This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures in the 1940s.[1] This list does not include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
Release date
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Title
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Notes
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January 6, 1940 |
A Child Is Born |
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January 13, 1940 |
Brother Rat and a Baby |
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January 27, 1940 |
The Fighting 69th |
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January 29, 1940 |
British Intelligence |
Public domain
|
February 3, 1940 |
Calling Philo Vance |
|
February 10, 1940 |
Granny Get Your Gun |
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February 17, 1940 |
Castle on the Hudson |
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March 2, 1940 |
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet |
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March 16, 1940 |
Three Cheers for the Irish |
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March 23, 1940 |
Virginia City |
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April 6, 1940 |
It All Came True |
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April 13, 1940 |
King of the Lumberjacks |
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April 20, 1940 |
'Til We Meet Again |
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April 27, 1940 |
An Angel from Texas |
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May 4, 1940 |
Tear Gas Squad |
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May 11, 1940 |
Saturday's Children |
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May 18, 1940 |
Flight Angels |
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May 25, 1940 |
Torrid Zone |
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June 1, 1940 |
Murder in the Air |
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June 8, 1940 |
Brother Orchid |
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June 15, 1940 |
A Fugitive from Justice |
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June 22, 1940 |
Gambling on the High Seas |
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July 1, 1940 |
The Sea Hawk |
|
July 13, 1940 |
All This, and Heaven Too |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
My Love Came Back |
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July 16, 1940 |
The Man Who Talked Too Much |
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July 27, 1940 |
Ladies Must Live |
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August 3, 1940 |
They Drive by Night |
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August 10, 1940 |
River's End |
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August 17, 1940 |
Money and the Woman |
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August 24, 1940 |
Flowing Gold |
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September 7, 1940 |
Calling All Husbands |
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September 14, 1940 |
No Time for Comedy |
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September 21, 1940 |
City for Conquest |
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October 5, 1940 |
Knute Rockne, All American |
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October 19, 1940 |
A Dispatch from Reuters |
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October 26, 1940 |
Tugboat Annie Sails Again |
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November 2, 1940 |
Always a Bride |
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November 9, 1940 |
East of the River |
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November 16, 1940 |
South of Suez |
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November 18, 1940 |
Father Is a Prince |
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November 23, 1940 |
The Letter |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
November 30, 1940 |
Lady with Red Hair |
|
December 7, 1940 |
She Couldn't Say No |
|
December 28, 1940 |
Santa Fe Trail |
Public domain
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
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January 4, 1941 |
Four Mothers |
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January 11, 1941 |
The Case of the Black Parrot |
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January 18, 1941 |
Honeymoon for Three |
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January 25, 1941 |
