... And The Ugly Of The 1940s
by Akira_Chimera | created - 25 Mar 2011 | updated - 17 Dec 2021 | PublicHave you ever been in a situation when you read a flims title or summary or saw a movie poster, a trailer or just some screen shots of a movie (especially of B-films) and you thought: "Wow, this looks like heaps of fun!"? You rented that film and after one and a half hours (at the most) you got that nagging feeling that someone stole that exact amount of precious quality lifetime from you. Well, basically this list is about those films. No matter how reduced your expectations had already been, no matter how much you care for flicks of that genre in general - these films did not even meet those expectations, not by a far shot. Even as a fan of trash films you refuse to acknowledge the existence of this list's entries, simply because a good trash film, even considering its manifold shortcomings, is at least fun. So beware, the films on this list are everything - except fun. Needless to say, I had quite some fun in doing this list, although it brought back painful memories.
Feel free to comment on my choice of movies.
PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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1. Son of Ingagi (1940)
Passed | 70 min | Horror
A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.
Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Alfred Grant, Daisy Bufford
Votes: 331
2. You'll Find Out (1940)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
The manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 1,451
3. The Ape (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Horror
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan
Votes: 2,061
4. The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When heavily-insured gangster Frankie Toller is released from prison, Mike Henderson is assigned by the insurance company to make sure Toller's policy expires before he does. This, concise.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Holt, Stanley Fields, Vickie Lester, Noel Madison
Votes: 31
5. Isle of Destiny (1940)
Approved | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Society glamor girl/aviatrix Virginia Allerton decides to alter her around-the-world flight by stopping off on the Pacific isle of Palo Pango where her brother, Lieutenant Allerton is ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: William Gargan, Wallace Ford, June Lang, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 109
6. Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
Approved | 59 min | Adventure, Mystery
Jewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron.
Director: László Kardos | Stars: Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco
Votes: 68
7. The Cheyenne Kid (1940)
Passed | 50 min | Western
A ranch owner gives the Cheyenne Kid $1000 and sends him off to buy cattle. At the same time he fires a ranch hand and that hand rides ahead and alerts Jeff Baker about the $1000. Bakers' ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan, Frank Yaconelli
Votes: 44
8. Prairie Law (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Dick Hogan, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 125
9. Covered Wagon Trails (1940)
Approved | 52 min | Western
A wagon train of settlers is approaching Prairieville and rancher Allen is out to stop them by having some of his men join the train and poison the horses. When Jack Cameron arrives in ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, Lafe McKee, David Sharpe
Votes: 18
10. Pinto Canyon (1940)
Passed | 55 min | Action, Romance, Western
Pete Childers, a notorious killer, is assigned as a deputy to Sheriff Bob Hall. Hardy Keller, wanted for murder, is hiding on a ranch own by Bob's sweetheart, Helen Jones and her brother ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan, Ted Adams
Votes: 39
11. Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Slim Andrews, Gene Alsace
Votes: 33
12. Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Oregon fur traders are attempting to keep pioneers migrating westward out of the territory by inciting the Indians to attack their wagon trains. The U.S. Army sends Tex Masters (Tex Ritter)... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans, Nolan Willis
Votes: 33
13. Wild Horse Valley (1940)
Approved | 55 min | Western
Bob Evans' (Bob Steele) Arabian stallion is stolen and Bob, with his friend Shag Williams (Jimmy Aubrey) starts on the trail that takes them to the horse ranch owned by Kimball (Lafe McKee)... See full summary »
Director: Ira Webb | Stars: Bob Steele, Phyllis Adair, Lafe McKee, Jimmy Aubrey
Votes: 30
14. Invisible Ghost (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire, Clarence Muse
Votes: 2,591
15. A Dangerous Game (1941)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an isolated mentally-ill hospital, where the patients range from slightly daffy to criminally ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks, Edward Brophy
Votes: 64
16. The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A couple of adventurous pilots-turned-pearl-divers encounter a helpless woman whose missionary parents have died. They entrust their cache of pearls to her, but discover that she is actually not what she claims.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Florence Rice, Leif Erickson, Gordon Jones, Don Beddoe
Votes: 40
17. Double Cross (1941)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a cop is shot dead during a raid, and another is mistakenly shot for killing him, his fellow officer friend goes undercover on his own to bust up the criminal's operation.
Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore, Wynne Gibson, John Miljan
Votes: 204
18. Swamp Woman (1941)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Into the vast swamplands hurry three people; honky tonk dancer Annabelle Tollington (Ann Corio), cheap promoter "Flash" Bland (Jay Novello) trying to catch Annabelle, and escaping convict ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull, Ian MacDonald
Votes: 97
19. Jungle Man (1941)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure
An expedition sets out to darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead, and must battle thick jungle, hostile natives, wild animals and a deadly epidemic.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Sheila Darcy, Vince Barnett
Votes: 186
20. South of Panama (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jan Martin, sister of government chemist Paul Martin, realizes she is being followed by enemy agents after her brother. She ignores him at the Panama airport and embraces a stranger, Mike ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 106
21. Emergency Landing (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Carol Hughes, Evelyn Brent, Emmett Vogan
Votes: 245
22. The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He tries to get the info from Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets suspicious.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Houston, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Frank Hagney
Votes: 45
23. The Mad Monster (1942)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Glenn Strange
Votes: 1,940
24. The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Una Merkel, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd
Votes: 552
25. The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Approved | 66 min | Horror, Mystery
A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again. Assigned to the case is private detective Jerry Church but the crimes are baffling and involve strangulation and a possible attempt to implant a gorilla's brain into a human body.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 605
26. Jungle Siren (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure
A woman who was raised in the jungle helps a man fight Nazis who are trying to start a native uprising.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Wahl, Paul Bryar
Votes: 219
27. Law of the Jungle (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure
Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a cafe in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Arline Judge, John 'Dusty' King, Mantan Moreland, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 243
28. The Dawn Express (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nazi spies in the USA try to steal the formula for synthetic oil and ship it to Germany by means of a night plane called the Dawn Express.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth
Votes: 246
29. The Living Ghost (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A retired detective, Nick Trayne, is hired to look for a missing banker. During the investigation, the aforementioned banker returns in a zombie-like state. Trayne must track down the madman responsible for the banker's state.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon
Votes: 681
30. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist, aided by an old hag and her two sons, kills virginal brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell
Votes: 3,511
31. The Cyclone Kid (1942)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Big Jim Johnson is a cattleman who wants to run all the settler's off the land. He has a number of hired guns including Johnny Dawson. Doctor Bill Dawson comes to town and wants to see the ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick, John James, Alex Callam
Votes: 32
32. Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
This film opens with two small Arizona towns, Spencerville and East Spencerville, separated by a dry gulch and a feud, and governed by a Vigilante Committee. Lew Harmon, committee member ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O'Day, John Elliott
Votes: 144
33. The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tom disguises himself as a musician to learn who is terrorizing the miners into selling their claims cheaply.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore, Vickie Lester
Votes: 38
34. Western Mail (1942)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Working undercover, Allen and sidekick Mendoza are out to stop the mail train robberies. Rivers and his gang are the culprits and by joining up with them, they hope to get the evidence they need.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, LeRoy Mason, Jean Trent
Votes: 105
35. Rodeo Rhythm (1942)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western
One of the rarest, which is okay as it seldom even appears on the want lists of dedicated P.R.C. collectors (especially those who have seen it), and one of the oddest of the "... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Fred Scott, Pat Dunn, Loie Bridge, Patricia Redpath
Votes: 15
36. The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: James Dunn, Florence Rice, Robert Dudley, Mabel Todd
Votes: 300
37. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The owner of a seedy dive and brothel on a South Seas island meets two treasure hunters looking for a sunken ship with a $3-million cargo of gold. She persuades them to let her in on the ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton
Votes: 369
38. Dead Men Walk (1943)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Horror
The twin of a kindly small-town physician returns from the grave for vengeance against his brother, who secretly killed him because the twin served Satan.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, Dwight Frye
Votes: 1,683
39. The Ape Man (1943)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall
Votes: 1,504
40. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After the death of Max's spouse, Lila, Max holds a funeral for her, but he has also reanimates her as a zombie. He is amazed when Lila show signs of free will and challenges him for control.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele
Votes: 826
41. Pistol Packin' Mama (1943)
Approved | 64 min | Drama
Westerner Sally Benson is cheated out of her bankroll by Nick Winner, a gambler passing through town. In New York, Nick opens up a combination night club/gambling joint and, while he is ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston, Wally Vernon, Jack La Rue
Votes: 63
42. Silver Spurs (1943)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch, but the will keeps him from selling it--although his widow could. Lucky Miller is out to get control of the ranch, so he has a girl come West to... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine
Votes: 177
43. Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen, Blanche Yurka
Votes: 1,195
44. Jungle Woman (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds, Lois Collier
Votes: 547
45. The Monster Maker (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Wanda McKay
Votes: 1,261
46. I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
