonard
Claudette Colbert , Walter Pidgeon , June Allyson
Drama
MGM
The Secret of the Whistler
George Sherman
Richard Dix , Leslie Brooks
Crime drama
Columbia
Sentimental Journey
Walter Lang
Maureen O'Hara , John Payne
Drama
20th Century Fox
Shadow of a Woman
Joseph Santley
Helmut Dantine , Andrea King
Film Noir
Warner Bros.
Shadowed
John Sturges
Anita Louise , Lloyd Corrigan
Crime drama
Columbia
The Shadow Returns
Phil Rosen
Kane Richmond , Barbara Read
Mystery
Monogram
Shadows on the Range
Lambert Hillyer
Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton
Western
Monogram
Shadows Over Chinatown
Terry O. Morse
Sidney Toler , Mantan Moreland
Mystery
Monogram . Charlie Chan
She-Wolf of London
Jean Yarbrough
June Lockhart , Don Porter
Horror
Universal
She Wrote the Book
Charles Lamont
Joan Davis , Jack Oakie
Comedy
Universal
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
R. G. Springsteen
Wild Bill Elliott , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Shock
Alfred L. Werker
Vincent Price , Lynn Bari , Frank Latimore
Film noir
20th Century Fox
The Show-Off
Harry Beaumont
Red Skelton , Marilyn Maxwell , Virginia O'Brien
Comedy
MGM
Silver Range
Lambert Hillyer
Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton
Western
Monogram
Sing While You Dance
D. Ross Lederman
Ellen Drew , Kirby Grant
Musical comedy
Columbia
Singing on the Trail
Ray Nazarro
Ken Curtis , Jeff Donnell , Guy Kibbee
Western
Columbia
Singin' in the Corn
Del Lord
Judy Canova , Allen Jenkins
Comedy
Columbia
Sioux City Sue
Frank McDonald
Gene Autry , Lynne Roberts
Western
Republic
Sister Kenny
Dudley Nichols , Jack Gage
Rosalind Russell , Alexander Knox
Biography
RKO
Six Gun Man
Harry L. Fraser
Bob Steele , Syd Saylor
Western
PRC
Slightly Scandalous
Will Jason
Sheila Ryan , Lita Baron
Comedy
Universal
Smoky
Louis King
Fred MacMurray , Anne Baxter
Western
20th Century Fox
Smooth as Silk
Charles Barton
Kent Taylor , Virginia Grey
Film Noir
Universal
So Dark the Night
Joseph H. Lewis
Steven Geray , Micheline Cheirel
Film noir
Columbia
So Goes My Love
Frank Ryan
Myrna Loy , Don Ameche , Molly Lamont
Comedy
Universal
Solid Serenade
Hanna-Barbera
Tom and Jerry
Animation
MGM
Somewhere in the Night
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
John Hodiak , Lloyd Nolan , Nancy Guild
Film noir
20th Century Fox
Song of Arizona
Frank McDonald
Roy Rogers , Dale Evans , Lyle Talbot
Western
Republic
Song of the Sierras
Oliver Drake
Jimmy Wakely , Jack Baxley
Western
Monogram
Song of the South
Wilfred Jackson
James Baskett , Bobby Driscoll , Luana Patten
Animated film
RKO
South of Monterey
William Nigh
Gilbert Roland , Martin Garralaga
Western
Monogram
Special Delivery
Propaganda
United States Air Force
Specter of the Rose
Ben Hecht
Judith Anderson , Lionel Stander
Drama
Republic
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Arthur Lubin
Gale Sondergaard , Kirby Grant , Brenda Joyce
Horror
Universal
Spook Busters
William Beaudine
Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall
Comedy
Monogram
The Spiral Staircase
Robert Siodmak
Dorothy McGuire , George Brent , Rhonda Fleming
Thriller
RKO
Springtime for Thomas
Hanna-Barbera
Tom and Jerry
Animation
MGM
Stagecoach to Denver
R. G. Springsteen
Allan Lane , Peggy Stewart
Western
Republic
Stars Over Texas
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Roscoe Ates , Shirley Patterson
Western
PRC
Step by Step
Phil Rosen
Lawrence Tierney , Anne Jeffreys
Crime
RKO
A Stolen Life
Curtis Bernhardt
Bette Davis , Glenn Ford
Drama
Warner Bros.
