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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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Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941 · Comedy
Solid Serenade
1946 · Comedy
Thieves Fall Out
1941 · Comedy
Command Decision
1948 · Drama
Kings Row
1942 · Romance
No Time for Love
1943 · Comedy
Task Force
1949 · War
Song of Arizona
1946 · Music
Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945 · Drama
The Dark Past
1948 · Crime
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Western
Man-Made Monster
1941 · Horror
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Drama
They Were Sisters
1945 · Drama
What’s the Matador?
1942 · Comedy
The Great Man’s Lady
1941 · Western
Smuggler’s Cove
1948 · Action
When The Bough Breaks
1947 · Drama
The Proud Valley
1940 · Drama
The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Adventure
The Mummy’s Tomb
1942 · Horror
Thieves’ Highway
1949 · Thriller
Passport to Suez
1943 · Crime
The Scarlet Clue
1945 · Thriller
The Saint Takes Over
1940 · Mystery
The Damned
1947 · Thriller
Arch of Triumph
1948 · Drama
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947 · Drama
Gents Without Cents
1944 · Comedy
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Crime
Boy! What a Girl!
1947 · Music
Bluebeard
1944 · Horror
The Goose Steps Out
1942 · Comedy
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Comedy
A Scandal in Paris
1946 · History
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Music
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · War
To the People of the United States
1944 · Documentary
Orphans’ Benefit
1941 · Animation
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946 · Comedy
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