Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Kazan | Will Jason | Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell | Western | Columbia |
The Kid from Cleveland | Herbert Kline | George Brent, Lynn Bari | Sports | Republic |
King of the Rocket Men | Fred C. Brannon | Tris Coffin, Mae Clarke | Serial | |
A Kiss for Corliss | Richard Wallace | Shirley Temple, David Niven | Comedy | United Artists |
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 Gambles | Michael Gordon | Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston | Drama | Universal |
The Lady Takes a Sailor | Michael Curtiz | Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
Laramie | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
The Last Bandit | Joseph Kane | Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray | Western | Republic |
Law of the Barbary Coast | Lew Landers | Gloria Henry, Adele Jergens | Crime | Columbia |
Law of the Golden West | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Gail Davis | Western | Republic |
Law of the West | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
Lawless Code | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Ellen Hall | Western | Monogram |
A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Thelma Ritter | Drama | 20th Century 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 | Columbia. 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 | Film Classics |
The Lost Tribe | William Berke | Johnny Weissmuller, Elena Verdugo | Adventure | Columbia. 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 | United Artists; 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 | Universal. The Egg and I sequel |
Madame Bovary | Vincente Minnelli | Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin | Drama | MGM. 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 | The 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 |
Mary Ryan, Detective | Abby Berlin | Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent | Crime Drama | Columbia |
Masked Raiders | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord | Western | RKO |
Master Minds | Jean Yarbrough | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall | Comedy | Monogram |
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 | 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 | Columbia |
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 | RKO. 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, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix | Drama | Paramount |
The Mysterious Desperado | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Movita Castaneda | Western | RKO |
Navajo Trail Raiders | R. G. Springsteen | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
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 |
Outcasts of the Trail | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Jeff Donnell | Western | Republic |
Outpost in Morocco | Robert Florey | George Raft, Marie Windsor | Adventure | United Artists |
Pinky | Elia Kazan | Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations |
Pioneer Marshal | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Nan Leslie | Western | Republic |
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 |
Powder River Rustlers | Philip Ford | Allan Lane, Eddy Waller | Western | Republic |
Prince of Foxes | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Orson Welles | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Prince of the Plains | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
Prison Warden | Seymour Friedman | Warner Baxter, Anna Lee | Crime | Columbia |
Rabbit Hood | | Bugs Bunny | Animated | |
Radar Patrol vs Spy King | | Kirk Alyn | Serial | |
Range Justice | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Philip Ford | Monte Hale, Paul Hurst | Western | Republic |
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 | Metro-Goldwyn-MayerMGM |
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 | Eagle-Lion |
Reign of Terror | Anthony Mann | Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl | Suspense | Eagle-Lion |
Renegades of the Sage | Ray Nazarro | Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette | Western | Columbia |
Riders in the Sky | John English | Gene Autry, Gloria Henry | Western | Columbia |
Riders of the Range | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jacqueline White | Western | RKO |
Riders of the Whistling Pines | John English | Gene Autry, Patricia Barry | Western | Columbia |
Rimfire | B. Reeves Eason | Mary Beth Hughes, James Millican | Western | Lippert |
Rim of the Canyon | John English | Gene Autry, Thurston Hall | Western | Columbia |
Ringside | Frank McDonald | Don "Red" Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan | Film noir | Lippert Pictures |
Roaring Westward | Oliver Drake | Jimmy Wakely, Lois Hall | Western | Monogram |
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 | Republic |
Roughshod | Mark Robson | Gloria Grahame, Robert Sterling | Western | RKO |
Rustlers | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer | Western | RKO |
Rusty's Birthday | Seymour Friedman | John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia |
Rusty Saves a Life | Seymour Friedman | John Litel, Ann Doran | Drama | Columbia |