Action Movies
The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (1943)

The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (1943)

The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (1943)
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265

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Stand by for Action (1942)

Stand by for Action (1942)

Stand by for Action (1942)
IMDb: N/A
109

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank,…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Destruction Inc. (1942)

Destruction Inc. (1942)

Destruction Inc. (1942)
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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!

Miss V from Moscow (1942)

Miss V from Moscow (1942)

Miss V from Moscow (1942)
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73

Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noel Madison and Howard Banks. When a Soviet secret agent discovers her uncanny…

Eleventh Hour (1942)

Eleventh Hour (1942)

Eleventh Hour (1942)
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8

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

Showdown (1942)

Showdown (1942)

Showdown (1942)
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8

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

Japoteurs (1942)

Japoteurs (1942)

Japoteurs (1942)
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9

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

Terror on the Midway (1942)

Terror on the Midway (1942)

Terror on the Midway (1942)
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8

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

Wake Island (1942)

Wake Island (1942)

Wake Island (1942)
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87

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Volcano (1942)

Volcano (1942)

Volcano (1942)
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8

Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.

Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)

Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)

Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
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225

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

Genre: Action, Adventure, War
In Old California (1942)

In Old California (1942)

In Old California (1942)
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91

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine,…

Electric Earthquake (1942)

Electric Earthquake (1942)

Electric Earthquake (1942)
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9

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

Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)

Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)

Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)
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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
The Magnetic Telescope (1942)

The Magnetic Telescope (1942)

The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
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8

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

Spy Smasher (1942)

Spy Smasher (1942)

Spy Smasher (1942)
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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…

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
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!

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
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
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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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
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)
IMDb: N/A
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…

Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Code of the Secret Service (1939)
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58

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.