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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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The Paleface
1948 · Comedy
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Drama
Kid Dynamite
1943 · Comedy
Reunion in France
1942 · War
Uncivil War Birds
1946 · Comedy
Pluto’s Blue Note
1947 · Animation
A Night in Casablanca
1946 · Comedy
Relentless
1948 · Western
I Was an Adventuress
1940 · Drama
The Street with No Name
1948 · Thriller
Super-Rabbit
1943 · Comedy
The Mummy’s Curse
1944 · Fantasy
The Queen of Spades
1949 · Drama
The Gangster
1947 · Crime
Murder Is My Business
1946 · Crime
Belle Starr
1941 · Western
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · Comedy
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Drama
A Song to Remember
1945 · Romance
Canyon Passage
1946 · Western
South of St. Louis
1949 · Western
Cheyenne
1947 · Western
Those Were the Days!
1940 · Comedy
The Door with Seven Locks
1940 · Mystery
The Lost Tribe
1949 · Adventure
Punishment
1948 · Drama
Bury Me Dead
1947 · Crime
The Red Stallion
1947 · Western
Strange Holiday
1945 · Fantasy
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Western
Beauty and the Beast
1946 · Fantasy
Colt Comrades
1943 · Western
June Bride
1948 · Comedy
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Romance
B.F.’s Daughter
1948 · Romance
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
Joan of Paris
1942 · Romance
Dear Murderer
1947 · Thriller
She Wouldn’t Say Yes
1945 · Comedy
Desert Fury
1947 · Drama
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