Tag Archives: 1940s

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel

Set during the war of 1812, Hal Roach’s Captain Caution is an unusual swashbuckler in that the “hero” is actually the heroine.

A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I.

Cattle buyer McCoy has run up gambling debts. When Gene and the other ranchers are ready to sell their cattle, he undercuts his bosses price planning to pocket the profit.

Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and

Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show’s summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work.

History of the family and community conflicts between a small group of people who depend on fishing around Mont St. Michel.

During WWII, a small but strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight

Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called ‘Nesters’

The best bomb disposal officer during World War II was badly injured and is in frequent pain.