ELIA KAZAN: TOP 5 FILMS of the 40s

 

01)

A TREE GROWNS IN BROOKLYN

ELIA KAZAN, 1945

USA

Canon:  4,1084

# 671

# 6 year

RATING ANGUS:  4,5/5

DOROTHY McGUIRE

JOAN BLONDELL

JAMES DUNN

LLOYD NOLAN

PEGGY ANN GARNER

 

02)

BOOMERANG

ELIA KAZAN, 1947

USA

Canon:  3,6712

# 2798

# 19 year

RATING ANGUS:  4/5

 

DANA ANDREWS

JANE WYATT

LEE J. COBB

SAM LEVENE

ARTHUR KENNEDY

CARA WILLIAMS

ROBERT KEITH

 

03)

GENTLEMENT'S AGREEMENT

ELIA KAZAN, 1947

USA

Canon:  3,4661

# 4679

# 31 year

RATING ANGUS:  4/5

GREGORY PECK

DOROTHY McGUIRE

JOHN GARFIELD

CELESTE HOLM

ANNE REVERE

JUNE HAVOC

 

04)

PINKY

ELIA KAZAN, 1949

USA

Canon:  3,3770

# 5765

# 45 year

RATING ANGUS:  3,5/5

JEANNE CRAIN

ETHEL BARRYMORE

ETHEL WATERS

WILLIAM LUNDIGAN

05)

SEA OF GRASS

ELIA KAZAN, 1947

USA

Canon:  2,8678

# 16866

# 113 year

KATHARINE HEPBURN

SPENCER TRACY

MELVYN DOUGLAS

PHYLLIS THAXTER

ROBERT WALKER

EDGAR BUCHANAN