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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1940
149 movies from 1940, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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North West Mounted Police
1940 · Western
Band Waggon
1940 · Music
City for Conquest
1940 · Drama
East of the River
1940 · Drama
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Romance
Hold That Woman!
1940 · Comedy
I Was an Adventuress
1940 · Drama
Those Were the Days!
1940 · Comedy
The Door with Seven Locks
1940 · Mystery
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Western
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
If I Had My Way
1940 · Family
Cafe Hostess
1940 · Drama
Dr. Cyclops
1940 · Horror
Colorado
1940 · Western
Crook’s Tour
1940 · Comedy
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Action
Primrose Path
1940 · Drama
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
1940 · Crime
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Comedy
The Bear’s Tale
1940 · Animation
Good Bad Boys
1940 · Family
Vigil in the Night
1940 · Drama
The Ranger and the Lady
1940 · Western
Arizona
1940 · Western
Convoy
1940 · Drama
The Riveter
1940 · Comedy
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Romance
Legion of the Lawless
1940 · Western
Flight Angels
1940 · Drama
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
1940
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Drama
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Comedy
Contraband
1940 · Thriller
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Western
Meet the Wildcat
1940 · Mystery
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Western
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
1940 · Drama
Marianela
1940 · Drama
Phantom of Chinatown
1940 · Crime
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