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  • Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, and John Sutton in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

    1. The Invisible Man Returns

    19401h 21mApproved48Metascore
    6.4 (5.8K)
    The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
    DirectorJoe MayStarsCedric HardwickeVincent PriceNan Grey

    ===> K039 (Bootleg)
  • Boris Karloff and Marjorie Reynolds in The Fatal Hour (1940)

    2. The Fatal Hour

    19401h 8mApproved
    5.4 (1.4K)
    When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan.
    DirectorWilliam NighStarsBoris KarloffMarjorie ReynoldsGrant Withers

    ===> on Box "Mr. Wong - Detective" / VCI Entertainment (engl.)
  • Black Friday (1940)

    3. Black Friday

    19401h 10mApproved
    6.3 (3.2K)
    Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
    DirectorArthur LubinStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiStanley Ridges

    Black Friday ===> in Box: "Die Bela Lugosi & Boris Karloff Edition" / Concorde
  • Vincent Price, George Sanders, Nan Grey, and Margaret Lindsay in The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

    4. The House of the Seven Gables

    19401h 29mApproved54Metascore
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
    DirectorJoe MayStarsGeorge SandersMargaret LindsayVincent Price

    ===> K040
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

    5. Rebecca

    19402h 10mApproved86Metascore
    8.1 (160K)
    A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge Sanders

    ===> K041
  • Victor Mature and Carole Landis in One Million B.C. (1940)

    6. One Million B.C.

    19401h 20mApproved
    5.7 (1.8K)
    Tale of prehistoric survival and love between a male and a female belonging to opposing tribes that happen to be at slightly different stages of evolution.
    DirectorsHal Roach Jr.Hal RoachStarsVictor MatureCarole LandisLon Chaney Jr.

    ===> K042
  • Boris Karloff, Stanley Brown, Roger Pryor, and Jo Ann Sayers in The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

    7. The Man with Nine Lives

    19401h 14mApproved
    6.5 (1.2K)
    A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarsBoris KarloffRoger PryorJo Ann Sayers

    ===> in Box: "Karloff at Columbia" / Eureka (engl.)
  • Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall in The Sea Hawk (1940)

    8. The Sea Hawk

    19402h 7mApproved
    7.6 (11K)
    Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallClaude Rains

    ===> K043
  • When the Daltons Rode (1940)

    9. When the Daltons Rode

    19401h 21mApproved
    6.4 (988)
    Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
    DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsRandolph ScottKay FrancisBrian Donlevy

    ===> Koch Media Western Legenden #55
  • The Return of Frank James (1940)

    10. The Return of Frank James

    19401h 32mApproved
    6.6 (3.9K)
    Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsHenry FondaGene TierneyJackie Cooper

    ===> Koch Media Western Legenden #2
  • Doomed to Die (1940)

    11. Doomed to Die

    19401h 8mApproved
    5.5 (1.5K)
    Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
    DirectorWilliam NighStarsBoris KarloffMarjorie ReynoldsGrant Withers

    ===> on Box "Mr. Wong - Detective" / VCI Entertainment (engl.)
  • Boris Karloff, Bruce Bennett, and Evelyn Keyes in Before I Hang (1940)

    12. Before I Hang

    19401h 2mApproved
    6.1 (1.5K)
    A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
    DirectorNick GrindeStarsBoris KarloffEvelyn KeyesBruce Bennett

    ===> in Box: "Karloff at Columbia" / Eureka (engl.)
  • Cary Grant, June Hedin, Dickie Jones, and Martha Scott in The Howards of Virginia (1940)

    13. The Howards of Virginia

    19401h 56mApproved
    6.0 (1.3K)
    Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsCary GrantMartha ScottCedric Hardwicke

    ===> K044
  • Dick Foran and Peggy Moran in The Mummy's Hand (1940)

    14. The Mummy's Hand

    19401h 7mApproved
    6.0 (5.1K)
    Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
    DirectorChristy CabanneStarsDick ForanPeggy MoranWallace Ford

    ===> on Universal Double Feature (engl.)
  • Boris Karloff, Ray Corrigan, Gene O'Donnell, and Maris Wrixon in The Ape (1940)

    15. The Ape

    19401h 2mApproved
    4.7 (2.2K)
    Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum.
    DirectorWilliam NighStarsBoris KarloffMaris WrixonGene O'Donnell

    ===> at Box "The Dead Walk")
  • Der Herr im Haus (1940)

    16. Der Herr im Haus

    19401h 20m
    6.7 (96)
    DirectorHeinz HelbigStarsHans MoserMaria AndergastElise Aulinger

    ===> K045
  • Robert Cummings, Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, and Peggy Moran in One Night in the Tropics (1940)

    17. One Night in the Tropics

    19401h 22mApproved
    6.3 (1.9K)
    Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.
    DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsAllan JonesNancy KellyBud Abbott

    ===> on Box "Abbott & Costello Triple" / Universal (engl.)
  • Bela Lugosi and Suzanne Kaaren in The Devil Bat (1940)

    18. The Devil Bat

    19401h 8mApproved
    5.4 (3.7K)
    A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
    DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBela LugosiSuzanne KaarenDave O'Brien

    ===> on Box: "3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen Vol.5" / Classic Entertainment (engl.)
  • Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Kay Kyser, and Ginny Simms in You'll Find Out (1940)

    19. You'll Find Out

    19401h 37mApproved
    6.0 (1.6K)
    The manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
    DirectorDavid ButlerStarsKay KyserPeter LorreBoris Karloff
    ===> at Box "Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics" (engl.)
  • Joan Carroll, Virginia Gilmore, and Tim Holt in Laddie (1940)

    20. Laddie

    19401h 10m
    6.4 (113)
    Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
    DirectorJack HivelyStarsTim HoltVirginia GilmoreJoan Carroll

    ===> seen on youtube
  • Hudson's Bay (1940)

    21. Hudson's Bay

    19401h 35mApproved
    6.2 (537)
    Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.
    DirectorIrving PichelStarsPaul MuniGene TierneyLaird Cregar

    ===> seen on youtube
  • Boris Karloff, Bruce Lester, Margaret Lindsay, and Leonard Mudie in British Intelligence (1939)

    22. British Intelligence

    19391h 1mApproved
    6.1 (1.4K)
    Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
    DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsBoris KarloffMargaret LindsayBruce Lester

    ===> seen on youtube
  • Brian Aherne and Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night (1940)

    23. Vigil in the Night

    19401h 36mApproved
    6.7 (1.1K)
    A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made. She is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCarole LombardAnne ShirleyBrian Aherne
    ===> special edition (engl, spanish)
  • Dr. Cyclops (1940)

    24. Dr. Cyclops

    19401h 17mApproved
    6.4 (3.1K)
    A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
    DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsAlbert DekkerThomas ColeyJanice Logan
    ===> K046
  • Peter Lorre and Rochelle Hudson in Island of Doomed Men (1940)

    25. Island of Doomed Men

    19401h 8mApproved
    5.8 (728)
    Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.
    DirectorCharles BartonStarsPeter LorreRochelle HudsonRobert Wilcox
    ===> Columbia Horror (Indicator-Box, english)

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