Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
King of the Rocket Men | Fred C. Brannon | Tris Coffin, Mae Clarke | Serial | |
A Kiss in the Dark | Delmer Daves | Jane Wyman, David Niven | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Knock on Any Door | Nicholas Ray | Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready | Drama | Columbia; from Willard Motley novel |
The Lady Takes a Sailor | Michael Curtiz | Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Last Bandit | Joseph Kane | Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic |
A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Thelma Ritter | Drama | Fox; won 2 Academy Awards |
The Life of Riley | Irving Brecher | William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp | Comedy | Universal |
Little Women | Mervyn LeRoy | Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, June Allyson, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh | Family | MGM; from Louisa May Alcott novel |
The Lone Wolf and His Lady | John Hoffman | Ron Randell, June Vincent | Mystery | last of series |
Long-Haired Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated | |
Look for the Silver Lining | David Butler | June Haver, Ray Bolger | Musical | Warner Bros. |
Lost Boundaries | Alfred L. Werker | Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer | Drama | |
The Lost Tribe | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Elena Verdugo | Adventure | Jungle Jim |
Love Happy | David Miller | Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, Ilona Massey, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr | Comedy | United Artists; final Marx Bros. film |
Love That Pup | | Tom and Jerry | Animated | |
The Lucky Stiff | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor | Comedy | U.A.; produced by Jack Benny |
Lust for Gold | S. Sylvan Simon | Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino, Gig Young | Western | Columbia |
Ma and Pa Kettle | Charles Lamont | Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride | Comedy | The Egg and I sequel |
Madame Bovary | Vincente Minnelli | Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin | Drama | from Gustave Flaubert novel |
Make Believe Ballroom | Joseph Santley | Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell | Drama | Columbia |
Make Mine Laughs | Richard Fleischer | Ray Bolger, Joan Davis, Dennis Day | Musical | RKO |
Malaya | Richard Thorpe | Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Sydney Greenstreet | Drama | MGM |
Malice in the Palace | Jules White | Three Stooges | Slapstick | |
The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Burgess Meredith | Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone | Mystery | RKO |
Manhandled | Lewis R. Foster | Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden | Film noir | Paramount |
Manhattan Angel | Arthur Dreifuss | Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry | Drama | Columbia |
Masked Raiders | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord | Western | |
Mighty Joe Young | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson | Adventure | RKO; remade in 1998 |
Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Lloyd Bacon | Lucille Ball, William Holden | Comedy | Columbia |
Mississippi Hare | | Bugs Bunny | Animated | |
Miss Mink of 1949 | Glenn Tryon | Lois Collier | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
Mother Is a Freshman | Lloyd Bacon | Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Elliott Nugent | Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; sequel to Sitting Pretty |
Mr. Soft Touch | Gordon Douglas | Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes | Crime | Columbia |
Mrs. Mike | Louis King | Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes | Drama | United Artists |
The Mutineers | Jean Yarbrough | Jon Hall, George Reeves | Adventure | |
My Dream Is Yours | Michael Curtiz | Doris Day, Jack Carson, Eve Arden | Musical | Warner Bros. |
My Foolish Heart | Mark Robson | Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews | Drama | 2 Oscar nominations |
My Friend Irma | George Marshall | Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis | Comedy | Paramount; 1st Martin and Lewis film |
My Own True Love | Compton Bennett | Phyllis Calvert, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | |
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 | Drama | Eagle-Lion |
Night Unto Night | Don Siegel | Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford | Drama | Warner Bros. |
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 | Romantic comedy | Universal |
One Last Fling | Peter Godfrey | Alexis Smith | 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 |
Outpost in Morocco | Robert Florey | George Raft, Marie Windsor | Adventure | United Artists |
Pinky | Elia Kazan | Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters | Drama | 3 Oscar nominations |
The Pirates of Capri | Edgar G. Ulmer | Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti | Adventure | Film Classics |
Porky in Wackyland | | Porky Pig | Animated | |
Post Office Investigator | George Blair | Audrey Long, Warren Douglas | Mystery | Republic |
Port of New York | László Benedek | Scott Brady, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner | Film noir | Eagle-Lion |
Prince of Foxes | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Orson Welles | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Rabbit Hood | | Bugs Bunny | Animated | |
Radar Patrol vs Spy King | | Kirk Alyn | Serial | |
Rebel Rabbit | | Bugs Bunny | Animated | |
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 | Film noir | Republic |
The Red Pony | Lewis Milestone | Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern | Drama | Republic; written by John Steinbeck |
Red Stallion in the Rockies | Ralph Murphy | Jean Heather, Arthur Franz | Drama | |
Reign of Terror | Anthony Mann | Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl | Suspense | Eagle-Lion |
Riders of the Whistling Pines | John English | Gene Autry, Patricia Barry | Western | |
Rimfire | B. Reeves Eason | Mary Beth Hughes, James Millican | Western | |
Rope of Sand | William Dieterle | Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains | Adventure | Paramount |
Roseanna McCoy | Irving Reis | Farley Granger, Joan Evans | Drama | RKO |
Rose of the Yukon | George Blair | Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie | Western | |
Rustlers | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer | Western | RKO |