Action Movies

High Sierra (1941)

High Sierra (1941)

High Sierra (1941)
IMDb: N/A
100

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
IMDb: N/A
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)
IMDb: N/A
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…

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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94

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on…

Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)
IMDb: N/A
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…

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
IMDb: N/A
120

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on…

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)
IMDb: N/A
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)
IMDb: N/A
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…

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)
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88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)

Shooting High (1940)
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65

A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

One Million B.C. (1940)

One Million B.C. (1940)

One Million B.C. (1940)
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80

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and…

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

Virginia City (1940)
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121

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with…

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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195

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the…

The Fighting 69th (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)
IMDb: N/A
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)
IMDb: N/A
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
Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
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76

Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the…

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)
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81

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who…

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
IMDb: N/A
57

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.

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)
IMDb: N/A
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)
IMDb: N/A
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)
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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.

King of Chinatown (1939)

King of Chinatown (1939)

King of Chinatown (1939)
IMDb: N/A
57

A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city’s Chinatown.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)
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61

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.

The Three Musketeers (1939)

The Three Musketeers (1939)

The Three Musketeers (1939)
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73

A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of…

Gunga Din (1939)

Gunga Din (1939)

Gunga Din (1939)
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117

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of…

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
IMDb: N/A
231

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal’s 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack…

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Dawn Patrol (1938)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)
IMDb: N/A
103

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled “crates” and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)

Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)

Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
IMDb: N/A
213

An expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy, from a volcano that is about to erupt.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Adventure in Sahara (1938)

Adventure in Sahara (1938)

Adventure in Sahara (1938)
IMDb: N/A
60

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt. To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim Wilson…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Spawn of the North (1938)

Spawn of the North (1938)

Spawn of the North (1938)
IMDb: N/A
110

Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates and the other aligns with local vigilantes.

Dick Tracy Returns (1938)

Dick Tracy Returns (1938)

Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
IMDb: N/A
260

Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.

Genre: Action, Crime
Barefoot Boy (1938)

Barefoot Boy (1938)

Barefoot Boy (1938)
IMDb: N/A
63

A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
IMDb: N/A
102

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Battle of Broadway (1938)

Battle of Broadway (1938)

Battle of Broadway (1938)
IMDb: N/A
84

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son’s romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall’s 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian…

Under Western Stars (1938)

Under Western Stars (1938)

Under Western Stars (1938)
IMDb: N/A
65

In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the backing of a…

Genre: Action, Music, Western