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List of Universal Pictures films (1940–1949)

by jordanwiles1994 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • Gordon Jones and Keye Luke in The Green Hornet (1940)

    1. The Green Hornet

    19404h 18mApproved
    6.4 (771)
    A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
    DirectorsFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsGordon JonesWade BotelerKeye Luke
  • Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, and John Sutton in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

    2. 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
  • Bob Baker, Johnny Mack Brown, and Fuzzy Knight in West of Carson City (1940)

    3. West of Carson City

    194056mApproved
    6.1 (41)
    When a gold strike turns a ghost town into a boom town, Gorman arrives to open his crooked gambling hall and Judge Harkins arrives to bring law and order. Jim Bannister is aiding the Judge by bringing in Gorman's outlaws and to lure Jim into a trap, Gorman's men kidnap the Judge and his daughter for bait.
    DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy Knight
  • Bob Baker, Johnny Mack Brown, Karl Hackett, Fuzzy Knight, and Doris Weston in Chip of the Flying U (1939)

    4. Chip of the Flying U

    193955mApproved
    5.6 (57)
    Duncan is secretly shipping explosives by ship and needs the Flying U ranch which has shore access. Chip breaks up his murder and robbery attempts and eventually captures two of his henchman. Duncan has to show his hand to rescue his men and now Chip and the posse know who they are after.
    DirectorRalph StaubStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy Knight
  • Joan Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Vincent Price, George Sanders, Alan Hale, George Bancroft, and John Howard in Green Hell (1940)

    5. Green Hell

    19401h 27mApproved
    5.7 (431)
    In the jungles of the Amazon, a group of Western adventurers and two local native guides try to locate a lost treasure buried beneath an ancient Incan city.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Joan BennettJohn Howard
  • Tom Brown, Allen Jenkins, Donald Meek, Peggy Moran, and Betty Jane Rhodes in Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! (1940)

    6. Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

    19401h 3mApproved
    6.2 (35)
    Johnny Sandham (Tom Brown), a traveling salesman for a department store, agrees, under duress after his truck forced her roadster of the road, to take "Kelly" Archer (Peggy Moran), a runaway heiress, to New York City, where she intends to elope with her named-but-never-seen fiancée. They are soon caught in the cross-fire car chase involving three bank robbers--- Ed the Weasel (Allen Jenkins), "Doc" Kedrick (Jospeh Downing) and "Lefty" Hodges (Horace MacMahon)---and a highway patrol pursuit car. Ere long, Ed, ends up in the truck with Johnny and "Kelly", and decides Canada is a better destination for him than NYC. Somewhere, south of Canada and north of NYC, the truck brakes fail, and while they are being repaired at Adelbert Thistlebottom's Garage, they take a cabin at Thistlebottom's Motel/Tourist Camp. Adelbert (Donald Meek) is more than slightly addled; he wears a cowboy costume and has all of his camp cabins automated in various ways. Betty Jane Rhodes, another guest at the tourist camp sings the title song, while Bonnie Baker, who made the recording that landed it on the Hit Parade, is not seen even though somebody keeps incorrectly adding her to the cast.
    DirectorCharles LamontStarsTom BrownPeggy MoranAllen Jenkins
  • Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Vinton Hayworth, and Peggy Moran in Danger on Wheels (1940)

    7. Danger on Wheels

    19401h 1mApproved
    5.4 (94)
    During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials--or the engine designer's sassy daughter--finding out about it.
    DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRichard ArlenAndy DevinePeggy Moran
  • Margaret Lindsay, Edmund Lowe, and Elisabeth Risdon in Honeymoon Deferred (1940)

    8. Honeymoon Deferred

    194059mApproved
    6.1 (70)
    Detective Adam Farradene postpones his honeymoon with bride Janet to investigate a murder; although he insists on working alone, she puts aside her frustration to lend a hand.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsEdmund LoweMargaret LindsayElisabeth Risdon
  • Frank Albertson, Robert Armstrong, and Constance Moore in Framed (1940)

    9. Framed

    19401h
    6.5 (27)
    A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.
    DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsFrank AlbertsonConstance MooreJerome Cowan
  • Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, and Nell O'Day in Boss of Bullion City (1940)

    10. Boss of Bullion City

    19401h 1mApproved
    5.2 (68)
    A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
    DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'Day
  • James Burke, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, and Wayne Morris in Double Alibi (1940)

    11. Double Alibi

    19401hApproved
    6.3 (80)
    A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
    DirectorPhil RosenStarsWayne MorrisMargaret LindsayWilliam Gargan
  • Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, and Charles Middleton in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

    12. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

    19403h 15mApproved
    6.6 (1.6K)
    A ravaging plague has struck the Earth threatening no less than global extinction. This alien disease is believed to be the evil spawn of Ming, the merciless Emperor of Planet Mongo. The world's only hope now rests with Flash Gordon.
    DirectorsFord BeebeRay TaylorStarsBuster CrabbeCarol HughesCharles Middleton
  • James Craig and Lola Lane in Zanzibar (1940)

    13. Zanzibar

    19401h 10mApproved
    5.7 (45)
    A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
    DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsLola LaneJames CraigEduardo Ciannelli
  • Tom Brown and Constance Moore in Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)

    14. Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me

    19401h 1mApproved
    5.9 (30)
    Woodbury's fashionable gown-salon on Fifth Avenue is about to take bankruptcy. An unemployed showgirl, Connie Curtiss, tell's the store's press agent, Tommy Shaw, that more girls would buy and wear Woodbury's styles if the prices weren't so high. Tommy sells store-owner C. J. Woodbury on the idea of installing a new line of low-priced apparel. Over the objections of Woodbury's starchy secretary, Minerva, and his own secretary, Miss Lansdale, Tommy starts a publicity campaign with Connie as "Miss Manhattan", and has her wear the new styles at various gathering places around New York City. Tommy gets his newspaper-columnist friend, Ted Carter, to help stage a style show for working girls. A fee complications arise from that.
    DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsTom BrownConstance MooreRichard Carle
  • W.C. Fields and Mae West in My Little Chickadee (1940)

