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In 1940, The Santa Fe Trail gave a strong condemnation of abolitionist John Brown's attacks on slavery. [4] The American civil rights movement in the 1950s made defiant slaves into heroes. [5] Most Hollywood films used American settings, although Spartacus dealt with an actual slave revolt in the Roman Empire known as the Third Servile War. [6]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture.
A 2004 film about the British–American clandestine operation that saw the expulsion of the Chagossian population who have lived on Diego Garcia and neighbouring islands. Stolen: 2024 A Sámi girl seeks revenge against a poacher. Sundown: 1941 British colonial authorities fight against fascist forces in Africa. Sun Never Sets: 1939
A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played two small roles. For the post-war American release, Raymond Massey narrated and Kim Hunter was added to the film.
Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 American black-and-white spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.It tells the story of an American reporter based in Britain who tries to expose enemy spies involved in a fictional continent-wide conspiracy in the prelude to World War II.
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) – comedy-drama musical film based on the actual experiences of Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye and Mitzi Mayfair, members of the Feminine Theatrical Task Force who left the United States on October 16, 1942, and performed several shows per day for American and British troops in England, Ireland and North ...
Pages in category "1940s in British cinema" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.