More than 350 American feature films were released in 1945.Statistics Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p47Features Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p155–219 In that year, the film The Lost Weekend won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
A Title Director Cast Genre Notes Abbott and Costello in Hollywood S. Sylvan Simon Abbott and Costello, Lucille Ball, Rags Ragland Comedy MGM Adventure Victor Fleming Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell Adventure MGM Adventures of Kitty O'Day William Beaudine Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Lorna Gray Mystery Monogram; sequel to 1944 film Adventures of Rusty Paul Burnford Ted Donaldson, Margaret Lindsay, Conrad Nagel Drama Columbia The Affairs of Susan William A. Seiter Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe Comedy Paramount Allotment Wives William Nigh Kay Francis, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael Drama Monogram Along Came Jones Stuart Heisler Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest Western RKO Along the Navajo Trail Frank McDonald Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez Western Republic An Angel Comes to Brooklyn Leslie Goodwins Barbara Perry, Charles Kemper, Marguerite d'Alvarez Comedy Republic Anchors Aweigh George Sidney Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly Musical MGM And Then There Were None René Clair Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward Mystery 20th Century Fox. Written by Agatha Christie Apology for Murder Sam Newfield Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont, Russell Hicks Crime drama PRC Arson Squad Lew Landers Frank Albertson, Robert Armstrong, Byron Foulger Crime PRC
B Title Director Cast Genre Notes Back to Bataan Edward Dmytryk John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi War RKO Bad Men of the Border Wallace Fox Kirby Grant, Armida, John Eldredge Western Universal Bandits of the Badlands Thomas Carr Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Forrest Taylor Western Republic Bedside Manner Andrew L. Stone John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, Ann Rutherford Comedy United Artists Behind City Lights John English Lynne Roberts, Peter Cookson, Jerome Cowan Drama Republic A Bell for Adano Henry King Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix War Drama 20th Century Fox Bells of Rosarita Frank McDonald Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Adele Mara Western Republic The Bells of St. Mary's Leo McCarey Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, William Gargan Drama RKO. Sequel to Going My Way Betrayal from the East William A. Berke Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Regis Toomey War RKO Between Two Women Willis Goldbeck Van Johnson, Gloria DeHaven, Marilyn Maxwell Drama MGM Bewitched Arch Oboler Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Addison Richards Drama MGM Beyond the Pecos Lambert Hillyer Rod Cameron, Jennifer Holt, Fuzzy Knight Western Universal The Big Show-Off Howard Bretherton Arthur Lake, Dale Evans, George Meeker Comedy Republic Black Market Babies William Beaudine Ralph Morgan, Teala Loring, Kane Richmond Drama Monogram Blazing the Western Trail Vernon Keays Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Carole Mathews Western Columbia Blonde from Brooklyn Del Lord Bob Haymes, Lynn Merrick, Thurston Hall Comedy Columbia Blonde Ransom William Beaudine Virginia Grey, Pinky Lee, Donald Cook Drama Universal Blood on the Sun Frank Lloyd James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall Thriller United Artists The Body Snatcher Robert Wise Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell Horror RKO Border Badmen Sam Newfield Buster Crabbe, Lorraine Miller, Al St. John Western PRC Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion Arthur Dreifuss Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane Mystery Columbia Boston Blackie's Rendezvous Arthur Dreifuss Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran Mystery Columbia Both Barrels Blazing Derwin Abrahams Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Charles King Western Columbia Brewster's Millions Allan Dwan Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, June Havoc Comedy United Artists The Brighton Strangler Max Nosseck John Loder, June Duprez, Miles Mander Crime drama RKO Bring on the Girls Sidney Lanfield Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Marjorie Reynolds Comedy Paramount The Bullfighters Malcolm St. Clair Laurel and Hardy, Richard Lane, Diosa Costello Comedy 20th Century Fox
C Title Director Cast Genre Notes Captain Eddie Lloyd Bacon Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari, Charles Bickford Drama 20th Century Fox The Captain from Köpenick Richard Oswald Albert Bassermann, Mary Brian, Eric Blore Comedy Film Classics Captain Kidd Rowland V. Lee Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton Adventure United Artists Captain Tugboat Annie Phil Rosen Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy, Pamela Blake Comedy Republic The Caribbean Mystery Robert D. Webb James Dunn, Sheila Ryan, Reed Hadley Mystery 20th Century Fox The Cheaters Joseph Kane Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette Comedy Republic The Cherokee Flash Thomas Carr Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Tom London Western Republic The Chicago Kid Frank McDonald Don "Red" Barry, Otto Kruger, Lynne Roberts Crime Republic China Sky Ray Enright Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew War drama RKO China's Little Devils Monta Bell Harry Carey, Paul Kelly, Jimmie Dodd War Monogram Christmas in Connecticut Peter Godfrey Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet Comedy Warner Bros.; Remade in 1992 Circumstantial Evidence John Larkin Lloyd Nolan, Michael O'Shea, Trudy Marshall Crime 20th Century Fox The Cisco Kid Returns John P. McCarthy Duncan Renaldo, Martin Garralaga, Cecilia