1940

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You’re Missing the Point
7.9

You’re Missing the Point

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so ...
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
7.3

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until ...
21 Days Together
6.1

21 Days Together

Jan. 07, 1940

21 Days Together

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, ...
20 Mule Team
6.4

20 Mule Team

May. 03, 1940

20 Mule Team

It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that ...
Spook Sport
6.7

Spook Sport

Jan. 01, 1940

Spook Sport

It’s midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 ...
Return to Yesterday
6.4

Return to Yesterday

Mar. 09, 1940

Return to Yesterday

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
The Proud Valley
6.6

The Proud Valley

Apr. 06, 1940

The Proud Valley

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
I Take This Woman
6.3

I Take This Woman

Feb. 02, 1940

I Take This Woman

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker’s suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his ...
Gaslight
7.3

Gaslight

Aug. 31, 1940

Gaslight

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house ...
Crook’s Tour
5.7

Crook’s Tour

Sep. 03, 1940

Crook’s Tour

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group ...
My Favorite Wife
7.2

My Favorite Wife

May. 17, 1940

My Favorite Wife

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a ...
Vassilisa the Beautiful
7.2

Vassilisa the Beautiful

Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. ...
Romance of the Rio Grande
6.1

Romance of the Rio Grande

When old rancher Cordoba’s grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who’s trying to take over the ranch.
Three Cheers for the Irish
6.4

Three Cheers for the Irish

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his ...
Stage to Chino
6.2

Stage to Chino

Jul. 26, 1940

Stage to Chino

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
The Shadow
6.8

The Shadow

Jan. 05, 1940

The Shadow

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his ...
Prairie Law
6.1

Prairie Law

Jun. 14, 1940

Prairie Law

Judge Curry is selling Austin’s land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore ...
The Last Alarm
5.7

The Last Alarm

Jun. 25, 1940

The Last Alarm

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life ...
Junior G-Men
6.4

Junior G-Men

Nov. 01, 1940

Junior G-Men

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, ...
Her Second Mother
5.5

Her Second Mother

Nov. 08, 1940

Her Second Mother

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents’ kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, ...
Hanna in High Society
5.4

Hanna in High Society

Nov. 04, 1940

Hanna in High Society

When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel’s relatives try ...
The Fatal Hour
5.4

The Fatal Hour

Jan. 15, 1940

The Fatal Hour

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a ...
The Durango Kid
6.2

The Durango Kid

Aug. 15, 1940

The Durango Kid

The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett’s usual love-interest, Iris ...
Drums of the Desert
5.6

Drums of the Desert

Oct. 06, 1940

Drums of the Desert

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful ...
Deadwood Dick
7.2

Deadwood Dick

Jul. 19, 1940

Deadwood Dick

Columbia’s 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
Crimes at the Dark House
6.2

Crimes at the Dark House

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his ...
Bullet Code
5.6

Bullet Code

Apr. 12, 1940

Bullet Code

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality ...
Ants in the Plants
6.3

Ants in the Plants

Mar. 15, 1940

Ants in the Plants

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, ...