Search results for "1940"
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
IMDb: 6.6
293

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Junior G-Men

Junior G-Men

Junior G-Men
IMDb: 6.4
240

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor…

The Shadow

The Shadow

The Shadow
IMDb: 6.8
285

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Deadwood Dick

Deadwood Dick

Deadwood Dick
IMDb: 7.1
285

Columbia’s 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

Genre: Western
Romance of the Rio Grande

Romance of the Rio Grande

Romance of the Rio Grande
IMDb: 6.2
72

When old rancher Cordoba’s grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who’s trying to take over the ranch.

Genre: Romance, Western
Three Cheers for the Irish

Three Cheers for the Irish

Three Cheers for the Irish
IMDb: 6.4
99

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Durango Kid

The Durango Kid

The Durango Kid
IMDb: 6.2
61

The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett’s usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat…

Genre: Western
Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House
IMDb: 6.1
69

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
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…

Baptism of Fire

Baptism of Fire

Baptism of Fire
IMDb: 5.6
90

The Legend of the Luftwaffe began in Poland, the first victim of Hitler’s blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling…

Genre: Documentary
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, Mystery
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.

The Well-Digger’s Daughter

The Well-Digger’s Daughter

The Well-Digger’s Daughter
IMDb: 7.3
142

A rural maiden’s two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison
IMDb: 6.7
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
You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out

You’ll Find Out
IMDb: 6.1
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
Young People

Young People

Young People
IMDb: 6.3
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
You Ought to Be in Pictures

You Ought to Be in Pictures

You Ought to Be in Pictures
IMDb: 7.6
10

Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky’s adventures begin when he tries to enter the studio.

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
You Nazty Spy!

You Nazty Spy!

You Nazty Spy!
IMDb: 7.8
18

In this satire of the Nazis the stooges are paperhangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the king, they decide to make Moe the new ruler…

Genre: Comedy
When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode
IMDb: 6.4
81

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked…

Genre: Western
The Westerner

The Westerner

The Westerner
IMDb: 7.3
100

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to…

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…

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge
IMDb: 7.7
109

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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
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
Tugboat Mickey

Tugboat Mickey

Tugboat Mickey
IMDb: 6.9
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…

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone
IMDb: 6.7
88

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

The Trouble with Husbands

The Trouble with Husbands

The Trouble with Husbands
IMDb: 6.5
11

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands and…

Genre: Comedy
Too Many Girls

Too Many Girls

Too Many Girls
IMDb: 5.9
85

Mr. Casey’s daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The college is in financial trouble and her…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Three Faces West

Three Faces West

Three Faces West
IMDb: 6.1
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,…

The Timid Toreador

The Timid Toreador

The Timid Toreador
IMDb: 6.2
6

The bull makes short work of the matador, and then turns on Porky, a tamale vendor who wanders into the ring accidentally. But then he makes the mistake of actually…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
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
Sailors Three

Sailors Three

Sailors Three
IMDb: 5.3
86

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious….

Genre: Comedy, War
The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad
IMDb: 7.4
106

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well…

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
IMDb: 7.2
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
They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted
IMDb: 6.1
96

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

Genre: Drama, Romance
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
Tarantella

Tarantella

Tarantella
IMDb: 5.8
4

Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials (visual and aural) are…

Genre: Animation, Music
Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band
IMDb: 6.8
120

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Susan and God

Susan and God

Susan and God
IMDb: 5.9
117

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Genre: Comedy, Drama