Sant Dnyaneshwar (1940) Duration: 2H19M Description: Story of a boy who finds enlightenment by experiencing religious hypocrisy and dogmatism. Dnyaneshwar liberated the “divine knowledge” locked in the Sanskrit language to bring that knowledge into Prakrit (Marathi) and made it avai….. Trailer ↗ India 1940 Biography Drama Fantasy
Category: 1940
Danger on Wheels (1940)
Danger on Wheels (1940) Duration: 1H1M Description: During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Sport Thriller
One Crowded Night (1940)
Earthbound (1940)
Marked Men (1940)
Marked Men (1940) Duration: 1H6M Description: Bill, a wrongly imprisoned doctor, escapes jail and finds refuge in an Arizona town, but his freedom is threatened when the gangster who framed him forces Bill to guide his criminal crew across the desert… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Action Crime Mystery
Golden Gloves (1940)
Golden Gloves (1940) Duration: 1H6M Description: Bill Crane, an up and coming honest boxer, runs afoul of Taggerty and his fellow racketeers by fighting fair. They set out to ruin Crane but with the support of his girl Mary and newspaperman Matson the pugilist stands up to the mob… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Crime […]
An Angel from Texas (1940)
An Angel from Texas (1940) Duration: 1H9M Description: Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Left behind is her steady beau Peter. Lydia sends letters and news clippings back home telling everyone she’s now a big star. Peter soon heads to New York to surp….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy […]
Sibiryaki (1940)
Riders of Black Mountain (1940)
Riders of Black Mountain (1940) Duration: 57M Description: Disguised as a gambler, U.S. Marshal Tim Donovan Tim McCoy) rides the Black Mountain Stage which is held up by Pete Smith (Ted Adams) and his gang. Tim and his pal, Tombstone (Ralph Peters) pursue — no, not on foot as their hors….. Trailer ↗ United States […]
The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)
The Old Swimmin’ Hole (1940) Duration: 1H21M Description: Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real fri….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Drama […]
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
Granny Get Your Gun (1940) Duration: 56M Description: Minerva Hatton is back in Nevada, where she grubstaked her fortune years ago. Her granddaughter Julie Westcott is visiting while getting a divorce. They are blackmailed by Julie’s husband, Philip, who has two gambling checks Julie….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Western
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
The Farmer’s Daughter (1940) Duration: 1H Description: Broadway producer Nickie North, and his press agent Scoop Trimble, land a backer for a new show, but their “angel” requires that they rehearse the show out-of-town and star Clarice Sheldon, an ex-flame whose flickerings have becom….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Music Romance
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
Der Fuchs von Glenarvon (1940)
Wildcat Bus (1940)
Wildcat Bus (1940) Duration: 1H4M Description: A small bus company run by a father/daughter team comes under attack by a group of “wildcatters” who want to put the company out of business so they can take over the profitable Los Angeles-to-San Francisco route… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Action Crime Drama
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) Duration: 1H10M Description: Radio mystery script writer Sally Ambler is about to be married, then gets into a quarrel with her intended Kirk Pierce after he finds the story she wrote too contrived. The wedding is put off when a telegram from her Aunt Maggie ….. Trailer ↗ United States […]
Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies (1940)
Operette (1940)
Operette (1940) Duration: 1H47M Description: A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with Maria, the aristocratic opera manager, end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He is quickly engaged by another theatre and will bec….. Trailer ↗ Germany Austria 1940 Musical
Just William (1940)
Just William (1940) Duration: 1H12M Description: William Brown has a good-intentioned yet naughty nature that challenges his family’s patience. He and his friends live various adventures weedening a garden, pursuing a secret agent, looking for a baby sister and deactivating a bomb… Trailer ↗ United Kingdom 1940 Comedy
The Return of Wild Bill (1940)
The Return of Wild Bill (1940) Duration: 1H Description: To get possession of choice ranch lands, Matt and Jake Kilgore frame Sam Griffin for stealing cattle from Lige Saunders, set themselves up as vigilantes and then hang him. Then they urge Ol’ Mitch, who has taken in Griffin’s daugh….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Drama […]