The Durango Kid (1940) Duration: 1H1M Description: The first film in which Charles Starrett played an alter-ego character known as “The Durango Kid” but this entry, for all intents and purposes, has only the names of Starrett and “Durango” in common with the long (long, long) “Dur….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Western
Wyoming (1940) Duration: 1H28M Description: After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier is murdered by cattle-rustlers when he returns home to Wyoming, but a fugitive train-robber steps in to avenge his death and aid his family in their fight against a local land-grabber… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Drama Western
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) Duration: 1H22M Description: Jack Benny is preparing his New Year’s Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister Barbara are also en route to the dock to m….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 […]
Men Without Souls (1940) Duration: 1H2M Description: Johnny Adams arrives in a brutal prison under an assumed name after deliberately framing himself in order to kill White, a captain of the guards, because he had beaten Johnny’s father to death. Rev. Thomas Stoner, also newly arriv….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Action Crime Drama
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) Duration: 1H21M Description: “Mark’s Priory,” the Lebanons’ family seat, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, Lady Lebanon’s niece and secretary. The strange behavior of two sinister footmen, Gilder and Brooks, adds greatly to her fear, and her sole consolatio….. Trailer ↗ United Kingdom 1940 Crime Drama […]
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) Duration: 1H5M Description: Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Miami trying to solve the crime and make a profit… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Drama Crime
20 Mule Team (1940) Duration: 1H24M Description: In California’s Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Western
Dulcy (1940) Duration: 1H13M Description: A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend’s vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother’s future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Adventure Comedy Romance
De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940) Duration: 1H35M Description: In the late 1800’s, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He’s already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this love affair with someone not of royal bl….. Trailer ↗ France 1940 Drama
Der Postmeister (1940) Duration: 1H32M Description: A troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer… Trailer ↗ Austria Germany 1940 Drama
The Boys from Syracuse (1940) Duration: 1H13M Description: The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also n….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Musical
Maddalena… zero in condotta (1940) Duration: 1H19M Description: A teacher writes sample letters to a fictional Mr. Hartman with her students, but the recipient really exists… Trailer ↗ Italy 1940 Comedy
Boys of the City (1940) Duration: 1H8M Description: Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Mystery Thriller
The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940) Duration: 59M Description: Powder Kilgore (Ray Bennett as Raphael Bennett) kills freighter Jeff Cameron (Edward LeSaint) and the latter’s daughter, “Spunky” (Iris Meredith), sends for gunfighter Wild Bill Saunders (Bill Elliott, in another of his more than ….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Drama Western
The Proud Valley (1940) Duration: 1H16M Description: 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… Trailer ↗ United Kingdom 1940 Drama Music
We Who Are Young (1940) Duration: 1H20M Description: Two young office workers working at the same large firm secretly marry and defy their employer’s policy against coworker fraternization. When the marriage is discovered, Margy (Turner) is fired. This causes the newlyweds to face s….. Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Drama Mystery Romance
The Way of All Flesh (1940) Duration: 1H26M Description: Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, the happy husband of Anna, and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy prey by a con-game […]
Those Were the Days! (1940) Duration: 1H14M Description: A middle-aged couple think back to their college days and courtship… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy Romance
Dívka v modrém (1940) Duration: 1H27M Description: Many local dignitaries are gathered at an auction organized by the notary Dr Jan Karas (Oldrich Nový) at Lucín castle to sell off the belongings of the late count. Most interest is aroused by a portrait of a beautiful noble girl, ….. Trailer ↗ Czechoslovakia 1940 Comedy Fantasy […]
The Great Profile (1940) Duration: 1H22M Description: Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it. Meanwhile a young girl tries to reform him… Trailer ↗ United States 1940 Comedy