James "Jimmy" Wilson, a young man neglected by his parents, goes to work for a bunch of gangsters to impress his nightclub-singer girlfriend.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Robert Lowell, John Miljan, Vivienne Osborne
Votes: 3,065
47. Call of the Jungle (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Tana, beautiful white girl resident of Ta'Pu, is determined to clear Harley, who is suspected of stealing the sacred jewels and of the murder of Dozan, thus preventing the natives from mass... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ann Corio, James Bush, Claudia Dell, John Davidson
Votes: 75
48. Crazy Knights (1944)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Tim Ryan
Votes: 116
49. Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Private Investigator Terry Moran, who is in love with Nora O'Brien the daughter of Police Detective Tim O'Brien, is hired by Mrs. Hamilton to solve the murder of her husband, a fur dealer
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: James Dunn, Wanda McKay, Jack La Rue, Dick Purcell
Votes: 137
50. Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Horror
A scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco, Frank Moran
Votes: 428
51. Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Passed | 56 min | Western
A lawman stages a prison break so a gang of imprisoned robbers will lead him to their hidden loot.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Falcon, Al St. John, Janet Warren
Votes: 137
52. Fog Island (1945)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An inventor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan, Sharon Douglas
Votes: 977
53. White Pongo (1945)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure
Hunters and scientists venture into the jungle to track down a savage albino gorilla, which they believe could be the missing link between man and ape.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Richard Fraser, Maris Wrixon, Lionel Royce, Al Eben
Votes: 696
54. The White Gorilla (1945)
Not Rated | 62 min | Adventure
A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and natives, the white gorilla fights... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller, George J. Lewis, Francis Ford
Votes: 552
55. The Brute Man (1946)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Rondo Hatton, Tom Neal, Jan Wiley, Jane Adams
Votes: 1,559
56. Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Horror
Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Doctor Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that... See full summary »
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Rosemary La Planche, John James, Michael Hale, Molly Lamont
Votes: 276
57. Devil Monster (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Horror
This is an edited version of a ten-year-old film, _Sea Fiend, The (1936)_.
Director: S. Edwin Graham | Stars: Barry Norton, Blanche Mehaffey, Jack Barty, Terry Grey
Votes: 293
58. The Catman of Paris (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Are mysterious killings in Paris of 1896 the work of man or monster?
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 367
59. Danger Woman (1946)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An atomic scientist who was one of the brains behind the A-bomb is now working in private life, trying to adapt atomic power for business purposes. One day his long-estranged wife--who had ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Don Porter, Brenda Joyce, Patricia Morison, Milburn Stone
Votes: 48
60. The Shadow Returns (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave.
Directors: Phil Rosen, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Joseph Crehan
Votes: 311
61. Behind the Mask (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Mystery
Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 228
62. The Missing Lady (1946)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A jade statue, "The Missing Lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, James Flavin
Votes: 216
63. Out California Way (1946)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
An interesting oddity in Republic's B-western series but certainly not the first or only time the studio used a movie set as the backdrop of a plot line. Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Robert Blake, John Dehner
Votes: 104
64. The Fighting Frontiersman (1946)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Prospector Cimarron Dobbs (Emmett Lynn) stumbles on a vast cache of Spanish gold left in Texas by Santa Anna's army, and knows he will be swindled out of his discovery unless he gets help. ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Charles Starrett, Helen Mowery, Hank Newman, The Georgia Crackers
Votes: 93
65. Queen of the Amazons (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure
A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.
Director: Edward Finney | Stars: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan
Votes: 880
66. Scared to Death (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a green mask.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Molly Lamont, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 1,771
67. Adventure Island (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott
Votes: 227
68. The Stranger from Ponca City (1947)
Passed | 56 min | Western
A saddle-weary Steve Larkin (Charles Starrett), also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley (Smiley Burnette), befriends Steve and ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter, Texas Jim Lewis, The Lone Star Cowboys
Votes: 42
69. Dick Barton, Detective (1948)
70 min | Action, Crime
Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Don Stannard, George Ford, Jack Shaw, Gillian Maude
Votes: 189
70. Jungle Goddess (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Ralph Byrd, Armida
Votes: 857
71. Forbidden Women (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure
After studying in America, South Seas Prince Sigore returns home with plans to change things on his island. He's opposed by the sultan's sister-in-law, who has plans to control the paradise... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo de Castro | Stars: Fernando Poe, Berting Labra, Mona Lisa, Fernando Royo
Votes: 67
72. Castle Sinister (1948)
49 min | Horror, Thriller
1947. Drama. During the war, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Directed by Oscar Burn.
Director: Oscar Burn | Stars: Mara Russell-Tavernan, Robert Essex, Karl Meir, James Liggat
Votes: 198
73. Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight, James Millican
Votes: 123
74. Zamba (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a boy raised by gorillas.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Jon Hall, June Vincent, Jane Nigh, Beau Bridges
Votes: 61
75. Omoo-Omoo the Shark God (1949)
Not Rated | 58 min | Adventure, Drama
The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
Director: Leon Leonard | Stars: Ron Randell, Devera Burton, Trevor Bardette, Pedro de Cordoba
Votes: 278
76. The Devil's Sleep (1949)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping-pill racket.
Director: W. Merle Connell | Stars: Lita Grey, Will Charles, William Thomason, Timothy Farrell
Votes: 249
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