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The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)
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64

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

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Genre: Crime
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
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81

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

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Convoy (1940)

Convoy (1940)

Convoy (1940)
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90

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

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Genre: Drama, War
Crook’s Tour (1940)

Crook’s Tour (1940)

Crook’s Tour (1940)
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81

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers…

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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)
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96

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Gaslight (1940)

Gaslight (1940)

Gaslight (1940)
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84

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
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75

Charley’s (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford ‘scholars’. The film is one of many to be…

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Genre: Comedy
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)

Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)

Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)
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83

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Let George Do It! (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940)

Let George Do It! (1940)
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82

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, War
Pastor Hall (1940)

Pastor Hall (1940)

Pastor Hall (1940)
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95

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing “The New Order”,…

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Genre: Drama
The Proud Valley (1940)

The Proud Valley (1940)

The Proud Valley (1940)
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76

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

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Genre: Drama
Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)

Return to Yesterday (1940)
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69

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Crimes at the Dark House (1940)

Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
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69

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…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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107

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well…

21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)

21 Days Together (1940)
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72

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)

Come on George! (1939)
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88

George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins

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Genre: Comedy
The Lion Has Wings (1939)

The Lion Has Wings (1939)

The Lion Has Wings (1939)
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76

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

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Genre: Documentary, War
The Human Monster (1939)

The Human Monster (1939)

The Human Monster (1939)
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76

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

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Genre: Horror
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
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84

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan’s new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares…

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Genre: Crime
The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)
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46

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shipyard Sally (1939)

Shipyard Sally (1939)

Shipyard Sally (1939)
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77

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

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Genre: Comedy, Music
The Spy in Black (1939)

The Spy in Black (1939)

The Spy in Black (1939)
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82

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

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Genre: Thriller, War
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
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84

Shades of “Romeo and Juliet” with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

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Genre: Comedy
Young Man’s Fancy (1939)

Young Man’s Fancy (1939)

Young Man’s Fancy (1939)
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77

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

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Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
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114

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)
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79

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.

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Genre: Drama
The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)
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72

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who’ve murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Jamaica Inn (1939)

Jamaica Inn (1939)

Jamaica Inn (1939)
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108

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who’s come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she’s married an innkeeper who’s a member of a…

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The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)
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91

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month’s time, Ko-Ko…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Four Feathers (1939)

The Four Feathers (1939)

The Four Feathers (1939)
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129

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

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The Face at the Window (1939)

The Face at the Window (1939)

The Face at the Window (1939)
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65

In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the…

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Genre: Drama, Horror
Let’s Be Famous (1939)

Let’s Be Famous (1939)

Let’s Be Famous (1939)
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83

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

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Genre: Comedy, Music
Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)
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96

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months’ training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)
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82

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)

Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)

Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939)
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69

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by…

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Genre: Crime
The Outsider (1939)

The Outsider (1939)

The Outsider (1939)
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91

A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon – and falls in love with her in the process.

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Genre: Drama
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)

Sixty Glorious Years (1938)

Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
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95

Continuing the story of ‘Victoria the Great’.

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Genre: History
It’s in the Air (1938)

It’s in the Air (1938)

It’s in the Air (1938)
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87

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he…

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Genre: Comedy
The Citadel (1938)

The Citadel (1938)

The Citadel (1938)
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110

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
St. Martin’s Lane (1938)

St. Martin’s Lane (1938)

St. Martin’s Lane (1938)
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85

On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby,…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama