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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1940s
1,556 movies from the 1940s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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La Terra Trema
1948 · Drama
Star Dust
1940 · Comedy
Flight for Freedom
1943 · Drama
Brother Orchid
1940 · Comedy
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Comedy
Whiplash
1948 · Drama
Baseball Bugs
1946 · Comedy
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Fantasy
Nutty But Nice
1940 · Comedy
The Lovable Cheat
1949 · Comedy
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942 · Horror
Mr. Wise Guy
1942 · Drama
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Music
Ride ’Em Cowboy
1942 · Comedy
Pot o’ Gold
1941 · Romance
Billy the Kid
1941 · Drama
The Hot Scots
1948 · Comedy
The Great Moment
1944 · Comedy
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Comedy
Symphony Hour
1942 · Music
The Hucksters
1947 · Comedy
Castle in the Desert
1942 · Crime
It Ain’t Hay
1943 · Comedy
A Hen in the Wind
1948 · Drama
A Window in London
1940 · Thriller
Escape
1948 · Thriller
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Western
One More Tomorrow
1946 · Comedy
Boom Town
1940 · Adventure
Emergency Landing
1941 · Romance
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Crime
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 · Comedy
Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant
1942 · Mystery
The Forbidden Street
1949 · Drama
Cornered
1945 · Thriller
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · Comedy
That Night in Rio
1941 · Music
Dutiful But Dumb
1941 · Comedy
The Girl from Leningrad
1941 · War
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Drama
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