Yes, I think the originals are the best. I do like the remake of “The Killers”, but the original far more superior.
A really great film with Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson and also featuring John Vernon, that’s “Point Blank” from 1967.
Films are a big obsession of mine. Four of my ultimate favourite 1940s films are:
“Double Indemnity” 1944 with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.
“The Two Mrs. Carrolls” 1947 with Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith.
“White Heat” 1949 with James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien.
“Key Largo” 1948 with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Lionel Barrymore.
I’m also a huge fan of many 1930s films.
White Heat: when Cagney gets the word in the prison cafeteria that his “Ma” is dead — just extraordinary acting. His entire performance in that film, for that matter.