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Swiss Family Robinson
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Swiss Family Robinson

Feb. 08, 1940

Swiss Family Robinson

A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for ...
Three Cheers for the Irish
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Three Cheers for the Irish

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his ...
The Shadow
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The Shadow

Jan. 05, 1940

The Shadow

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 ...
Stage to Chino
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Stage to Chino

Jul. 26, 1940

Stage to Chino

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
Prairie Law
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Prairie Law

Jun. 14, 1940

Prairie Law

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 ...
Junior G-Men
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Junior G-Men

Nov. 01, 1940

Junior G-Men

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 Last Alarm
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The Last Alarm

Jun. 25, 1940

The Last Alarm

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 ...
Hanna in High Society
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Hanna in High Society

Nov. 04, 1940

Hanna in High Society

When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel’s relatives try ...
Her Second Mother
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Her Second Mother

Nov. 08, 1940

Her Second Mother

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents’ kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, ...
The Fatal Hour
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The Fatal Hour

Jan. 15, 1940

The Fatal Hour

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a ...
Drums of the Desert
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Drums of the Desert

Oct. 06, 1940

Drums of the Desert

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful ...
The Durango Kid
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The Durango Kid

Aug. 15, 1940

The Durango Kid

The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett’s usual love-interest, Iris ...
Eli Eli
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Eli Eli

Sep. 27, 1940

Eli Eli

Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank ...
Crimes at the Dark House
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Crimes at the Dark House

In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his ...
Deadwood Dick
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Deadwood Dick

Jul. 19, 1940

Deadwood Dick

Columbia’s 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
Ants in the Plants
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Ants in the Plants

Mar. 15, 1940

Ants in the Plants

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, ...
Bullet Code
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Bullet Code

Apr. 12, 1940

Bullet Code

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality ...