Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1947
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Out of the Past
(1947) A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. Dir: Jacques Tourneur With: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller United States-APPROVED 97 mins. |
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Possessed
(1947) A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner... Dir: Curtis Bernhardt With: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller United States-APPROVED 108 mins. |
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Song of the Thin Man
(1947) Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate murders in New York. Dir: Edward Buzzell With: William Powell, Myrna Loy Comedy | Crime | Drama | Musical | Mystery | Romance United States-APPROVED 86 mins. |
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Miracle on 34th Street
(1947) When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing. Dir: George Seaton With: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance United States-APPROVED 96 mins. |
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Gentleman's Agreement
(1947) A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred. Dir: Elia Kazan With: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield Drama | Romance United States-APPROVED 118 mins. |
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The Lady from Shanghai
(1947) Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. With: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery United States-APPROVED 87 mins. |
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Black Narcissus
(1947) Anglican nuns, led by the stern Sister Clodagh, attempt to establish a religious community in the Himalayas... Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger With: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar Drama United States-APPROVED 100 mins. |
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Angel and the Badman
(1947) Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl... Dir: James Edward Grant With: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey Romance | Western United States-APPROVED 100 mins. |
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
(1947) Dir: Roy Rowland Comedy | Drama | Romance United States-APPROVED 105 mins. |
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(1947) In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted...and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz With: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance United States-APPROVED 104 mins. |
