1940s American films

The Kansan

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who...

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The Miracle Kid

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 5.6

A young boxer finds his life turned upside down when he meets with sudden success in the ring.

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Trocadero

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1944 IMDB Rating: 5.6

A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film personalities on his show than any other commentator, is searching for a story for a Sunday column carr...

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Danger Street

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

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The Man from Texas

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 5.6

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe. He repeatedly tells Zoe, "just one...

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Two Weeks to Live

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 5.6

When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.

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Colorado Serenade

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1946 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Duke Dillon has his gang robbing stagecoaches carrying gold which is then melted down by his father. But Eddie and his sidekick Soapy are on the job and they are aided by undercover man Nevada.

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American Empire

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle e...

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The Mummy's Tomb

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 5.5

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.

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