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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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Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Romance
City Without Men
1943 · Drama
You Came Along
1945 · Drama
Slap Happy Lion
1947 · Comedy
Manon
1949 · Drama
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Drama
Bataan
1943 · Drama
Yellow Sky
1948 · Western
The Upturned Glass
1947 · Crime
Fuelin’ Around
1949 · Comedy
Margin for Error
1943 · Crime
Show Business
1944 · Music
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940 · Comedy
The Adventures of Tartu
1943 · War
Sleepers West
1941 · Crime
The Threat
1949 · Thriller
The Flemish Farm
1943 · War
Between Us Girls
1942 · Romance
Beyond the Line of Duty
1942 · War
Guest in the House
1944 · Drama
Kismet
1943 · Drama
Riders of the Whistling Pines
1949 · Action
Monkey Businessmen
1946 · Comedy
Escort Girl
1941 · Crime
The Shanghai Cobra
1945 · Thriller
You Were Never Lovelier
1942 · Romance
The Undying Monster
1942 · Mystery
Curley
1947 · Comedy
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941 · Drama
Cookoo Cavaliers
1940 · Comedy
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · Family
My Friend Flicka
1943 · Western
Ridin’ on a Rainbow
1941 · Western
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Comedy
Hokus Pokus
1949 · Comedy
Dead Men Tell
1941 · Comedy
Black Beauty
1946 · Family
A Letter to Three Wives
1949 · Romance
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Drama
Sahara
1943 · Adventure
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