    15. My Little Chickadee

    19401h 23mApproved
    6.8 (3.3K)
    After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
    DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsMae WestW.C. FieldsJoseph Calleia
  • Deanna Durbin, Lewis Howard, and Walter Pidgeon in It's a Date (1940)

    16. It's a Date

    19401h 43mApproved
    6.4 (695)
    An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
    DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsDeanna DurbinKay FrancisWalter Pidgeon
  • Heather Angel, Tom Dugan, and John 'Dusty' King in Half a Sinner (1940)

    17. Half a Sinner

    194059mApproved
    6.3 (445)
    A young teacher fears a dull future so takes a walk on the wild side, splurging on new clothes and setting off for adventure. When a gangster pays attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware there's a corpse in back.
    DirectorAl ChristieStarsHeather AngelJohn 'Dusty' KingConstance Collier
  • Bob Baker, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, and Frances Robinson in Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)

    18. Riders of Pasco Basin

    194056mApproved
    6.1 (51)
    A newspaper editor stumbles upon an irrigation project swindle.
    DirectorRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownBob BakerFuzzy Knight
  • Black Friday (1940)

    19. 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
  • Vincent Price, George Sanders, Nan Grey, and Margaret Lindsay in The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

    20. 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
  • Robert Armstrong, Richard Cromwell, Marjorie Reynolds, and Helen Vinson in Enemy Agent (1940)

    21. Enemy Agent

    19401h 4mApproved
    6.1 (71)
    A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsRichard CromwellHelen VinsonRobert Armstrong
  • Bing Crosby, El Brendel, and Gloria Jean in If I Had My Way (1940)

    22. If I Had My Way

    19401h 22mApproved
    6.0 (224)
    After a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers take his now-orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
    DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBing CrosbyGloria JeanCharles Winninger
  • Ski Patrol (1940)

    23. Ski Patrol

    19401h 4m
    4.3 (223)
    In 1939 a Finnish reserve unit defends the border and their town in the valley below from Russian invaders who are excavating an explosive-laden tunnel under their mountaintop encampment.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsPhilip DornLuli DesteStanley Fields
  • Mischa Auer, Edward Brophy, Bob Burns, Peggy Moran, and Dennis O'Keefe in Alias the Deacon (1940)

    24. Alias the Deacon

    19401h 14mApproved
    5.7 (38)
    A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
    DirectorChristy CabanneStarsBob BurnsMischa AuerPeggy Moran
  • Mischa Auer, Baby Sandy, Kenneth Brown, Billy Gilbert, Billy Lenhart, and Eugene Pallette in Sandy Is a Lady (1940)

    25. Sandy Is a Lady

    19401h 5mApproved
    4.9 (18)
    It is important to Joe and Mary Phillips and their baby Sandy that Joe's employer, the P. J. Barnett Company, get the contract to build Maylor bridge, because it means a pay raise for Joe. Joe's raise hinges upon Davis, the man in charge of bids for the city, accepting his estimate. To insure that Joe will get the raise, the Phillips invite Mr. Barnett to dinner. As Mary shops for the evening's festivities, she leaves Sandy in the charge of Billy Pepino, an unemployed construction foreman who lives next door. Billy, who has been fired as foreman on a Barnett building because Barnett considers him unlucky, is paid a visit by inventor Felix Lobo Smith, who has just developed a safety parachute for construction workers and hopes to sell it to Barnett. Billy accompanies Felix on a visit to Barnett's office, leaving Sandy in the care of his sons Mike and Pat, who take the toddler with them to perform in the streets. Sandy crawls into a restaurant, where Felix, who has been thrown out of Barnett's office, is working when gangsters Nick Case and Murph come to demand protection money from Henri, the owner of the restaurant. When Henri orders the gangsters to leave, they place a bomb in the cloak room. Meanwhile, Felix, who has just been fired, leaves Sandy in the care of the cloakroom girl, who notifies Officer Rafferty of the lost baby. Before Rafferty arrives, however, the bomb is found, and in the excitement, Sandy crawls away and climbs into a refuse truck. As Sandy is hauled around in the truck, Barnett's worthless nephew and his wife approach him for money. To win his sympathy, they tell him that they have a son, and he agrees to meet them at Henri's restaurant for lunch. The trash truck then returns to deposit Sandy at Henri's, where the nephew claims her. Barnett, touched, asks to take care of Sandy, and he takes her to the construction site, where she crawls into an elevator and shoots skyward. Felix and Billy, who have come looking for work, join Barnett in his effort to save Sandy, and when Barnett falls from one of the girders, Felix saves him with his parachute, thus proving the value of his invention. Billy then claims Sandy, but Barnett insists that the baby is his nephew's son and promises Billy a lifetime job if the baby is a girl. To settle the argument, Rafferty takes Sandy back to the station. When he gets waylaid chasing the gangsters, Sandy is found by Pat and Mike, who take her home. At dinner that night, Davis turns down the Barnett bid on the grounds that Joe has submitted the highest bid, but Sandy saves the day when she pulls some papers from Davis' pocket that prove that Joe submitted the lowest bid, thus winning the contract and his pay raise.
    DirectorCharles LamontStarsBaby SandyBilly LenhartKenneth Brown

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