Movies released in 1940
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940Feature FilmAfter gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout.
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The House Across the Bay
1940Feature FilmAn aircraft designer falls for the wife of an imprisoned gangster. All goes well until the gangster gets out of prison...
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Music in My Heart
1940Feature FilmRita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, ... See full summary »
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The Proud Valley
1940Feature FilmIn 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.
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Crimes at the Dark House
1940Feature FilmA madman kills a man who has just inherited a large estate, then impersonates his victim to gain entrance to the estate so he can murder his enemies.
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They Knew What They Wanted
1940Feature FilmWhile courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
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Saturday's Children
1940Feature FilmPretty Bobby Halevy loves Rims Rosson, a dreamer and inventor without much going for him. Rims has a scheme of going to Manila to turn hemp into silk and become rich. But when one of her ... See full summary »
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Island of Doomed Men
1940Feature FilmUndercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.
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Young People
1940Feature FilmShirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
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Tom Brown's School Days
1940Feature FilmA young boy starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman, the school bully.
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Tante Pose
1940Feature FilmUnder julefeiringen hos sorenskriver Bals blir det hemmelig forlovelse mellom to av hans vakre døtre og to studenter på julebesøk. Husdragen, tante Pose, spionerer på de unge. Tante Pose ... See full summary »
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Rhythm on the River
1940Feature FilmPopular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and ... See full summary »
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Sky Murder
1940Feature FilmA body is found in a locked airplane compartment and a German female refugee is a suspect. Passenger detective Nick Carter is convinced she didn't do it and works to solve the mysterious murder.
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Two Girls on Broadway
1940Feature FilmEddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly ... See full summary »
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940Feature FilmA wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.
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Juninatten
1940Feature FilmYoung Kerstin Norbäck lives in a small town. She has a relationship with a sailor, but when she tries to leave him...
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The Earl of Chicago
1940Feature FilmSilky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand...
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Congo Maisie
1940Feature FilmIn this reworking of "Red Dust," showgirl Maisie Ravier is left stranded in an African village. She's given refuge by Michael Shane, an attractive, but hard-boiled local doctor. She soon ... See full summary »
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The Man I Married
1940Feature FilmAnti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940Feature FilmA hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
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