High Sierra |
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February 8, 1941 |
Flight from Destiny |
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February 12, 1941 |
Father's Son |
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February 15, 1941 |
The Great Mr. Nobody |
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February 22, 1941 |
The Strawberry Blonde |
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March 1, 1941 |
Shadows on the Stairs |
Public domain
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March 8, 1941 |
Footsteps in the Dark |
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March 15, 1941 |
Here Comes Happiness |
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March 21, 1941 |
The Sea Wolf |
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March 29, 1941 |
Knockout |
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April 5, 1941 |
A Shot in the Dark |
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April 12, 1941 |
The Great Lie |
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April 19, 1941 |
Strange Alibi |
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April 25, 1941 |
The Wagons Roll at Night |
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May 3, 1941 |
Thieves Fall Out |
|
Meet John Doe |
theatrical distribution only; public domain
|
May 10, 1941 |
Affectionately Yours |
|
May 17, 1941 |
Singapore Woman |
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May 24, 1941 |
The Nurse's Secret |
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May 31, 1941 |
Million Dollar Baby |
|
June 7, 1941 |
Shining Victory |
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June 14, 1941 |
Out of the Fog |
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June 28, 1941 |
Underground |
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July 5, 1941 |
Kisses for Breakfast |
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July 12, 1941 |
The Bride Came C.O.D. |
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July 19, 1941 |
Bullets for O'Hara |
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July 26, 1941 |
Bad Men of Missouri |
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August 2, 1941 |
Three Sons o' Guns |
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August 7, 1941 |
Highway West |
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August 9, 1941 |
Manpower |
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August 13, 1941 |
International Squadron |
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August 30, 1941 |
Dive Bomber |
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September 6, 1941 |
The Smiling Ghost |
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September 13, 1941 |
Navy Blues |
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September 20, 1941 |
Nine Lives Are Not Enough |
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September 27, 1941 |
Sergeant York |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
September 1941 |
Passage from Hong Kong |
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October 4, 1941 |
Law of the Tropics |
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October 17, 1941 |
Target for Tonight |
British film US theatrical distribution only; produced by Crown Film Unit
|
October 18, 1941 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
November 1, 1941 |
One Foot in Heaven |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
November 15, 1941 |
Blues in the Night |
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November 21, 1941 |
They Died with Their Boots On |
|
December 2, 1941 |
All Through the Night |
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December 6, 1941 |
The Body Disappears |
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December 13, 1941 |
Steel Against the Sky |
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December 24, 1941 |
Dangerously They Live |
|
December 25, 1941 |
You're in the Army Now |
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Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 24, 1942 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
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January 31, 1942 |
Wild Bill Hickok Rides |
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February 3, 1942 |
The Prime Minister |
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February 7, 1942 |
Atlantic Ferry |
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February 21, 1942 |
Captains of the Clouds |
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March 7, 1942 |
