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40s comedy

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  • Robert Young, Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Owen, and Ethel Waters in Cairo (1942)

    1. Cairo

    19421h 41mApproved
    6.1 (558)
    Reporter Homer Smith accidentally draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Convoys with robot-planes.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldRobert YoungEthel Waters
  • Jackie Cooper and Meg Randall in Stork Bites Man (1947)

    2. Stork Bites Man

    19471h 7mApproved
    6.3 (26)
    Ernie (Jackie Cooper), manager of an apartment house that allows no children, finds himself evicted when his wife, Peg (Meg Randall as Gene Roberts), becomes pregnant. With the help of an imaginary stork and a large department store, he institutes a boycott against the apartment house.
    DirectorCy EndfieldStarsJackie CooperMeg RandallEmory Parnell
  • Leon Errol, Guy Kibbee, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, and Lionel Stander in Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)

    3. Gentleman Joe Palooka

    19461h 12mApproved
    6.2 (45)
    In the second film of Monogram's "Joe Palooka" series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe, he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize-fighting profession, but his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name, and discredit the crooked politicians.
    DirectorCy EndfieldStarsLeon ErrolJoe Kirkwood Jr.Guy Kibbee
  • The Heavenly Body (1944)

    4. The Heavenly Body

    19441h 35mApproved
    6.1 (1.2K)
    The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
    DirectorsAlexander HallVincente MinnelliStarsWilliam PowellHedy LamarrJames Craig
  • Marlene Dietrich, Edward G. Robinson, and George Raft in Manpower (1941)

    5. Manpower

    19411h 44mApproved
    6.6 (1.8K)
    Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsEdward G. RobinsonMarlene DietrichGeorge Raft
  • Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in The Great Dictator (1940)

    6. The Great Dictator

    19402h 5mG
    8.4 (251K)
    Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack Oakie
  • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    7. The Philadelphia Story

    19401h 52mApproved96Metascore
    7.8 (77K)
    After a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames Stewart

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