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Movies - 1940's

by mjgil18 • Created 7 months ago • Modified 2 months ago
All of the movies I have watched from the 1940's.
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  • Tom Conway and Martha O'Driscoll in Criminal Court (1946)

    1. Criminal Court

    19461hApproved
    6.0 (642)
    Steve and his girlfriend are implicated in a murder, but they are innocent! Can they convince the authorities of it in time? Tom Conway and Martha O'Driscoll. He's running for public office. ..what they all must do to get out of it.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsTom ConwayMartha O'DriscollJune Clayworth
  • Boris Karloff, Ray Corrigan, Gene O'Donnell, and Maris Wrixon in The Ape (1940)

    2. 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
  • 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
  • Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Allen Jenkins, and Ann Sothern in Brother Orchid (1940)

    4. Brother Orchid

    19401h 28mApproved
    7.0 (3.3K)
    After retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and his former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsEdward G. RobinsonHumphrey BogartAnn Sothern
  • Sheila Bromley, Edward Brophy, Jimmy Conlin, Donald Douglas, Ralph Forbes, Henry O'Neill, James Stephenson, and Margot Stevenson in Calling Philo Vance (1939)

    5. Calling Philo Vance

    19391h 2mApproved
    5.8 (542)
    Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
    DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsJames StephensonMargot StevensonHenry O'Neill
  • Bela Lugosi and Suzanne Kaaren in The Devil Bat (1940)

    6. 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
  • Dr. Cyclops (1940)

    7. 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
  • Wayne Morris and Jane Wyman in Gambling on the High Seas (1940)

    8. Gambling on the High Seas

    194055mApproved
    6.0 (370)
    Gambling boss Greg Morella runs a crooked ship-- all the gaming tables on his floating casino are rigged. Because the ship operates outside of the three-mile state limit, the authorities can't get the evidence they need to convict Morella. Roving reporter Jim Carver thinks he can get the goods on the kingpin. He enlists Morella's secretary Laurie to help him secure evidence of the fixed games as well as proof that Morella murdered his partner Max Gates.
    DirectorGeorge AmyStarsWayne MorrisJane WymanGilbert Roland
  • Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard in Angel Street (1940)

    9. Angel Street

    19401h 24mApproved
    7.3 (5.7K)
    Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who has moved in has a secret that he will do anything to keep hidden.
    DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsAnton WalbrookDiana WynyardFrank Pettingell
  • Pat O'Brien in Knute Rockne All American (1940)

    10. Knute Rockne All American

    19401h 38mApproved
    6.7 (2.3K)
    The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
    DirectorsLloyd BaconWilliam K. HowardStarsPat O'BrienGale PageRonald Reagan
  • Boris Karloff, Stanley Brown, Roger Pryor, and Jo Ann Sayers in The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

    11. 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
  • Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell in The Mark of Zorro (1940)

    12. The Mark of Zorro

    19401h 34mApproved
    7.5 (12K)
    A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsTyrone PowerLinda DarnellBasil Rathbone
  • Dick Foran and Peggy Moran in The Mummy's Hand (1940)

    13. 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
  • Ronald Reagan and Lya Lys in Murder in the Air (1940)

    14. Murder in the Air

    194055mApproved
    5.5 (356)
    The corpse of a hobo with a $50,000 money belt helps Brass and Gabby crack a cell of fifth columnists bent on sabotage.
    DirectorLewis SeilerStarsRonald ReaganJohn LitelLya Lys
  • Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick in My Favorite Wife (1940)

    15. My Favorite Wife

    19401h 28mApproved
    7.2 (12K)
    Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries.
    DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph Scott
  • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    16. 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
  • George Sanders, Byron Foulger, and Helene Reynolds in The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)

    17. The Saint's Double Trouble

    19401h 7mApproved
    6.0 (915)
    An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.
    DirectorJack HivelyStarsGeorge SandersHelene ReynoldsJonathan Hale
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Saps at Sea (1940)

    18. Saps at Sea

    194056mApproved
    7.1 (3.3K)
    Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but after he follows doctor's orders about getting some sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames Finlayson
  • William Boyd in The Showdown (1940)

    19. The Showdown

    19401h 5mApproved
    6.4 (207)
    European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.
    DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenBritt Wood
  • William Boyd and Russell Hayden in Stagecoach War (1940)

    20. Stagecoach War

    19401h 3mApproved
    6.3 (209)
    Hoppy is busy chasing stagecoach bandits who sing as they rob.
    DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenJulie Carter
  • Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Strange Cargo (1940)

    21. Strange Cargo

    19401h 53mApproved
    6.9 (3.2K)
    Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
    DirectorFrank BorzageStarsClark GableJoan CrawfordIan Hunter
  • Peter Lorre, Ethel Griffies, and John McGuire in Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

    22. Stranger on the Third Floor

    19401h 4mApproved
    6.8 (4.9K)
    An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
    DirectorBoris IngsterStarsPeter LorreJohn McGuireMargaret Tallichet
  • Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, and Ann Miller in Too Many Girls (1940)

    23. Too Many Girls

    19401h 25mApproved
    5.9 (1.1K)
    A young lady goes to college, and without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards. They eventually join the college team and turn it into one the best - and one of them falls in love with her.
    DirectorGeorge AbbottStarsLucille BallRichard CarlsonAnn Miller
  • Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Kay Kyser, and Ginny Simms in You'll Find Out (1940)

    24. 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
  • Tim Holt in Along the Rio Grande (1941)

    25. Along the Rio Grande

    19411h 4mApproved
    5.8 (224)
    When Jeff, Smokey, and Whopper try to help their boss Pop Edwards, they find themselves in jail for robbery and Pop murdered. They know Doc Randall is the culprit and when Doc's men break one of his henchman out of jail the three go with him. They join Doc's gang across the border and their objective now is to get Doc to re-cross so he can be arrested.
    DirectorEdward KillyStarsTim HoltRay WhitleyBetty Jane Rhodes

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