Search results for "1942"
The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope
IMDb: 6.9
83

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the “dope” takes his course. But winner…

Genre: Comedy
Tish

Tish

Tish
IMDb: 6.2
84

In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The War Against Mrs. Hadley

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
IMDb: 6.6
86

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are…

Genre: Drama
Song of the Islands

Song of the Islands

Song of the Islands
IMDb: 6.2
76

With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O’Brien. But…

The Mad Monster

The Mad Monster

The Mad Monster
IMDb: 3.5
77

A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories – and exact revenge.

Genre: Horror
Bowery at Midnight

Bowery at Midnight

Bowery at Midnight
IMDb: 5.3
61

Soup kitchen operator and criminologist Bela Lugosi operates a soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of robberies and murders.

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein
IMDb: 6.2
67

Ygor discovers Frankenstein’s creation is still alive and brings him to the Doctor’s son, Ludwig, for help. Obsessed with restoring the monster to his full potential, Ludwig is unaware that…

Mickey’s Birthday Party

Mickey’s Birthday Party

Mickey’s Birthday Party
IMDb: 6.6
8

The gang throws Mickey a surprise birthday party; his present is an electric organ, which Minnie plays while Mickey does a jazzy dance. Goofy bakes the cake, but keeps having…

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh
IMDb: 6.6
91

Charles ‘Pittsburgh’ Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and…

Genre: Drama
In Old California

In Old California

In Old California
IMDb: 6.4
91

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine,…

The Undying Monster

The Undying Monster

The Undying Monster
IMDb: 6.1
64

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
IMDb: 6.6
68

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into…

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong
IMDb: 6.9
84

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Jungle Book

Jungle Book

Jungle Book
IMDb: 6.7
106

Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the…

The First of the Few

The First of the Few

The First of the Few
IMDb: 7
118

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history – visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey…

Genre: War
Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos

Saludos Amigos
IMDb: 6.1
42

Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: “Lake Titicaca” depicts tourist Donald Duck’s troubles…

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
IMDb: 6.5
65

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before…

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?
IMDb: 7.5
88

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England’s radar network in preparation for a full scale…

Genre: Thriller, War
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
IMDb: 5.3
66

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy
IMDb: 7.7
126

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Genre: Drama, Music
Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco
IMDb: 7.1
82

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn
IMDb: 7.4
101

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the…

A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go
IMDb: 6.4
68

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.

The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over
IMDb: 6.4
65

While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O’Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
George Washington Slept Here

George Washington Slept Here

George Washington Slept Here
IMDb: 6.9
93

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill’s knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have…

Genre: Comedy
Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man
IMDb: 6.3
85

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton’s lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will…

Genre: Mystery
The Murderer Lives at Number 21

The Murderer Lives at Number 21

The Murderer Lives at Number 21
IMDb: 7.3
84

Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.

Wake Island

Wake Island

Wake Island
IMDb: 6.7
87

In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men’s tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris
IMDb: 6.4
90

On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr. La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start investigating a…

Nazi Agent

Nazi Agent

Nazi Agent
IMDb: 6.8
83

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo Von…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France
IMDb: 6.9
87

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

Genre: Drama, War
Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame
IMDb: 6.7
100

Famed reporter Stephen O’Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant

Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant

Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant
IMDb: 6.2
64

A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cairo

Cairo

Cairo
IMDb: 6.1
101

Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie
IMDb: 5.9
79

Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie’s nightclub in the Canal Zone.

Genre: Comedy
The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian
IMDb: 6.7
97

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret
IMDb: 7.2
81

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns…

Genre: Drama, War
Mokey

Mokey

Mokey
IMDb: 4.9
88

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

Genre: Drama
Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
IMDb: 7.6
104

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific
IMDb: 6.8
97

Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for…