Search results for "1942"
Spy Smasher

Spy Smasher

Spy Smasher
IMDb: 7
215

Prior to the United States’ involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The…

Junior G-Men of the Air

Junior G-Men of the Air

Junior G-Men of the Air
IMDb: 6
225

A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.

Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Whims

Whims

Whims
IMDb: 5.8
80

Caprices tells the story of two young rich people. A famous actress poses as a poor florist, and a distinguished society man camouflages himself as forger and swindler. This game…

Genre: Comedy
The Tree in a Test Tube

The Tree in a Test Tube

The Tree in a Test Tube
IMDb: 4.6
6

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

Genre: Documentary
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn
IMDb: 6.6
98

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.

Genre: Drama, War
A Yank on the Burma Road

A Yank on the Burma Road

A Yank on the Burma Road
IMDb: 5.5
67

A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China.

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Volcano

Volcano

Volcano
IMDb: 6.9
8

Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.

Genre: Animation
The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti
IMDb: 6
91

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and…

Genre: Comedy
Terror on the Midway

Terror on the Midway

Terror on the Midway
IMDb: 6.5
8

When things go wrong at the circus, it’s up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.

Tarzan’s New York Adventure

Tarzan’s New York Adventure

Tarzan’s New York Adventure
IMDb: 6.5
71

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Showdown

Showdown

Showdown
IMDb: 6.8
8

Superman’s reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume.

Genre: Action, Animation
Prelude to War

Prelude to War

Prelude to War
IMDb: 7
53

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American…

Genre: Documentary, War
The Mayor of 44th Street

The Mayor of 44th Street

The Mayor of 44th Street
IMDb: 5.6
86

In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
The Magnetic Telescope

The Magnetic Telescope

The Magnetic Telescope
IMDb: 7
8

When police interfere with a reckless scientist’s experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower only Superman can stop.

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan
IMDb: 6.4
84

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he’s drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Japoteurs

Japoteurs

Japoteurs
IMDb: 6.3
9

Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.

Genre: Animation
Strangers in the House

Strangers in the House

Strangers in the House
IMDb: 7
95

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Hidden Hand

The Hidden Hand

The Hidden Hand
IMDb: 6.1
66

Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are…

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour
IMDb: 6.1
8

Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.

Genre: Action, Animation
Electric Earthquake

Electric Earthquake

Electric Earthquake
IMDb: 6.8
9

A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his extortion plan!

Genre: Action, Animation
Dr. Renault’s Secret

Dr. Renault’s Secret

Dr. Renault’s Secret
IMDb: 6.1
58

A remake of the 1927 horror film “The Wizard”. Dr. Larry Forbes arrives in a remote French village to visit his fiancĂ©e who lives with her scientist father Dr. Renault…

Destruction Inc.

Destruction Inc.

Destruction Inc.
IMDb: 6.4
9

Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant…who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!

The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn
IMDb: 6.1
98

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German…

Genre: Drama, War
There Was a Father

There Was a Father

There Was a Father
IMDb: 7.6
88

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Genre: Drama
The Bulleteers

The Bulleteers

The Bulleteers
IMDb: 6.9
8

Criminals with rocket powered car loot and extort the city, and only Superman can stop them!

Billion Dollar Limited

Billion Dollar Limited

Billion Dollar Limited
IMDb: 7
9

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

Genre: Action, Animation
The Big Street

The Big Street

The Big Street
IMDb: 6.4
88

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade
IMDb: 5.4
73

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

Genre: Drama, War
The Arctic Giant

The Arctic Giant

The Arctic Giant
IMDb: 6.7
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!

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing
IMDb: 6.1
95

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence
IMDb: 6.7
89

Loosely inspired from Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted…

Genre: Drama
Native Land

Native Land

Native Land
IMDb: 6.4
89

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support…

Genre: Drama, History
Land of the Open Range

Land of the Open Range

Land of the Open Range
IMDb: 6.2
60

A land owner’s will leaves his ranch to anyone who has served at least two years in prison.

Genre: Western
Manila Calling

Manila Calling

Manila Calling
IMDb: 6.8
81

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.

Genre: Drama, War
Pardon My Stripes

Pardon My Stripes

Pardon My Stripes
IMDb: 6.6
64

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of “Dope…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

Street of Chance
IMDb: 6.3
74

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man’s memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a…

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal
IMDb: 7
104

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Genre: Music, Romance, War
You Can’t Escape Forever

You Can’t Escape Forever

You Can’t Escape Forever
IMDb: 6.1
77

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.

Genre: Thriller
The Great Mr Handel

The Great Mr Handel

The Great Mr Handel
IMDb: 6.7
89

A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank’s G.H.W. Productions Ltd.

Genre: Drama, Music
White Cargo

White Cargo

White Cargo
IMDb: 6
88

In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving…

Genre: Adventure, Drama