1939 National Board of Review – Best Actor Winner

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Francis Lederer
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Paul Lukas
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Port of Shadows
Michel Simon
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.

Stagecoach
Thomas Mitchell
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.

The Roaring Twenties
James Cagney
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

Wuthering Heights
Laurence Olivier
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveller the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy (Merle Oberon) and Heathcliff (Sir Laurence Olivier).

Young Mr. Lincoln
Henry Fonda
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.