Search results for "1940"
Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama
IMDb: 7.1
66

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the…

Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York
IMDb: 6.9
65

When Charlie’s old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
IMDb: 7.1
77

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

June Night

June Night

June Night
IMDb: 6
88

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

Genre: Drama
A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford
IMDb: 7.2
63

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid– Stan in drag– for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Saloon Bar

Saloon Bar

Saloon Bar
IMDb: 6.9
76

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller
21 Days Together

21 Days Together

21 Days Together
IMDb: 6.1
72

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse
IMDb: 5.9
73

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
The Son of Monte Cristo

The Son of Monte Cristo

The Son of Monte Cristo
IMDb: 6.2
102

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to…

I’m Still Alive

I’m Still Alive

I’m Still Alive
IMDb: 5.8
72

Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her. He chooses the…

Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet
IMDb: 5.7
94

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing
IMDb: 6.1
64

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Pastor Hall

Pastor Hall

Pastor Hall
IMDb: 7.2
95

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing “The New Order”,…

Genre: Drama
Boom Town

Boom Town

Boom Town
IMDb: 7
119

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich….

Kit Carson

Kit Carson

Kit Carson
IMDb: 6.3
97

Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.

You Nazty Spy!

You Nazty Spy!

You Nazty Spy!
IMDb: 7.8
18

In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new…

Genre: Comedy, Short, War
Murder in the Air

Murder in the Air

Murder in the Air
IMDb: 5.5
55

Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a…

The Saint In Palm Springs

The Saint In Palm Springs

The Saint In Palm Springs
IMDb: 6.2
66

George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint,” in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Saint’s Double Trouble

The Saint’s Double Trouble

The Saint’s Double Trouble
IMDb: 6
68

Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.

Let George Do It!

Let George Do It!

Let George Do It!
IMDb: 6.4
82

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical, War
A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
IMDb: 6.9
90

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

20 Mule Team

20 Mule Team

20 Mule Team
IMDb: 6.4
84

It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save…

Genre: Western
Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt
IMDb: 5.8
75

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford ‘scholars’. The film is one of many to be…

Genre: Comedy
Request Concert

Request Concert

Request Concert
IMDb: 6
101

The young, attractive Inge Wagner becomes acquainted with Herbert Koch during the Berlin Olympics, his flight officer insignia having first caught her eye. Sparks fly immediately between the two and…

Hanna in High Society

Hanna in High Society

Hanna in High Society
IMDb: 5.4
87

When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel’s relatives try everything to have the last will canceled.

Genre: Comedy
The Ape

The Ape

The Ape
IMDb: 4.6
62

Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a…

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor
IMDb: 6.5
90

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Ants in the Plants

Ants in the Plants

Ants in the Plants
IMDb: 6.3
7

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, the Anteater. “He’s a…

Prairie Law

Prairie Law

Prairie Law
IMDb: 6.1
60

Judge Curry is selling Austin’s land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills…

Genre: Western
Bullet Code

Bullet Code

Bullet Code
IMDb: 5.6
59

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers’…

Genre: Western
Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino
IMDb: 6.2
59

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

Genre: Western
Flight Command

Flight Command

Flight Command
IMDb: 6.3
116

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn’t make a great first impression when he is forced to…

The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour
IMDb: 5.4
68

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both…

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
IMDb: 6.4
71

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
IMDb: 6.6
77

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive…

Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night
IMDb: 6.7
102

A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister’s careless mistake.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand
IMDb: 6.8
96

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Man I Married

The Man I Married

The Man I Married
IMDb: 7
77

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Little Old New York

Little Old New York

Little Old New York
IMDb: 6.4
100

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners
IMDb: 6.5
100

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance