Anatole Litvak

The Roaring Twenties -- Three World War I buddies clash in a vicious bootlegging racket as love and rivalry interfere.

Oscar-winning legend Bette Davis ("All About Eve," "Jezebel") and Oscar-nominee Charles Boyer ("Gaslight") star in this romantic drama about a French nobleman who falls in love with his childrens governess, causing a tragic scandal in 19th-century France. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture. Co-star Barbara O'Neil ("Gone with the Wind") was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city where they both live: New York. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under Danny when he's blinded during a brutal 15-round welterweight title bout. James Cagney plays Danny in this heart-tugging melodrama co-starring Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, film-debuting Arthur Kennedy and in a rare acting turn before becoming a director, Elia Kazan. Among familiar studio players, there's an unbilled one: a vivid backlot and rear-screen Manhattan. "Sometimes we wonder," The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote, "whether it wasn't really the Warner brothers who got New York from the Indians, so diligent and devoted have they been in feeling the great city's pulse."

A German intelligence officer sets out to find the murderer of a prostitute who was also a secret agent.