Strange Conquest
John Rawlins
Jane Wyatt , Lowell Gilmore , Julie Bishop
Drama
Universal
Strange Impersonation
Anthony Mann
Brenda Marshall , William Gargan , Hillary Brooke
Drama
Republic
Strange Journey
James Tinling
Paul Kelly , Osa Massen , Hillary Brooke , Lee Patrick
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lewis Milestone
Barbara Stanwyck , Van Heflin , Lizabeth Scott
Film noir
Paramount ; first film of Kirk Douglas
Strange Voyage
Irving Allen
Eddie Albert , Forrest Taylor
Adventure
Monogram
The Stranger
Orson Welles
Edward G. Robinson , Loretta Young , Orson Welles
Film noir
RKO
Strange Triangle
Ray McCarey
Signe Hasso , Preston Foster
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Strange Woman
Edgar G. Ulmer
Hedy Lamarr , George Sanders , Louis Hayward
Drama
United Artists
Strangler of the Swamp
Frank Wisbar
Rosemary La Planche , Blake Edwards
Horror
PRC
Sun Valley Cyclone
R. G. Springsteen
Wild Bill Elliott , Alice Fleming
Western
Republic
Sunset Pass
William Berke
James Warren , Jane Greer
Western
RKO
Susie Steps Out
Reginald Le Borg
David Bruce , Margaret Dumont
Comedy
United Artists
Suspense
Frank Tuttle
Barry Sullivan , Belita , Albert Dekker
Film noir
Monogram
Swamp Fire
William H. Pine
Johnny Weissmuller , Buster Crabbe
Adventure
Paramount
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Jack Bernhard
Phil Regan , Elyse Knox
Musical comedy
Monogram
Swell Guy
Frank Tuttle
Sonny Tufts , Ann Blyth
Drama
Universal
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
Elmer Clifton
Max Terhune , I. Stanford Jolley
Western
Astor
Swing Parade of 1946
Phil Karlson
The Three Stooges , Gale Storm
Musical comedy
Monogram
T
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
A Tale of Two Cities
Propaganda
on Japan bombings
Talk About a Lady
George Sherman
Jinx Falkenburg , Forrest Tucker
Musical
Columbia
Tangier
George Waggner
Maria Montez , Robert Paige , Sabu
Thriller
Universal
Tars and Spars
Alfred E. Green
Alfred Drake , Janet Blair
Action
Columbia [2]
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Kurt Neumann
Johnny Weissmuller , Brenda Joyce
Adventure
RKO
Temptation
Irving Pichel
Merle Oberon , George Brent
Drama
Universal
Terror by Night
Roy William Neill
Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce
Film noir
Universal
Terror Trail
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Barbara Pepper
Western
Columbia
Terrors on Horseback
Sam Newfield
Buster Crabbe , Al St. John
Comedy
PRC
That Brennan Girl
Alfred Santell
Mona Freeman , James Dunn
Drama
Republic
That Justice Be Done
Propaganda
Office of War Information
That Texas Jamboree
Ray Nazarro
Ken Curtis , Jeff Donnell
Western
Columbia
They Made Me a Killer
William C. Thomas
Robert Lowery , Barbara Britton
Film noir
Paramount
Three Little Girls in Blue
H. Bruce Humberstone
June Haver , Vera-Ellen , Vivian Blaine
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Three Little Pirates
Edward Bernds
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
Three Loan Wolves
Jules White
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
Three Strangers
Jean Negulesco
Sydney Greenstreet , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Peter Lorre
Crime
Warner Bros.
