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1940s
   
"-Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open.
- Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette.
-That is another reason."
 
   
-- Casablanca
 
   
Adam: A+
Matt: B+
 
     
 
Film Greatness
  adam:
matt:
film of the year
   
actor of the year
   
actress of the year
     
 
Top 5 Lists
     
film:
   
1--
it's a wonderful life (usa) citizen kane (usa)
2--
casablanca (usa) drunken angel (japan)
3--
notorious (usa) the third man (uk)
4--
laura (usa) it's a wonderful life (usa)
5--
double indemnity (usa) the bicycle thieves (italy)
6--
citizen kane (usa) la belle et la bete (france)
7--
rebecca (usa) casablanca (usa)
8--
the third man (uk) shadow of a doubt (usa)
9--
the maltese falcon (usa) notorious (usa)
10--
kind hearts and coronets (uk) rope (usa)
   
actor:
   
1--
cary grant - notorious lamberto maggiorani - the bicycle thieves
2--
james stewart - it's a wonderful life takashi shimura - drunken angel
3--
claude rains - casablanca orson welles - the third man
4--
claude rains - notorious toshiro mifune - drunken angel
5--
edward g. robinson - double indemnity orson welles - citizen kane
6--
joseph cotton - the third man joseph cotton - shadow of a doubt
7--
lionel barrymore - it's a wonderful life jean morais - la belle et la bete
8--
clifton webb - laura cary grant - notorious
9--
humphrey bogart - casablanca henry travers - it's a wonderful life
10--
sydney greenstreet - the maltese falcon james stewart - it's a wonderful life
     
actress:
   
1--
ingrid bergman - casablanca ingrid bergman - notorious
2--
joan fontaine - rebecca ingrid bergman - casablanca
3--
mary astor - the great lie josette day - la belle et la bete
4--
claire trevor - key largo dorothy comingore - citizen kane
5--
ingrid bergman - notorious theresa wright - shadow of a doubt
6--
joan greenwood - kind hearts and coronets donna reed - it's a wonderful life
7--
judith anderson - rebecca alida valli - the third man
8--
judith anderson - laura agnes moorehead - citizen kane
9--
gene tierney - laura ruth warwick - citizen kane
10--
barbara stanwyck - double indemnity lauren bacall - key largo
     
 
Recommended
     
A+
it's a wonderful life, casablanca citizen kane
A
notorious, citizen kane, laura, double indemnity drunken angel
A-
the third man, rebecca, the maltese falcon the third man
B+
saboteur, brief encounter, key largo, kind hearts and coronets it's a wonderful life, the bicycle thieves, a belle et la bete, casablanca, shadow of a doubt, notorious, rope
     
 
Film Badness
     
  The Grapes of Wrath  
     
 
Films Viewed
     
  (1949)

Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Third Man, Whirlpool

(1948)

Key Largo, Rope, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

(1947)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Paradine Case

(1946)

It's a Wonderful Life, Notorious

(1945)

Brief Encounter, Spellbound, The Wicked Lady

(1944)

Arsenic and Old Lace, Double Indemnity, Laura, Lifeboat

(1943)

Shadow of a Doubt

(1942)

Casablanca, Saboteur

(1941) 

Citizen Kane, The Great Lie, The Maltese Falcon, Mr & Mrs Smith, Suspicion

(1940) 

Foreign Correspondent, The Grapes of Wrath, Night Train to Munich, The Philadelphia Story, Rebecca

 
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