Bullet Scars |
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March 14, 1942 |
Always in My Heart |
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March 21, 1942 |
This Was Paris |
|
April 1, 1942 |
Lady Gangster |
Public domain
|
April 4, 1942 |
I Was Framed |
|
The Male Animal |
|
April 11, 1942 |
Murder in the Big House |
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April 18, 1942 |
Kings Row |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
May 2, 1942 |
Larceny, Inc. |
|
May 16, 1942 |
In This Our Life |
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May 30, 1942 |
Juke Girl |
|
June 6, 1942 |
Spy Ship |
|
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
June 13, 1942 |
The Big Shot |
|
July 18, 1942 |
Wings for the Eagle |
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July 25, 1942 |
Escape from Crime |
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August 1, 1942 |
The Gay Sisters |
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September 5, 1942 |
Across the Pacific |
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September 17, 1942 |
Secret Enemies |
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September 19, 1942 |
Busses Roar |
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September 26, 1942 |
Desperate Journey |
|
October 10, 1942 |
You Can't Escape Forever |
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October 31, 1942 |
Now, Voyager |
|
November 7, 1942 |
The Hidden Hand |
|
November 14, 1942 |
Gentleman Jim |
|
November 26, 1942 |
Casablanca |
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
November 28, 1942 |
George Washington Slept Here |
|
December 5, 1942 |
Flying Fortress |
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Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 16, 1943 |
The Gorilla Man |
|
February 6, 1943 |
Truck Busters |
|
February 20, 1943 |
The Hard Way |
|
March 3, 1943 |
The Mysterious Doctor |
|
March 20, 1943 |
Air Force |
|
April 24, 1943 |
Edge of Darkness |
|
May 22, 1943 |
Mission to Moscow |
|
June 12, 1943 |
Action in the North Atlantic |
|
June 23, 1943 |
The Constant Nymph |
|
July 1, 1943 |
Pledge to Bataan |
|
July 3, 1943 |
Background to Danger |
|
August 14, 1943 |
This Is the Army |
Public domain
|
August 27, 1943 |
Watch on the Rhine |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
September 18, 1943 |
Murder on the Waterfront |
|
September 25, 1943 |
Thank Your Lucky Stars |
|
September 27, 1943 |
Adventure in Iraq |
Public domain
|
October 23, 1943 |
Princess O'Rourke |
|
November 6, 1943 |
Find the Blackmailer |
|
November 13, 1943 |
Northern Pursuit |
|
November 27, 1943 |
Old Acquaintance |
|
December 17, 1943 |
The Desert Song |
|
December 31, 1943 |
Destination Tokyo |
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Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
February 19, 1944 |
In Our Time |
|
March 11, 1944 |
Passage to Marseille |
|
April 8, 1944 |
Shine On, Harvest Moon |
|
April 22, 1944 |
Uncertain Glory |
co-production with Thomson Productions
|
May 20, 1944 |
Between Two Worlds |
|
May 25, 1944 |
Mr. Skeffington |
|
June 10, 1944 |
Make Your Own Bed |
|
July 1, 1944 |
The Mask of Dimitrios |
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July 22, 1944 |
The Adventures of Mark Twain |
|
September 2, 1944 |
Janie |
|
September 9, 1944 |
Crime by Night |
|
September 23, 1944 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
produced in 1941
|
October 7, 1944 |
The Last Ride |
|
October 11, 1944 |
To Have and Have Not |
|
October 20, 1944 |
The Very Thought of You |
|
October 24, 1944 |
The Conspirators |
|
November 25, 1944 |
The Doughgirls |
|
December 31, 1944 |
Hollywood Canteen |
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 31, 1945 |
Roughly Speaking |
|
February 17, 1945 |
Objective, Burma! |
|
March 2, 1945 |
Hotel Berlin |
|
April 7, 1945 |
God Is My Co-Pilot |
|
April 28, 1945 |
The Horn Blows at Midnight |
|
May 1, 1945 |
Escape in the Desert |
|
June 9, 1945 |
Pillow to Post |
|
June 15, 1945 |
Conflict |
|
July 14, 1945 |
The Corn Is Green |
|
August 11, 1945 |
Christmas in Connecticut |
|
August 24, 1945 |
Pride of the Marines |
|
September 22, 1945 |
Rhapsody in Blue |
|
October 20, 1945 |
Mildred Pierce |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
November 10, 1945 |
Confidential Agent |
|
November 14, 1945 |
Danger Signal |
|
December 1, 1945 |
Too Young to Know |
|
December 7, 1945 |
Appointment in Tokyo |
distribution only
|
December 29, 1945 |
San Antonio |
