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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 Guys from Milwaukee
1946 · Comedy
Violence
1947 · Drama
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Adventure
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941 · Comedy
Caught
1949 · Drama
The Beach Nut
1944 · Animation
Crack-Up
1946 · Thriller
The Trial of Donald Duck
1948 · Animation
Lost in a Harem
1944 · Comedy
Look for the Silver Lining
1949 · Romance
The Spider and the Fly
1949 · Crime
She-Wolf of London
1946 · Thriller
Immortal Sergeant
1943 · Drama
China Girl
1942 · War
Side Street
1949 · Crime
The Kissing Bandit
1948 · Comedy
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Comedy
Tweetie Pie
1947 · Animation
East Side Kids
1940 · Thriller
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949 · Drama
Spinach Fer Britain
1943 · Comedy
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944 · Drama
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · Horror
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Horror
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
1943 · Romance
Caravan
1946 · Adventure
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
1943 · Music
Action in Arabia
1944 · Drama
The Verdict
1946 · Crime
Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Drama
Paris Underground
1945 · Drama
Dive Bomber
1941 · Drama
Son of Lassie
1945 · Drama
This Man’s Navy
1945 · Adventure
Mummy’s Dummies
1948 · Comedy
Submarine Alert
1943 · War
Adventures of Don Juan
1948 · Action
Convicted Woman
1940 · Crime
The Mummy’s Hand
1940 · Horror
The Woman in Green
1945 · Crime
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