1948 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1948

Notable Films Released in 1948

U.S.A. unless stated

• 3 Godfathers, starring John Wayne

A

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Act of Violence, starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
• Adventures of Don Juan, starring Errol Flynn
• Albuquerque, starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton
• L'Amore, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Anna Magnani - (Italy)
• Anna Karenina, starring Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson - (Britain)
• Another Part of the Forest, starring Fredric March
• Arch of Triumph, starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Ruth Warrick

B

• B.F.'s Daughter, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• Berlin Express, starring Merle Oberon and Robert Ryan
• Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette), directed by Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
• The Big Clock, starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Maureen O'Sullivan
• Blanche Fury, starring Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger - (Britain)
• Blonde Ice, starring Leslie Brooks
• Bodyguard, starring Lawrence Tierney and Priscilla Lane

C

• Call Northside 777, starring James Stewart
• Command Decision, starring Clark Gable
• Cry of the City, starring Victor Mature and Richard Conte

D

• The Dark Past, starring William Holden, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch
• A Date with Judy, starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor
• Dédée d'Anvers, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
• Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune - (Japan)

E

• The Eagle with Two Heads (L'Aigle à deux têtes), directed by Jean Cocteau - (France)
• Easter Parade, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
• The Emperor Waltz, starring Bing Crosby
• Escape, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Rex Harrison - (Britain/U.S.)
• Eva - (Sweden)
• Every Girl Should Be Married, starring Cary Grant

F

• The Fallen Idol, written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson - (Britain)
• Fighter Squadron, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack
• Force of Evil, starring John Garfield
• A Foreign Affair, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich
• Fort Apache, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
• Four Faces West, starring Joel McCrea and Frances Dee

G

• Germany Year Zero (Germania anno zero), directed by Roberto Rossellini - (Italy)
• God Reward You (Dios se lo pague), starring Arturo de Córdova - (Argentina)
• Good Sam, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Gary Cooper
• Good-Time Girl, starring Jean Kent and Dennis Price - (Britain)
• Green Grass of Wyoming, starring Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn

H

• Hamlet, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Basil Sydney and Jean Simmons - (Britain)
• He Walked by Night, starring Richard Basehart and Jack Webb
• A Hen in the Wind (Kaze no naka no mendori), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
• Hollow Triumph, starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett
• Homecoming, starring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak

I

• I Remember Mama, directed by George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne
• The Iron Curtain, directed by William Wellman, starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, June Havoc
• Isn't It Romantic?, starring Veronica Lake
• I Walk Alone, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

J

• Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman
• Johnny Belinda, starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres
• June Bride, starring Bette Davis

K

• Key Largo, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor
• The Kissing Bandit, starring Kathryn Grayson and Frank Sinatra

L

• Ladies of the Chorus, starring Marilyn Monroe
• The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux), directed by and starring Sacha Guitry - (France)
• Last of the Wild Horses, starring Jane Frazee and Douglass Dumbrille
• Letter from an Unknown Woman, directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan
• London Belongs to Me, starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim - (Britain)
• Louisiana Story, documentary by Robert J. Flaherty
• The Loves of Carmen, starring Rita Hayworth
• The Luck of the Irish, starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter

M

• Macbeth, directed by and starring Orson Welles
• The Man from Colorado, starring William Holden and Glenn Ford
• Mela, starring Dilip Kumar - (India)
• Melody Time, starring Roy Rogers & Trigger and The Andrews Sisters
• Mexican Hayride, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Michurin, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko - (U.S.S.R.)
• Miranda, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Glynis Johns
• Miss Tatlock's Millions, starring Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald, John Lund
• The Monkey's Paw, starring Milton Rosmer - (Britain)
• Moonrise, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Gail Russell and Dane Clark
• Morituri - (Germany)
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
• Myriad of Lights (Wanjia denghuo) - (China)
• The Mysterious Apartment (Den hemmelighetsfulle leiligheten) - (Norway)

N

• The Naked City, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes, starring Edward G. Robinson
• The Noose Hangs High, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Nosotros los pobres (We the Poor), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)

O

• Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, starring Alec Guinness and Robert Newton - (Britain)

P

• On Our Own Land (Na svoji zemlji) - (Yugoslavia)
• The Paleface, starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell
• Les Parents terribles, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais - (France)
• The Pirate, starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland
• Pitfall, starring Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr
• Port of Call (Hamnstad), directed by Ingmar Bergman - (Sweden)
• Portrait of Jennie, starring Jennifer Jones

R

• Race Street, starring George Raft and William Bendix
• Rachel and the Stranger, starring Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum
• Raw Deal, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Burr
• Red River, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (in his film debut), Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland
• The Red Shoes, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring Moira Shearer and Anton Walbrook - (Britain)
• Road House, starring Ida Lupino
• Rogues' Regiment, directed by Robert Florey and starring Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price
• Romance on the High Seas, starring Jack Carson and Janis Paige
• Rope, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
• Ruthless, starring Zachary Scott and Diana Lynn

S

• Saigon, the final of 4 films starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
• The Sainted Sisters, starring Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield
• Saraband for Dead Lovers, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood - (Britain)
• Scott of the Antarctic, starring John Mills - (Britain)
• The Search, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Montgomery Clift - (USA/Switzerland)
• Secret Beyond the Door, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave
• Senza pietà (Without Pity) - (Italy)
• Shaheed, starring Dilip Kumar - (India)
• Sitting Pretty, starring Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara
• Silver River, starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan
• Sleeping Car to Trieste, starring Jean Kent - (Britain)
• Sleep, My Love, starring Claudette Colbert
• The Snake Pit, starring Olivia de Havilland
• A Song Is Born, starring Danny Kaye
• Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster
• Spring in a Small Town (Xiǎochéng zhī chūn) - (China)
• Spring in Park Lane, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding - (Britain)
• State of the Union, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
• Station West, starring Dick Powell and Jane Greer
• The Street with No Name, starring Richard Widmark

TUV

• La Terra Trema (The Earth Will Tremble), directed by Luchino Visconti - (Italy)
• The Three Muskteers, starring Lana Turner and Gene Kelly
• The Time of Your Life, starring James Cagney
• Tragic Hunt (Caccia tragica) - (Italy)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by John Huston (Oscars for best director and best screenplay), starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston (best supporting actor)
• Treasured Earth (Talpalatnyi föld) - (Hungary)
• Los tres huastecos, starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
• Under the Sun of Rome (Sotto il sole di Roma), directed by Renato Castellani - (Italy)
• Unfaithfully Yours, starring Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison
• Up in Central Park, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Deanna Durbin and Vincent Price
• Ustedes los ricos (you the Rich), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
• Vidya, starring Dev Anand - (India)

WXYZ

• Waverley Steps: A Visit to Edinburgh - (Britain) documentary
• Western Heritage, starring Tim Holt
• When My Baby Smiles at Me, starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey
• Whiplash, starring Alexis Smith and Dane Clark
• Whispering Smith, starring Alan Ladd and Robert Preston
• The Winslow Boy, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Robert Donat and Margaret Leighton - (Britain)
• Yellow Sky, starring Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark
• You Gotta Stay Happy, starring Joan Fontaine and James Stewart