Search results for "1940"
The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia
IMDb: 6.1
116

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England….

Genre: Drama, History, War
Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor
IMDb: 6.8
64

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his “evidence” has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young People

Young People

Young People
IMDb: 6.4
79

Wendy Ballantine’s parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show…

Genre: Drama
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
IMDb: 7.3
110

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of…

Genre: Drama, History
Phantom Raiders

Phantom Raiders

Phantom Raiders
IMDb: 6.2
70

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to…

Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die
IMDb: 5.6
68

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the…

You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out
IMDb: 6.2
97

The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
IMDb: 7.3
104

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Hidden Gold

Hidden Gold

Hidden Gold
IMDb: 6.6
60

Hoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are taking gold from Colby’s mine and Hoppy suspects it may be ex-outlaw Colby…

Genre: Western
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
IMDb: 7.3
95

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
IMDb: 6.8
220

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the…

Earthbound

Earthbound

Earthbound
IMDb: 6.2
67

A murdered man (Baxter) helps his widow (Leeds) bring his killer to justice.

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery
Virginia City

Virginia City

Virginia City
IMDb: 6.8
121

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with…

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage
IMDb: 7
126

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers’ Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy…

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too
IMDb: 7.5
141

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Primrose Path

Primrose Path

Primrose Path
IMDb: 6.9
93

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay
IMDb: 6.5
88

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt (George Raft) sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for…

Genre: Drama
The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago
IMDb: 6.3
87

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

Genre: Drama
Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone
IMDb: 6.8
88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow
IMDb: 6.5
84

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question
IMDb: 6.4
80

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn”t convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Brigham Young
IMDb: 6.4
114

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City….

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness
IMDb: 6.1
7

Photographer Rudy Burckhardt shows us the ebb and flow of people rushing about Manhattan. Equally exhilarating in his novel approach to snap images quickly on the run, a method he…

Shooting High

Shooting High

Shooting High
IMDb: 6.2
65

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over
IMDb: 6.6
69

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint” the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
If I Had My Way

If I Had My Way

If I Had My Way
IMDb: 6.1
94

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men
IMDb: 5.9
68

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm
IMDb: 7.8
100

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and…

Genre: Drama
Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love
IMDb: 6.8
110

In 1939, American Tom Martin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War, awaits execution at the hands of the Fascist victors when reporter Augusta ‘Gusto’ Nash, for a scoop, aids…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold
IMDb: 6.5
81

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice’s destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.

Two Girls on Broadway

Two Girls on Broadway

Two Girls on Broadway
IMDb: 6
73

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger…

Genre: Romance
Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison
IMDb: 6.8
86

Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk…

Genre: Drama
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man
IMDb: 7.1
107

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He’s on his way with…

Genre: Drama, History
Fantasia

Fantasia

Fantasia
IMDb: 7.7
124

Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia…

Genre: Animation, Family
Tugboat Mickey

Tugboat Mickey

Tugboat Mickey
IMDb: 7
7

Mickey is performing routine maintenance on his tugboat (with interference from a pelican) when a call comes on the radio that there’s a sinking ship needing assistance. Sadly, Mickey’s crew…

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics
IMDb: 6.4
82

Jim “Lucky” Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a ‘love insurance policy’, that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty
IMDb: 7.3
82

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city’s political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from “the boss,”…

Genre: Comedy
Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail
IMDb: 6.3
110

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort…

Genre: Action, Western
The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley
IMDb: 6.6
76

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

Genre: Drama
Three Faces West

Three Faces West

Three Faces West
IMDb: 6.2
79

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,…

Genre: Drama, Romance