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1940s Action Movies

Public list by WPS with 46 movies or TV shows/series

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The 47 Ronin(1941)

3h 43min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - With Daisuke Katō, Masao Shimizu, Ichikawa Utaemon, Isamu Kosugi, Mitsuko Miura, Seizaburō Kawazu, ...

Sanshiro Sugata(1943)

1h 20min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 48 votes)

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirō Sugai, ...

Batman(1943)

4h 20min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller, War
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer - With Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, William Austin

Invisible Agent(1942)

1h 21min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love, Science Fiction, War
3.1/5 (with 15 votes)

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin - With Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, Albert Bassermann, Keye Luke, ...

Gunfighters(1947)

1h 27min | Western
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Gunfighter "Brazos" Kane lays aside his guns "forever" when he is forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to join another friend, Bob Tyrell, as a cowhand on the Inskip ranch. Upon arriving there he finds the bullet-riddled body of his friend. He carries the body to the Banner ranch, the largest in the territory, and is accused by Banner of murdering Tyrell; Banner orders Deputy Sheriff Bill Yount, who is in Banner's pay, to arrest Kane. But Kane has the sympathy of Banner's daughter, Jane, who notifies Inskip of Kane's plight, and Inskip arrives in time to prevent a lynching. Sheriff Kiscade dismisses the murder charge for lack of evidence. Brazos then sets out to find the killer of his friend. Bess Bannister, Jane's sister, is in love with the Banner ranch foreman, Bard Macky, and knowing that Bard killed Tyrell and that Kane will track him down, then hampers Kane's mission somewhat by pretending to be in love with him.

Directed by George Waggner - With Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Bruce Cabot

Batman and Robin(1949)

4h 23min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet - With Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Poni Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey, ...

The Trespasser(1947)

1h 11min | Action, Crime, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, set out to track down the killer of a colleague, a book-reviewer who was involved with a group of rare book forgers and whose sister has been convinced her editor-fiance, Bill Monroe, killed him.

Directed by George Blair - With Dale Evans

The Green Hornet(1940)

4h 18min | Adventure, Crime, Science Fiction, TV Movie
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.

Directed by Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor - With Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel, Cy Kendall, Keye Luke, Gordon Jones, Al Hodge, ...

Riders of the Whistling Pines(1949)

1h 10min | Action, Drama, Music, Western
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.

Directed by John English - With Gene Autry, Patricia Barry

Timur and His Team(1940)

1h 20min | Kids & Family, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

A story about a young boy Timur and his team who are living in a small Moscow suburb during the years before WWII.

Directed by Aleksandr Razumny - With Yekaterina Derevshchikova, Livy Shchipachyov

Forced Landing(1941)

1h 7min | Adventure, Action
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.

Directed by Gordon Wiles - With Richard Arlen

Traffic in Crime(1946)

56min | Action, Crime

Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the two leading gangsters, a mob girl, 'Silk" Cantrell, and a bribe-taking police official, into setting ambushes and death-traps for him, which backfire on them, and achieve his assignment directive.

Directed by Lesley Selander - With Kane Richmond
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Seven Miles from Alcatraz(1942)

1h 2min | Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 1 vote)

After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse island, where they take over. The five inhabitants are stymied in their efforts to summon aid. But the island also figures in the schemes of a big Nazi spy ring; which will win out, the gangsters' greed or their patriotism?

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With James Craig, Bonita Granville, Frank Jenks, Cliff Edwards, George Cleveland, Tala Birell, ...

The Invisible Informer(1946)

57min | Action, Crime, Drama

An aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace. The company assigns operatives Eve Rogers and Mike Regan to the case.

Directed by Philip Ford - With Linda Stirling

Headin' for God's Country(1943)

1h 18min | Action, Drama, War

In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.

Directed by William Morgan - With William Lundigan

Road Agent(1941)

1h | Western

Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are tossed into the hoosegow, only to be released when their alibi checks out. Far from offended by his ill treatment, Duke agrees to take the job of sheriff, retaining Pancho and Andy as his deputies. The gruesome threesome then sets about to solve a series of mysterious Wells Fargo robberies.

Directed by Charles Lamont

Wildcat Bus(1940)

1h 4min | Crime, Drama
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.

Directed by Frank Woodruff - With Fay Wray, Charles Lang, Paul Guilfoyle, Joe Sawyer, Roland Drew, Alan Ladd, ...

