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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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One Dangerous Night
1943 · Crime
Champagne Charlie
1944 · Drama
No Sail
1945 · Animation
The Black Cat
1941 · Comedy
Bugs Bunny Rides Again
1948 · Animation
Blonde Ice
1948 · Drama
The Window
1949 · Thriller
Destination Tokyo
1943 · War
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Romance
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · Crime
My Brother’s Keeper
1948 · Thriller
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · Drama
Even as IOU
1942 · Comedy
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Crime
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948 · Crime
Bell-Bottom George
1944 · Comedy
Blithe Spirit
1945 · Fantasy
Women in War
1940 · War
That Brennan Girl
1946 · Romance
The Adventures of a Rookie
1943 · Comedy
Timber
1941 · Comedy
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945 · Romance
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945 · Mystery
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943 · Crime
The Mysterious Doctor
1943 · Mystery
Inner Sanctum
1948 · Thriller
The Omaha Trail
1942 · Western
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Action
Micro-Phonies
1945 · Comedy
Tomorrow, the World!
1944 · Drama
The Yoke’s on Me
1944 · Comedy
Night Unto Night
1949 · Drama
Oklahoma Blues
1948 · Western
Of Human Bondage
1946 · Romance
We Were Dancing
1942 · Comedy
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Drama
Dicen que soy mujeriego
1949 · Comedy
Lulu Belle
1948 · Drama
Tell It to the Judge
1949 · Romance
Two Thousand Women
1944 · Comedy
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