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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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Passage to Marseille
1944 · Adventure
What’s Cookin’?
1942 · Comedy
Kiss and Tell
1945 · Comedy
The Walls of Jericho
1948 · Drama
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Drama
The Set-Up
1949 · Drama
The Cat Creeps
1946 · Horror
Tawny Pipit
1944 · Drama
Somewhere I’ll Find You
1942 · Romance
Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin’
1948 · Comedy
The Bells of St. Mary’s
1945 · Comedy
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Drama
Arizona
1940 · Western
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945 · Action
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · Mystery
Just Before Dawn
1946 · Mystery
The Mark of Cain
1947 · Crime
Jerks of All Trades
1949 · Comedy
The Train Goes East
1948 · Romance
Loco Boy Makes Good
1942 · Comedy
The Flame of New Orleans
1941 · Comedy
George White’s Scandals
1945 · Music
Heart of the Golden West
1942 · Western
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945 · Drama
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Music
Renegade Girl
1946 · Western
The Big Street
1942 · Romance
Three Smart Saps
1942 · Comedy
Powder Town
1942 · Comedy
Gildersleeve’s Bad Day
1943 · Comedy
The Hard Way
1943 · Drama
Convoy
1940 · Drama
Love Letters
1945 · Drama
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Drama
Hare Remover
1946 · Animation
Desperate Journey
1942 · War
A Kiss in the Dark
1949 · Comedy
The Riveter
1940 · Comedy
Too Late for Tears
1949 · Thriller
Zombies on Broadway
1945 · Comedy
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