Action Movies

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
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119

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap,…

The Arctic Giant (1942)

The Arctic Giant (1942)

The Arctic Giant (1942)
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9

A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage!

Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)

Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)

Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)
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58

Saved from a lynching party by a pair of young women, an itinerant cowpuncher signs on as a stagecoach guard to protect a shipment of gold.

Genre: Action, Music, Western
Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Captains of the Clouds (1942)
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114

Inspired by Churchill’s Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.

Genre: Action, War
All Through the Night (1942)

All Through the Night (1942)

All Through the Night (1942)
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107

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Billion Dollar Limited (1942)

Billion Dollar Limited (1942)

Billion Dollar Limited (1942)
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9

Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman!

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)
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67

Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)
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81

A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan’s escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Mechanical Monsters (1941)

The Mechanical Monsters (1941)

The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
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10

Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.

Superman (1941)

Superman (1941)

Superman (1941)
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10

After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information…

We Go Fast (1941)

We Go Fast (1941)

We Go Fast (1941)
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64

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and…

The Iron Claw (1941)

The Iron Claw (1941)

The Iron Claw (1941)
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289

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster…and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.

Genre: Action, Mystery
In Old Cheyenne (1941)

In Old Cheyenne (1941)

In Old Cheyenne (1941)
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58

Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.

Ridin’ on a Rainbow (1941)

Ridin’ on a Rainbow (1941)

Ridin’ on a Rainbow (1941)
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79

When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money…

Genre: Action, Western
High Sierra (1941)

High Sierra (1941)

High Sierra (1941)
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100

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
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293

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
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102

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to…

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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94

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on…

Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)
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240

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor…

North West Mounted Police (1940)

North West Mounted Police (1940)

North West Mounted Police (1940)
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126

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (“Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?”, another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder….

I’m Still Alive (1940)

I’m Still Alive (1940)

I’m Still Alive (1940)
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72

Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her. He chooses the…

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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120

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on…

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)
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61

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist….

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Murder in the Air (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)
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55

Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a…

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)
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88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)
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65

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

One Million B.C. (1940)

One Million B.C. (1940)

One Million B.C. (1940)
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80

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and…

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)
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121

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with…

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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195

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the…

The Fighting 69th (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)
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90

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he’ll prove himself in the end.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Shadow (1940)

The Shadow (1940)

The Shadow (1940)
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285

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
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76

Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the…

British Intelligence (1939)

British Intelligence (1939)

British Intelligence (1939)
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61

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)
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81

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who…

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
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57

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.

Sabotage (1939)

Sabotage (1939)

Sabotage (1939)
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66

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at…

Genre: Action, Drama
Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)
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302

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can…

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)
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57

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis — but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
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82

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five…

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Girl from Mexico (1939)

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

The Girl from Mexico (1939)
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71

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay’s shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and…