1940

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The Ghost Breakers
7

The Ghost Breakers

Jun. 21, 1940

The Ghost Breakers

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones ...
Gallant Sons
6.3

Gallant Sons

Nov. 15, 1940

Gallant Sons

When a teenager’s father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Four Sons
6.5

Four Sons

Jun. 14, 1940

Four Sons

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.
Foreign Correspondent
7.4

Foreign Correspondent

Aug. 16, 1940

Foreign Correspondent

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of ...
The Flying Squad
5.9

The Flying Squad

Oct. 12, 1940

The Flying Squad

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
Flowing Gold
6.5

Flowing Gold

Aug. 24, 1940

Flowing Gold

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice’s destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company ...
Flight Command
6.3

Flight Command

Dec. 27, 1940

Flight Command

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn’t make a great first ...
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
6.6

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the ...
The Fighting 69th
6.6

The Fighting 69th

Jan. 27, 1940

The Fighting 69th

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that ...
Fantasia
7.7

Fantasia

Nov. 13, 1940

Fantasia

Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and ...
Escape
7

Escape

Nov. 01, 1940

Escape

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed ...
Edison, the Man
7

Edison, the Man

May. 10, 1940

Edison, the Man

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in ...
East of the River
6.3

East of the River

Nov. 09, 1940

East of the River

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Earthbound
5.7

Earthbound

Jun. 06, 1940

Earthbound

A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.
The Earl of Chicago
6.2

The Earl of Chicago

Jan. 05, 1940

The Earl of Chicago

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
6

Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.5

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Sep. 06, 1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
7.4

Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Dr. Cyclops
6.4

Dr. Cyclops

Apr. 09, 1940

Dr. Cyclops

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who ...
Down Argentine Way
6.4

Down Argentine Way

Oct. 11, 1940

Down Argentine Way

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their ...
The Door with Seven Locks
5.4

The Door with Seven Locks

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A ...
Doomed to Die
5.5

Doomed to Die

Aug. 12, 1940

Doomed to Die

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit ...
Donald’s Dog Laundry
6.7

Donald’s Dog Laundry

With a rubber bone as a lure, Donald Duck tries to entice Pluto to try his mechanical dog washer. When the bone gives Pluto trouble, Donald tries ...
A Dispatch from Reuters
6.9

A Dispatch from Reuters

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
The Devil Bat
5.4

The Devil Bat

Dec. 13, 1940

The Devil Bat

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company’s ...
Dark Command
6.7

Dark Command

Apr. 15, 1940

Dark Command

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the ...
Dance, Girl, Dance
6.8

Dance, Girl, Dance

Aug. 30, 1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe ...
Convoy
6

Convoy

Sep. 28, 1940

Convoy

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Contraband
6.9

Contraband

May. 11, 1940

Contraband

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes ...
City for Conquest
7.2

City for Conquest

Sep. 21, 1940

City for Conquest

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New ...