1940s American films

Intruder in the Dust

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1949 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently...

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The Snake Pit

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, sh...

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The Devil and Miss Jones

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 7.6

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the empl...

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The Sea Hawk

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

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Gilda

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1946 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1945 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and Arnold, who learn about their world and experience...

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Mr. Skeffington

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1944 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

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The Big Clock

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. A...

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The Bishop's Wife

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 7.6

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight...

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