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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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Up in Arms
1944 · Comedy
Crisis
1946 · Drama
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · Comedy
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943 · Comedy
Cottage to Let
1941 · Thriller
Snowbound
1948 · Drama
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941 · Comedy
In This Our Life
1942 · Drama
He Snoops to Conquer
1944 · Comedy
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Drama
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Comedy
Road to Rio
1947 · Comedy
Springtime in the Rockies
1942 · Music
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Comedy
West of the Pecos
1945 · Action
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Thriller
Blue Skies
1946 · Music
Murder in the Air
1940 · Action
Christmas in July
1940 · Romance
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942 · Thriller
Moon Over Miami
1941 · Comedy
Hills of Home
1948 · Adventure
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Romance
The Falcon in Mexico
1944 · Mystery
Irene
1940 · Romance
Hired Wife
1940 · Comedy
Rhythm on the River
1940 · Music
Fallen Angel
1945 · Crime
The Wicked Lady
1945 · Adventure
Who Killed Who?
1943 · Comedy
So This Is New York
1948 · Comedy
Home of the Brave
1949 · War
Experiment Perilous
1944 · Romance
The Dark Mirror
1946 · Thriller
Yellow Canary
1943 · War
Fanny by Gaslight
1944 · Romance
Virginia City
1940 · Western
Bells of San Angelo
1947 · Adventure
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Romance
Higher and Higher
1943 · Music
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