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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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Let’s Live a Little
1948 · Comedy
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Drama
Railroaded!
1947 · Thriller
Johnny O’Clock
1947 · Crime
Washington Melodrama
1941 · Drama
Wet Blanket Policy
1948 · Comedy
Cuando Habla El Corazon
1943
Stampede
1949 · Western
Tale of a Dog
1944 · Family
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 · Romance
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Drama
The Woman on the Beach
1947 · Romance
Hellzapoppin’
1941 · Comedy
A Southern Yankee
1948 · History
Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · Thriller
Johnny Frenchman
1945 · Drama
The Pied Piper
1942 · Drama
Green for Danger
1946 · Mystery
Bombardier
1943 · Drama
Captain Eddie
1945 · Drama
A Guy Named Joe
1943 · Fantasy
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Comedy
Train of Events
1949 · Drama
Anna Karenina
1948 · Romance
Apache Trail
1942 · Western
Three Little Twirps
1943 · Comedy
The Uninvited
1944 · Horror
Louisiana Purchase
1941 · Comedy
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Drama
Danger Signal
1945 · Romance
White Cargo
1942 · Adventure
The Winslow Boy
1948 · Drama
Scrap the Japs
1942 · Animation
The House on 92nd Street
1945 · Thriller
Don’t Fence Me In
1945 · Action
One Million B.C.
1940 · Fantasy
Day of Wrath
1943 · Drama
Three Girls About Town
1941 · Comedy
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Comedy
Rome, Open City
1945 · War
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