BEST FILMS OF 1940
by Mike Lorefice

Arizona
Wesley Ruggles

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The Bank Dick
Eddie Cline

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
William Dieterle

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Foreign Correspondent
Alfred Hitchcock

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The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin

***1/2

His Girl Friday
Howard Hawks

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The Letter
William Wyler

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Rebecca
Alfred Hitchcock

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Remember the Night
Mitchell Leisen

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The Sea Hawk
Michael Curtiza

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The Shop Around The Corner
Ernst Lubitsch

***1/2

Stranger on the Third Floor
Boris Ingster

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They Drive By Night
Raoul Walsh

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The Thief of Bagdad
Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, & Tim Whelan

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