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City for Conquest

City for Conquest

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in li...

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The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, tes...

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Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 6.1

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 identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England...

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The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 5.4

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 businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty....

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I Take This Oath

I Take This Oath

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 5

The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.

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Mad Youth

Mad Youth

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 5

A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ri...

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