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Top 10 Action Movies of 1945

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  • Robert Mitchum, William 'Billy' Benedict, Wally Cassell, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Lloyd, Burgess Meredith, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, and Freddie Steele in Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

    1. Story of G.I. Joe

    19451h 48mApproved
    7.2 (4.1K)
    At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with, and reports on, the U.S. Army's 77th Infantry Division during their liberation of Italy.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBurgess MeredithRobert MitchumFreddie Steele
  • Errol Flynn in Objective, Burma! (1945)

    2. Objective, Burma!

    19452h 22mApproved79Metascore
    7.3 (5.8K)
    A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnJames BrownWilliam Prince
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)

    3. Detour

    19451h 6mApproved
    7.3 (21K)
    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia Drake
  • James Cagney, John Emery, and Sylvia Sidney in Blood on the Sun (1945)

    4. Blood on the Sun

    19451h 34mApproved
    6.0 (2.4K)
    A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsJames CagneySylvia SidneyPorter Hall
  • Peter Lorre, Helmut Dantine, Faye Emerson, and Raymond Massey in Hotel Berlin (1945)

    5. Hotel Berlin

    19451h 38mApproved
    6.7 (988)
    In 1945, a strange mix of Germans, military personnel and civilians, pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi, celebrities and escaped prisoners, converges at a lavish hotel in heavily-bombed Berlin.
    DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsFaye EmersonHelmut DantineRaymond Massey
  • Edgar Barrier, John Loder, and Audrey Long in A Game of Death (1945)

    6. A Game of Death

    19451h 12mApproved
    6.0 (487)
    A remake of Richard Connell's famous short story, "The Most Dangerous Game," about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJohn LoderAudrey LongEdgar Barrier
  • Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Rosalind Ivan, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Riordan, and Leslie Vincent in Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

    7. Pursuit to Algiers

    19451h 5mApproved
    6.7 (4.4K)
    Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBasil RathboneNigel BruceMarjorie Riordan
  • Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, and Jan Wiley in Secret Agent X-9 (1945)

    8. Secret Agent X-9

    19454h 6mApproved
    6.5 (157)
    American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.
    DirectorsLewis D. CollinsRay TaylorStarsLloyd BridgesKeye LukeJan Wiley
  • Lionel Atwill, Veda Ann Borg, Jerome Cowan, Jacqueline deWit, and George Zucco in Fog Island (1945)

    9. Fog Island

    19451h 12mApproved
    5.3 (1.1K)
    An investor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.
    DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsGeorge ZuccoLionel AtwillJerome Cowan
  • Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, and Falcon in Gangster's Den (1945)

    10. Gangster's Den

    194555mApproved
    6.0 (133)
    Black is after both Taylor's saloon and the Lane ranch. Fuzzy takes the gold from his and Billy's mine and buys Taylor's saloon. This puts him and Billy in conflict with Black and his gang.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeFalconAl St. John
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Cappy Barra Boys, Spade Cooley, Jay Kirby, Curly Howard, Mary Beth Hughes, Gil Taylor, Paul Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Charles Ward, The Hoosier Hotshots, and The Three Stooges in Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)

