1942 National Board of Review – Best Actor Winner
49th Parallel
Anton Walbrook
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Across the Pacific
Sydney Greenstreet
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
For Me and My Gal
Gene Kelly
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Charles Coburn
A man who lived his life as he was was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Robert Young
A man who lived his life as he was was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
In This Our Life
Ernest Anderson
The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister’s husband; in retaliation, her sister begins seeing the woman’s former fiancé.
In Which We Serve
Bernard Miles
This “story of a ship”, the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
In Which We Serve
John Mills
This “story of a ship”, the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
Journey for Margaret
William Severn
An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid. Outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with …
Moontide
Thomas Mitchell
After a drunken binge on the San Pablo waterfront, longshoreman Bobo fears he may have killed a man. In his uncertainty, he takes a job on an isolated bait barge. That night, he rescues …
Tales of Manhattan
Edward G. Robinson
A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Tim Holt
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
The Male Animal
Jack Carson
It’s Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six …
The Moon and Sixpence
George Sanders
Loosely inspired by Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has …
The Palm Beach Story
Rudy Vallee
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Pied Piper
Monty Woolley
While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.
The Remarkable Andrew
William Holden
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he’s in …
Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.