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 26, 1946 |
My Reputation |
|
January 28, 1946 |
Three Strangers |
|
March 9, 1946 |
Cinderella Jones |
|
March 30, 1946 |
Saratoga Trunk |
|
April 20, 1946 |
Devotion |
produced in 1943
|
May 11, 1946 |
Her Kind of Man |
|
June 1, 1946 |
One More Tomorrow |
|
June 22, 1946 |
Janie Gets Married |
|
July 6, 1946 |
A Stolen Life |
co-production with B.D. Production
|
July 20, 1946 |
Of Human Bondage |
|
July 26, 1946 |
Two Guys from Milwaukee |
|
August 3, 1946 |
Night and Day |
|
August 31, 1946 |
The Big Sleep |
|
September 14, 1946 |
Shadow of a Woman |
|
September 28, 1946 |
Cloak and Dagger[N 1] |
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
|
October 18, 1946 |
Deception |
|
November 1, 1946 |
Nobody Lives Forever |
|
November 9, 1946 |
Never Say Goodbye |
|
November 23, 1946 |
The Verdict |
|
December 25, 1946 |
The Beast with Five Fingers |
|
Humoresque |
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
December 28, 1946 |
The Time, the Place and the Girl |
|
January 11, 1947 |
The Man I Love |
|
February 22, 1947 |
Nora Prentiss |
|
March 4, 1947 |
The Two Mrs. Carrolls |
|
March 5, 1947 |
Pursued[N 1] |
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
|
March 29, 1947 |
That Way with Women |
|
April 12, 1947 |
Stallion Road |
|
May 2, 1947 |
Love and Learn |
|
June 5, 1947 |
The Unfaithful |
|
June 6, 1947 |
Cheyenne |
|
July 26, 1947 |
Possessed |
|
July 30, 1947 |
Deep Valley |
|
August 14, 1947 |
Life with Father |
Public domain
|
August 19, 1947 |
Cry Wolf |
|
September 27, 1947 |
Dark Passage |
|
October 3, 1947 |
The Unsuspected |
co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions
|
November 1, 1947 |
That Hagen Girl |
|
November 7, 1947 |
Escape Me Never |
|
December 10, 1947 |
Always Together |
|
December 25, 1947 |
The Voice of the Turtle |
|
December 27, 1947 |
My Wild Irish Rose |
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 24, 1948 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
February 7, 1948 |
My Girl Tisa[N 1] |
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
|
March 6, 1948 |
They Made Me a Fugitive |
distribution only; produced by A. R. Shipman Productions/Alliance Films
|
March 27, 1948 |
April Showers |
|
April 7, 1948 |
Winter Meeting |
|
April 16, 1948 |
To the Victor |
|
May 15, 1948 |
The Woman in White |
|
May 29, 1948 |
Silver River |
|
June 13, 1948 |
Wallflower |
|
June 26, 1948 |
The Big Punch |
|
July 3, 1948 |
Romance on the High Seas |
co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions
|
July 31, 1948 |
Key Largo |
|
July 31, 1948 |
Embraceable You |
|
August 26, 1948 |
Rope[N 2] |
distribution only; produced by Transatlantic Pictures
|
September 4, 1948 |
Two Guys from Texas |
|
September 14, 1948 |
Johnny Belinda |
Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
|
October 9, 1948 |
Smart Girls Don't Talk |
|
October 29, 1948 |
June Bride |
|
November 27, 1948 |
Fighter Squadron |
|
December 1, 1948 |
Adventures of Don Juan |
|
December 23, 1948 |
The Decision of Christopher Blake |
|
December 24, 1948 |
Whiplash |
|
Release date
|
Title
|
Notes
|
January 1, 1949 |
One Sunday Afternoon |
|
February 4, 1949 |
John Loves Mary |
|
February 15, 1949 |
Flaxy Martin |
|
March 6, 1949 |
South of St. Louis[N 1] |
distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
|
March 26, 1949 |
A Kiss in the Dark |
|
April 1, 1949 |
Burma Victory |
|
April 2, 1949 |
Homicide |
|
April 16, 1949 |
My Dream Is Yours |
|
May 3, 1949 |
The Younger Brothers |
|
May 6, 1949 |
Flamingo Road |
co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions
|
June 10, 1949 |
Night Unto Night |
|
June 11, 1949 |
Colorado Territory |
|
June 30, 1949 |
One Last Fling |
|
July 2, 1949 |
The Fountainhead |
|
July 16, 1949 |
The Girl from Jones Beach |
|
July 30, 1949 |
Look for the Silver Lining |
|
August 1, 1949 |
It's a Great Feeling |
|
September 3, 1949 |
White Heat |
|
September 10, 1949 |
The House Across the Street |
|
September 15, 1949 |
Golden Madonna |
British-Italian film co-production with Pendennis Productions and Produttore Films Internazionali
|
September 30, 1949 |
Task Force |
|
October 8, 1949 |
Under Capricorn[N 3][N 4] |
distribution only; produced by Transatlantic Pictures
|
October 21, 1949 |
Beyond the Forest |
|
November 12, 1949 |
The Story of Seabiscuit |
|
November 26, 1949 |
Always Leave Them Laughing |
|
December 2, 1949 |
The Hasty Heart |
U.S. distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation
|
December 16, 1949 |
The Lady Takes a Sailor |
|
December 31, 1949 |
The Inspector General |
Public domain
|