Miss V from Moscow(1942)

1h 13min | War, Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noel Madison and Howard Banks. When a Soviet secret agent discovers her uncanny resemblance to a dead Nazi spy, she infiltrates the enemy and works to save U.S. ships from German submarines. Assisting her on her mission are French underground agents, along with an American serving in the British armed forces.

Directed by Albert Herman

Men of the Timberland(1941)

1h 2min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Western

Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.

Directed by John Rawlins

Untamed Fury(1947)

1h | Romance / Love, Adventure, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The swamp folk of the deep Okefenokee live a brutal primitive life untouched by modern times - they support themselves by hunting alligators and selling them to the outside world. Jeff returns home from college with an engineering degree and dreams of bringing modern medical care and education to the swamps. He is immediately confronted by his old boyhood rival, "Gator-Bait" Blair, who thinks things are just fine the way the are. "Gator" whips the ignorant locals into a frenzy of fear and resistance. When Jeff is unintimidated by their threats, Blair sets out to stop his plans once and for all - with a rifle.

Directed by Ewing Scott

Call of the South Seas(1944)

59min | Action, Crime

FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes that he has arrived to save her people from poverty. A romance, of course, ensues as Gaige attempts to expose Landrau before his cover is blown.

Directed by John English - With Janet Martin

Dangers of the Canadian Mounted(1948)

2h 36min | Action

Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is hidden somewhere on land. In their efforts to find the hidden treasure they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Royal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police battles through 12 episodes to find the crooks and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.

Directed by Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt - With Jim Bannon

Night Train to Memphis(1946)

1h 6min | Action, Music, Drama

A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.

Directed by Lesley Selander - With Roy Acuff

Born to Speed(1947)

1h 1min | Action, Adventure

The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who decides to follow in his late father's footsteps and win the big race.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn

Hurricane Smith(1941)

1h 8min | Action, Western, Romance / Love, Drama, Crime
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new life, but one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot which he believes Smith has.

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus - With Jane Wyatt

Who Is Hope Schuyler?(1942)

59min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance / Love
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.

Directed by Thomas Z. Loring

Sky Bandits(1940)

1h 2min | Action, Comedy, Western, Adventure
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts electrical impulses, and Morgan and his gang of crooks has brought in Prof. Lewis to increase the ray's range, telling him he's helping the government develop this new weapon. Speavy spills the beans to Prof. Lewis and his daughter Madeleine,and Morgan threatens to implicate them in his crimes unless they cooperate. Morgan kills Speavy when he tries to warn Renfrew, but when Madeleine stows away on board the doomed plane Renfrew is piloting, will the crooks be able to make Prof. Lewis use the power ray to bring the plane down?

Directed by Ralph Staub - With James Newill

The Marines Come Thru(1938)

1h 5min | War, Action

Marine Lieutenant Steve Landers has perfected a new bomb-release for airplanes which he is testing with the aid of his mechanics,'Singapore' Stebbins and Jack Murray. Dick Weber, one of a group of enemy agents attempting to steal the plans, is a friend of Colonel Dale, whose daughter, Linda, is engaged to Landers. Weber learns that "Singapore" and Jack are to deliver the final blueprints to the Colonel's home. Beckstrom , head of the spy ring, has some of his agents dress as Marines and obtain entry the the hangar. They get the plans but "Singapore" and Jack have overheard a conversation that indicates the spies are heading for a nearby island which is the headquarters of the espionage group.

Directed by Louis J. Gasnier

The Royal Mounted Patrol(1941)

59min | Western, Action, Adventure

Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol. When villainous lumberman Frenchy Duvalle (Donald Curtis) refuses to limit his wood-chopping activities, he inadvertently touches off a forest fire. Trapped in the middle of the conflagration, Frenchy's only hope for rescue is mountie Tom Jeffries (Charles Starrett), presently scouring the countryside in his scout plane. Jeffries' reasons for bringing Frenchy out safely are twofold: he must deliver the renegade lumberjack to the authorities, and he happens to be in love with Frenchy's sister Betty (Wanda McKay).

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

North to the Klondike(1942)

1h | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Based upon the novel by Jack London, two friends in the Klondike aid settlers being terrorized by outlaws.

Directed by Erle C. Kenton - With Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Corrigan, Keye Luke, ...
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