Shepperd Strudwick

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Dir. George Stevens · With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.

Dir. Robert Rossen · With John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Dir. Fritz Lang · With Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Dir. Max Ophüls · With James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks