Action Movies
Buffalo Bill (1944)
Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator’s daughter (Maureen O’Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his…
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943)
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan’s help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking…
The Phantom (1943)
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz — one headed by Professor Davidson, a scientist who wants to establish an archaeological site, and the other by…
Gung Ho! (1943)
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, “Carlson’s Raiders,” whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific…
Klondike Kate (1943)
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.
There’s Something About a Soldier (1943)
Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.
Minesweeper (1943)
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to…
Devil Riders (1943)
A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them.
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
Secret Agent (1943)
A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.
Submarine Base (1943)
Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman…
Batman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City’s now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with…
Colt Comrades (1943)
Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy…
The Underground World (1943)
Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “At the Earth’s Core”.
My Friend Flicka (1943)
Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the…
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from…
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
The Mummy Strikes (1943)
Egyptologists are attacked by mummies, drawing the attention of Superman.
G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
Japanese spies attempt to subvert America’s war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.
The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (1943)
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.
Stand by for Action (1942)
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,…
Destruction Inc. (1942)
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)
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)
Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the…
Showdown (1942)
Superman’s reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume.
Japoteurs (1942)
Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
Terror on the Midway (1942)
When things go wrong at the circus, it’s up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.
Wake Island (1942)
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.
Volcano (1942)
Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.
Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
In Old California (1942)
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)
A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his extortion plan!
Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)
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…
The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
When police interfere with a reckless scientist’s experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower only Superman can stop.
Spy Smasher (1942)
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…