Callejo Western Monogram. Cisco Kid series. The Clock Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason Drama MGM Club Havana Edgar G. Ulmer Margaret Lindsay, Tom Neal, Lita Baron Mystery PRC Code of the Lawless Wallace Fox Kirby Grant, Jane Adams, Fuzzy Knight Western Universal Colorado Pioneers R. G. Springsteen Wild Bill Elliott, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft Western Republic Come Out Fighting William Beaudine Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Benedict Comedy Monogram Confidential Agent Herman Shumlin Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Victor Francen Spy thriller Warner Bros. Conflict Curtis Bernhardt Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet Suspense Warner Bros. The Corn Is Green Irving Rapper Bette Davis, Joan Lorring, John Dall Drama Warner Bros.; Remade in 1979 Cornered Edward Dmytryk Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel Film noir RKO Corpus Christi Bandits Wallace Grissell Allan Lane, Helen Talbot, Jack Kirk Western Republic Counter-Attack Zoltan Korda Paul Muni, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks War Columbia The Crime Doctor's Courage George Sherman Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan Mystery Columbia. One of series Crime Doctor's Warning William Castle Warner Baxter, Dusty Anderson, John Litel Mystery Columbia Crime, Inc. Lew Landers Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill Thriller PRC The Crimson Canary John Hoffman Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Steven Geray Mystery Universal
D–E Title Director Cast Genre Notes Dakota Joseph Kane John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan Western Republic; The Daltons Ride Again Ray Taylor Lon Chaney Jr., Alan Curtis, Martha O'Driscoll Western Universal Dangerous Intruder Vernon Keays Veda Ann Borg, Charles Arnt, Richard Powers Crime PRC Dangerous Partners Edward L. Cahn Signe Hasso, James Craig, Edmund Gwenn Crime MGM Danger Signal Robert Florey Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Rosemary DeCamp Crime Warner Bros. Delightfully Dangerous Arthur Lubin Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore Musical United Artists Detour Edgar G. Ulmer Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake Film noir PRC Diamond Horseshoe George Seaton Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers Musical 20th Century Fox Dick Tracy William A. Berke Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki Mystery RKO. Based on comic strip Dillinger Max Nosseck Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, Edmund Lowe Crime biopic Monogram Divorce William Nigh Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack Drama Monogram Docks of New York Wallace Fox Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Betty Blythe Comedy Monogram Doll Face Lewis Seiler Vivian Blaine, Carmen Miranda, Dennis O'Keefe Comedy 20th Century Fox The Dolly Sisters Irving Cummings Betty Grable, June Haver, John Payne Musical 20th Century Fox Don Juan Quilligan Frank Tuttle William Bendix, Joan Blondell, Phil Silvers Comedy 20th Century Fox Don't Fence Me In John English Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes Western Republic Duffy's Tavern Hal Walker Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard Comedy Paramount Eadie Was a Lady Arthur Dreifuss Ann Miller, Jeff Donnell, William Wright Musical Columbia Earl Carroll Vanities Joseph Santley Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore, Eve Arden Musical Republic Easy to Look At Ford Beebe Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, Eric Blore Comedy Universal The Enchanted Cottage John Cromwell Robert Young, Dorothy McGuire, Herbert Marshall Romantic comedy RKO The Enchanted Forest Lew Landers Edmund Lowe, Brenda Joyce, Harry Davenport Family PRC Enemy of the Law Harry L. Fraser Tex Ritter, Kay Hughes, Guy Wilkerson Western PRC Escape in the Desert Edward A. Blatt Jean Sullivan, Philip Dorn, Irene Manning Drama Warner Bros. Escape in the Fog Budd Boetticher Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright Film noir Columbia Eve Knew Her Apples Will Jason Ann Miller, William Wright, Ray Walker Musical comedy Columbia
F Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Falcon in San Francisco Joseph H. Lewis Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward Brophy Mystery RKO Fallen Angel Otto Preminger Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell Film noir 20th Century Fox; Fashion Model William Beaudine Robert Lowery, Marjorie Weaver, Tim Ryan Film noir Monogram The Fatal Witness Lesley Selander Evelyn Ankers, Richard Fraser, Barbara Everest Crime Republic Fighting Bill Carson Sam Newfield Buster Crabbe, Kay Hughes, Kermit Maynard Western PRC First Yank into Tokyo Gordon Douglas Tom Neal, Barbara Hale, Keye Luke War RKO Flame of Barbary Coast Joseph Kane John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut Western Republic Flame of the West Lambert Hillyer Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Joan Woodbury Western Monogram Flaming Bullets Harry L. Fraser Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson Western PRC Fog Island Terry O. Morse George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan Mystery PRC Follow That Woman Lew Landers William Gargan, Nancy Kelly, Regis Toomey Comedy Paramount Forever Yours William Nigh Gale Storm, C. Aubrey Smith, Conrad Nagel Drama Monogram Frisco Sal George Waggner Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Alan Curtis Western Universal Frontier Feud Lambert Hillyer Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre Western Monogram Frontier Fugitives Harry L. Fraser Tex Ritter, Lorraine Miller, Guy Wilkerson Western PRC Frontier Gal Charles Lamont Yvonne de Carlo, Rod Cameron, Andy Devine Western Universal The Frozen Ghost Harold Young Lon Chaney Jr., Elena Verdugo, Evelyn Ankers Horror Universal
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