Movies of 1941
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1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,659 | Gross: $2.11M
Release date October 3, 1941
Directed by John Huston
Humphrey Bogart ... Samuel Spade
Mary Astor ... Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sydney Greenstreet)
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay
2. Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young
Votes: 1,978 | Gross: $0.88M
Release date November 30, 1941 Directed by George Cukor Greta Garbo ... Karin Blake
3. High Sierra (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 19,249
Release date January 23, 1941 Directed by Raoul Walsh Ida Lupino ... Marie Humphrey Bogart ... Roy Earle
4. Belle Starr (1941)
Approved | 87 min | Western
At the end of the Civil War, an embittered Southern belle joins forces with a Confederate guerrilla leader to raid Union towns.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 992
Release date September 5, 1941 Directed by Irving Cummings Randolph Scott ... Sam Starr Gene Tierney ... Belle Shirley / Belle Starr Mae Marsh ... Preacher's Wife
5. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen
Votes: 3,174
Release date December 1, 1941 Directed by Richard Thorpe Johnny Weissmuller ... Tarzan Maureen O'Sullivan ... Jane Parker
6. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer
Votes: 1,302
Release date April 24, 1941
Directed by René Clair
Marlene Dietrich ... Claire Ledeux
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
7. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Shanghai, dragon lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out of business.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson
Votes: 2,966
Release date December 25, 1941
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Gene Tierney ... Poppy
Victor Mature ... Doctor Omar
Academy Awards, USA 1943
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
8. Suspicion (1941)
Approved | 99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 42,469 | Gross: $4.50M
Release date November 9, 1941
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant ... Johnnie Aysgarth
Joan Fontaine ... Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Picture
WINNER Best Actress in a Leading Role (Joan Fontaine)
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
9. Dumbo (1941)
G | 64 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 142,176 | Gross: $1.60M
Release date October 23, 1941
Supervising director Ben Sharpsteen
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Song
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
10. Great Guns (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Romance, War
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson
Votes: 1,597
Release date October 10, 1941 Directed by Monty Banks Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Oliver Mae Marsh ... Aunt Martha
11. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson
Votes: 11,323
Release date January 31, 1941 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Carole Lombard ... Ann
12. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Musical
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Billy Lenhart
Votes: 2,643
Release date October 10, 1941 Directed by Edward F. Cline
13. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood
Votes: 5,062
Release date March 19, 1941
Directed by Alexander Korda
Vivien Leigh ... Emma Lady Hamilton
Laurence Olivier ... Lord Horatio Nelson
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
WINNER Best Sound, Recording
14. The Midnight Snack (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Jerry Mouse decides to have a snack, but Tom's ready for him.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Harry Lang, Lillian Randolph
Votes: 1,786
Release date July 19, 1941 Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera Tom & Jerry
15. The Night Before Christmas (1941)
Passed | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Well, a mouse *is* stirring... And he's having fun playing with the toys, until he mistakes Tom for a stuffed toy and wakes him up.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising | Stars: The Boswell Sisters, Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell
Votes: 2,401
Release date December 6, 1941
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry
Academy Awards, USA 1942
NOMINEE Best Short Subject, Cartoons
16. Orphans' Benefit (1941)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Micky and friends put on a revue for the orphans. Donald recites nursery rhymes, but the orphans torment him. Horace, Goofy, and Clarabelle do a dance number. Donald tries again. Clara ... See full summary »
Director: Riley Thomson | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Florence Gill, Beatrice Hagen
Votes: 556
Release date August 22, 1941 Directed by Riley Thomson Donald Duck
17. Chef Donald (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald is listening to a radio cooking program while mixing up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Clarence Nash, Sarah Selby
Votes: 1,597
Release date December 5, 1941 Directed by Jack King Donald Duck
18. Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An upset Bugs challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
Director: Tex Avery | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,638
Release date March 15, 1941 Directed by Fred Avery Bugs Bunny
19. The Heckling Hare (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
This time Bugs is chased by hunting dog Willoughby.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Kent Rogers
Votes: 969
Release date July 5, 1941 Directed by Fred Avery Bugs Bunny
20. Wabbit Twouble (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Elmer Fudd expects to find "west and wewaxation" during his visit to Jellostone National Park, but he sets up camp in Bugs' backyard, and the rabbit (and a neighboring bear) definitely don't have leisure in mind.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 1,670
Release date December 20, 1941 Directed by Bob Clampett Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd
21. Hollywood Steps Out (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Dave Barry, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Kay Kyser
Votes: 1,146
Release date May 24, 1941 Directed by Fred Avery
22. Aviation Vacation (1941)
6 min | Family, Animation, Short
One of the prohibited Warner Bros. cartoons, short course of history, pygmies, gypsies and presidents.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 285
Release date August 2, 1941 Directed by Tex Avery
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