Drama Movies of 1947
Tycoon
This John Wayne adventure is set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Mourning Becomes Electra
Rosalind Russell stars in this marathon adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play. The O'Neill original ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon stars Joan Crawford as the eponymous heroine, a Manhattan commercial artist. Daisy is torn between two men: a handsome, married attorney (Dana Andrews) and an unmarried Henry Fonda. Deciding to do the "right thing", ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
The Long Night
Based upon the French film Le Jour Se Lève, The Long Night opens in the in the ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Gentleman's Agreement
Adapted by Moss Hart from the novel by Laura Z. Hobson, this film stars Gregory Peck as recently ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Brute Force
Burt Lancaster had one of his first starring roles in this hard-hitting prison drama. Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn) is a cruel, corrupt prison guard who has his own less-than-ethical ways of ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Black Narcissus
British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger once again deliberately courted ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Boomerang!
Boomerang, directed by Elia Kazan, is a chilling film noir, the true story about the murder of a priest, the subsequent arrest and trial of a jobless drifter, and the efforts of young ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is the sordid tale of a conniving young man who, in the words of one of the film's supporting characters, ends up low because he aimed so high. Drifter Tyrone Power ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
A woman struggles to reassemble her broken life in ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Dishonored Lady
In this drama, Madeleine Damien (Hedy Lamarr) is a successful magazine editor with a free-spirited private life, but a number of failed relationships ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
A Double Life
Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony John (Colman), has problems with his private life due to his ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Quai des Orfèvres
Following a three-year suspension from filmmaking after his Le Corbeau (1943) was judged too critical of his native France, director Henri-Georges Clouzot returned with this thriller that's equal parts crime drama and character study. Suzy Delair ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
They Made Me a Fugitive
Clem Morgan (Trevor Howard), an embittered ex-RAF pilot, mistakenly believes the life of crime is for him in this exceptionally dark British film ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Monsieur Vincent
Pierre Fresnay stars as St. Vincent De Paul in this reverent but realistic French biopic. The film traces "Monsieur Vincent's" progress from his days of forced servitude in Algiers to his entry ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
The Fabulous Dorseys
Based on the lives of big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, this biographical chronicle begins with ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Carnegie Hall
Auteur theorists who've charted the career of "cult" director Edgar G. Ulmer have seldom mentioned Carnegie Hall, simply because it was more expensive than most of Ulmer's films and thus can't be regarded a "low-budget ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Bells of San Fernando
Bells of San Fernando was advertised as a romantic adventure, but it plays more like a Western. Donald Woods plays an Irish immigrant who teams with ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Shoot to Kill
The stars of Shoot to Kill are Douglas Blackley and Susan Walters, both of whom later changed their professional names to, respectively, Robert Kent and Luana Walters. Blackley is a gangster who is framed by crooked DA ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Rio Escondido
Filmed in 1947, Emilio Fernandez' Hidden River (originally Rio Escondido) was distributed in the U.S. three years later. The matchless Maria Felix stars as Rosaura, an idealistic Mexican schoolteacher who does her best to ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
La Casa de la Zorra
Long before gaining fame and fortune in Hollywood, Ricardo Montalban starred in several ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Que Dios Me Perdone
The title of this popular Mexican melodrama translates as May God Forgive Me. The ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
The Devil on Wheels
Darryl Hickman, older brother of Dobie Gillis star Duane, toplines this campy juvenile delinquency film directed by Crane Wilbur (The Bat). The plot ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
El Tesoro de Chucho el Roto
A woman has half of a treasure map, and must fight off the crooks who want to steal it from her while she searches for the other half. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Germany, Year Zero
In the third and final film of Rossellini's WWII trilogy, the director shifts his focus from his native Italy to the bombed-out ruins of Berlin, where 12-year-old Edmund Koehler struggles for ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Bush Pilot
In this drama set in the Canadian wilderness, Red North is a pilot who makes his living flying in and out of the bush country. However, his business gets some competition from an unexpected source -- his half-brother, Paul. The two ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Valahol Europaban
Valahol Europaban (aka Somewhere in Europe and It Happened in Europe) was the second directorial effort from Hungarian filmmaker Geza Radvanyi--and, in the eyes of many film historians, his best work. Drawing his ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Nosotros Los Pobres
Nosotros Los Pobres stars Pedro Infante as a carpenter whose entire family must work together to clear his name after he is charged with a murder. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
La Bien Pagada
The devotion of a newly-married bride is put to the ultimate test in this classic Mexican melodrama from director Albert ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
To Love, Honor and Enrage
This look at modern relationships focuses on three couples, all coming to terms with the future that awaits them when one decides to get married, despite trouble in their partnership. ~ Cammila ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Fatma
An impoverished nurse falls for the son of a wealthy patient and the repercussions come back to haunt her in this tear-jerking melodrama starring screen diva Umm Kulthum. First impregnated and then ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Albur De Amor
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Ángel O Demonio
Mexican director Víctor Urruchúa's 1947 drama Ángel O Demonio follows the melodramatic ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Pecadora
The romantic drama Pecadora concerns a singer who uses ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
Cuando Lloran Los Valientes
Cuando Lloran Los Valientes stars the popular actor Pedro Infante as a man who battles with his brother for the love of the same woman. ~ ... [ Drama movie - 1947 ]