The Three Troubledoers
Edward Bernds
The Three Stooges
Short subject
Columbia
Three Wise Fools
Edward Buzzell
Margaret O'Brien , Lionel Barrymore , Lewis Stone
Comedy drama
MGM
The Thrill of Brazil
S. Sylvan Simon
Ann Miller , Evelyn Keyes
Musical
Columbia
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Ray Nazarro
Ken Curtis , Jeff Donnell
Western
Columbia
Thunder Town
Harry L. Fraser
Bob Steele , Syd Saylor
Western
PRC
Till the Clouds Roll By
Richard Whorf
Judy Garland , Lena Horne , Frank Sinatra , Dinah Shore , June Allyson , Robert Walker
Biography, Musical
MGM ; on Jerome Kern
Till the End of Time
Edward Dmytryk
Dorothy McGuire , Guy Madison , Robert Mitchum
Drama
RKO
The Time of Their Lives
Charles Barton
Abbott and Costello , Marjorie Reynolds
Comedy
Universal
The Time, the Place and the Girl
David Butler
Dennis Morgan , Janis Paige , Martha Vickers
Musical
Warner Bros.
To Each His Own
Mitchell Leisen
Olivia de Havilland , John Lund , Roland Culver
Drama
Paramount
Tokyo Rose
Lew Landers
Byron Barr , Osa Massen
Drama
Paramount
Tomorrow Is Forever
Irving Pichel
Claudette Colbert , Orson Welles , George Brent
Film noir
RKO
Traffic in Crime
Lesley Selander
Kane Richmond , Anne Nagel , Adele Mara
Action
Republic
Trail to Mexico
Oliver Drake
Jimmy Wakely , Lee "Lasses" White , Julian Rivero
Western
Monogram
The Trap
Howard Bretherton
Sidney Toler , Victor Sen Yung
Crime
Monogram . Charlie Chan
Trap Happy
Hanna-Barbera
Tom and Jerry
Animated
MGM
Trigger Fingers
Lambert Hillyer
Johnny Mack Brown , Raymond Hatton , Jennifer Holt
Western
Monogram
The Truth About Murder
Lew Landers
Bonita Granville , Rita Corday
Mystery
RKO
Tumbleweed Trail
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Shirley Patterson
Western
PRC
Two-Fisted Stranger
Ray Nazarro
Charles Starrett , Smiley Burnette
Western
Columbia
Two Guys from Milwaukee
David Butler
Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson , Joan Leslie
Comedy
Warner Bros.
Two Sisters from Boston
Henry Koster
Kathryn Grayson , June Allyson , Peter Lawford , Jimmy Durante
Musical
MGM
Two Smart People
Jules Dassin
Lucille Ball , John Hodiak , Lloyd Nolan
Crime
MGM
Two Years Before the Mast
John Farrow
Alan Ladd , Barry Fitzgerald , Esther Fernandez
Adventure
Paramount ; from book by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
U
V
W-Z
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Wake Up and Dream
Lloyd Bacon
John Payne , June Haver
Drama
20th Century Fox
Walky Talky Hawky
Robert McKimson
Animated
Warner Bros.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Lothar Mendes
Lee Bowman , Marguerite Chapman
Crime
Columbia
The Well-Groomed Bride
Sidney Lanfield
Olivia de Havilland , Ray Milland
Comedy
Paramount
West of the Alamo
Oliver Drake
Jimmy Wakely , Ray Whitley
Western
Monogram
Whistle Stop
Léonide Moguy
George Raft , Ava Gardner
Film noir
United Artists
White Tie and Tails
Charles Barton
Dan Duryea , Ella Raines
Comedy drama
Universal
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Edgar G. Ulmer
John Loder , Lenore Aubert
Adventure
PRC
Wife Wanted
Phil Karlson
Kay Francis , Paul Cavanagh , Veda Ann Borg
Comedy
Monogram
Wild Beauty
Wallace Fox
Don Porter , Lois Collier , Jacqueline deWit
Western
Universal
Wild West
Robert Emmett Tansey
Eddie Dean , Flash, Roscoe Ates
Western
PRC
Winter Wonderland
Bernard Vorhaus
Lynne Roberts , Charles Drake , Eric Blore
Drama
Republic
Without Reservations
Mervyn LeRoy
Claudette Colbert , John Wayne
Comedy
RKO
The Yearling
Clarence Brown
Gregory Peck , Jane Wyman , Claude Jarman Jr.
Family, Drama
MGM ; from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book
Young Widow
Edwin L. Marin
Jane Russell , Louis Hayward , Faith Domergue , Marie Wilson
Drama
United Artists
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