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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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If a Body Meets a Body
1945 · Comedy
Los Tres Huastecos
1948 · Drama
So Dark the Night
1946 · Crime
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944 · Comedy
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947 · Romance
Love Happy
1949 · Comedy
The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Comedy
Blondie for Victory
1942 · Comedy
Nice Girl?
1941 · Music
The Glass Mountain
1949 · Drama
Journey Together
1945 · Drama
Der Fuehrer’s Face
1943 · Comedy
Ski for Two
1944 · Animation
Driftwood
1947 · Family
The Suspect
1944 · Drama
Smoky
1946 · Drama
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943 · Mystery
Swamp Water
1941 · Mystery
Cobra Woman
1944 · Fantasy
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Comedy
Scream
1949 · Mystery
Between Two Worlds
1944 · Drama
The Bells Go Down
1943 · Drama
Charley’s Aunt
1941 · Comedy
The Very Thought of You
1944 · Drama
Matri-Phony
1942 · Comedy
Truant Officer Donald
1941 · Animation
Cover Up
1949 · Mystery
Cover Girl
1944 · Romance
Crazy Knights
1944 · Romance
If I Had My Way
1940 · Family
Easy Money
1948 · Comedy
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942 · Mystery
All Through the Night
1942 · Comedy
G.I. Wanna Home
1946 · Comedy
Cafe Hostess
1940 · Drama
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945 · Comedy
The Big Snooze
1946 · Comedy
Spring in Park Lane
1948 · Comedy
The Fugitive
1947 · Drama
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