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Tag Archives: 1940s
Behind the Mask (1946) Phil Karlson, William Beaudine, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler
Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Read More »
Piccadilly Incident (1946) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Frances Mercer
Anna Neagle is a WWII WREN–-the counterpart of the American WAVE–-who encounters Michael Wilding Read More »
Millionaires in Prison (1940) Ray McCarey, Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life Read More »
Ski Patrol (1940) Lew Landers, Philip Dorn, Luli Deste, Stanley Fields
Two rival skiers competing in the 1936 Olympics, one Russian and one Finn Read More »
Fiesta (1947) Richard Thorpe, Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music Read More »
Silver Bullet (1942) Joseph H. Lewis, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum
Wild Bill Jones is saved from three toughs by “Silver Jim” Donovan, a newcomer to Winchester. Read More »
Frontier Feud (1945) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Dennis Moore
Traveling incognito to a once-peaceful valley now torn by a murderous conflict Read More »
The Shadow Returns (1946) Phil Rosen, William Beaudine, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan
Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka “The Shadow”) investigates the theft of jewels from a grave. Read More »
San Demetrio London (1943) Charles Frend
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Read More »