BILLY WILDER: TOP 5 FILMS of the 40s

 

 

01)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

BILLY WILDER, 1944

USA

Canon:  4,6254

# 28

# 1 year

RATING ANGUS:  5/5

 

FRED MACMURRAY

EDWARD G. ROBINSON

BARBARA STANWYCK

JEAN HEATHER

PORTER HALL

 

02)

THE LOST WEEKEND

BILLY WILDER, 1945

USA

Canon.  4,1705

# 510

# 4 year

RATING ANGUS:  3/5

 

RAY MILLAND

JANE WYMAN

PHILLIP TERRY

HOWARD DA SILVA

 

03)

A FOREIGN AFFAIR

BILLY WILDER, 1948

USA

Canon.  3,7713

# 2093

# 26 year

RATING ANGUS:  4/5

 

JOHN LUND

JEAN ARTHUR

MARLENE DIETRICH

MILLARD MITCHELL

 

04)

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO

BILLY WILDER, 1943

USA

Canon.  3,7530

# 2194

# 13 year

RATING ANGUS:  4/5

 

FRANCHOT TONE

ERICH VON STROHEIM

ANNE BAXTER

AKIM TAMIROFF

PETER VAN EYCK

 

05)

THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR

BILLY WILDER, 1942

USA

Canon:  3,5447

# 3839

# 26 year

RATING ANGUS:  3,5/5

 

RAY MILLAND

GINGER ROGERS

ROBERT BENCHLEY

RITA JOHNSON