    11. Rockin' in the Rockies

    19451h 3mApproved
    5.8 (431)
    While Rusty Williams is away at college, he leaves his cousin, Shorty Williams, in charge of his large ranch. Shorty, more concerned with his prospecting ambitions, wanders into town looking for backers. At the Wagon Wheel Cafe, he encounters a couple of vagrants, Curly and Larry, who are just a step or two ahead of Sheriff Zeke, who have won some money at the roulette wheel and they immediately become prime prospects for backing Shorty's nebulous prospecting scheme. Meanwhile, June McGuire and Betty Vale, whose singing act has failed at the café, are packing for New York. Shorty, who has fallen for Betty, persuades the girls to go to the ranch. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Rusty has returned with intentions of selling the ranch. He tells Shorty, Curly and Larry to hit the trail, and instructs his cowhands, the Hoosier Hotshots, to round up the cattle for the buyer's inspection the next morning. Shorty, Curly and Larry inadvertently (of course) make a hole in the fence and the cattle get out. The only-slightly smarter Hotshots suspect rustlers and when they come upon Sam Clemens, the prospective buyer, they hand him over to the sheriff as a rustler. They hear that Tom Trove, a Broadway producer, is in town and get him to the ranch where they plan to audition their talents. Rusty gets the more-than-miffed Clemens out of jail and they return to the ranch to find a show in progress with Trove as a disgruntled audience. Things aren't going good for anybody at the old ranch house, until Curly spills some rocks from his pocket that turn out to be that most valuable and rare mineral "Vanadanite," and the ranch is loaded with it. Clemens makes Rusty his partner in a mining venture, and the Hoosier Hotshots, with the unintentional aid (of course) of Shorty, Curly and Larry, make a hit with Trove, who signs them for his Diamond Circle in New York, and includes June and Betty.
    DirectorVernon KeaysStarsThe Three StoogesMoe HowardLarry Fine
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Alice Faye in Fallen Angel (1945)

    12. Fallen Angel

    19451h 38mApproved
    7.0 (7K)
    A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsAlice FayeDana AndrewsLinda Darnell
  • Journey Together (1945)

    13. Journey Together

    19451h 20mNot Rated
    6.5 (301)
    British propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
    DirectorsJohn BoultingRoy BoultingStarsRichard AttenboroughJack WatlingDavid Tomlinson
  • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)

    14. Tarzan and the Amazons

    19451h 16mApproved
    6.2 (2.7K)
    A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
    DirectorKurt NeumannStarsJohnny WeissmullerBrenda JoyceJohnny Sheffield
  • Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Finley, and Al St. John in Prairie Rustlers (1945)

    15. Prairie Rustlers

    194556mApproved
    6.1 (106)
    Billy Carson is accused of the crimes committed by his dead-ringer, outlaw cousin, Jim Slade, and barely escapes a lynching. With the aid of his pal, Fuzzy Jones, Billy catches up with his cousin and clears his own name.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnEvelyn Finley
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Border Badmen (1945)

    16. Border Badmen

    194555mApproved
    5.9 (112)
    Fuzzy thinks he is the heir to a millionaire's fortune. When he and his friend Billy go to claim it, they encounter a swindler who wants the estate for himself.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnLorraine Miller
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)

    17. Stagecoach Outlaws

    194558mApproved
    6.3 (120)
    Fuzzy is mistaken for an outlaw when he and Billy are investigating stagecoach hold-ups.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnFrances Gladwin
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Rustlers' Hideout (1944)

    18. Rustlers' Hideout

    19441hApproved
    5.9 (88)
    Bringing a herd of cattle to Dave Crockett, Billy halts before going through the pass where many herds have been rustled. He is right as there are two men after Crockett's ranch and packing plant which will be theirs if Crockett fails to pay off his note. When their attempt to get Crockett's son in financial trouble is broken up by Billy and their men fail to rustle the herd, they then poison the water hole.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnPatti McCarty
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Shadows of Death (1945)

    19. Shadows of Death

    194559mApproved
    6.0 (105)
    With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While Billy tries to find the missing map, Landreau suspects Billy is on to him and plans to have him killed.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnDona Dax
  • John Cason, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Frank McCarroll, and Al St. John in His Brother's Ghost (1945)

    20. His Brother's Ghost

    194558mApproved
    5.4 (148)
    Thorne and his gang are wiping out the ranchers. When they get to the Jones ranch they wound Andy. When he dies Billy Carson has his brother Fuzzy become Andy's ghost. They then set out to bring in the gang.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnCharles King
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Lightning Raiders (1946)

    21. Lightning Raiders

    19461h 1mApproved
    6.1 (113)
    The leading citizen of western town is trying to fraudulently obtain land and money - but he didn't count on two cowboys discovering his plan.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnMady Lawrence

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