Movies first aired in 1942. (206)
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Penny Arcade (1942) USAGenre: Short / Music |
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Odessa in fiamme (1942) Italy,  RomaniaGenre: Drama / War The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa... IMDb: 6.1/10 (130) |
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Those Kids from Town (1942) United KingdomGenre: Comedy IMDb: 6.1/10 (130) |
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Broken Strings (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Music Arthur Williams is a well-known violinist but he has an accident that injures his left-hand fingers and he can no longer play... IMDb: 5.7/10 (176) |
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Johnny Doughboy (1942) USA Genre: Adventure / Musical Release: 1942 December, 31 An arrogant young actress doesn't want to play "young" parts anymore, and runs off... IMDb: 5.2/10 (132) |
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Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) USA Genre: Western Release: 1942 December, 30 Those who might write about this film without seeing it might also question why the government needed horses during WW II (if that is all they knew about it from a short synopsis read somewhere), but viewing it one can learn that Jim Fellows, is the head of a government experiment in wild horse reclamation for purposes other than war, and his efforts are hampered by Gus Jordan, manager of the swanky Lariat Lodge dude ranch, but actually the leader of a gang of rustlers who steal the horses as fast as the ranchers can round them up for the project... IMDb: 6.5/10 (115) |
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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) USA Genre: Drama / History / War Release: 1942 December, 30 Erik Toresen, widower and fishery observer, leads a quiet life in a small Norwegian town; but after the Nazi occupation, German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group... IMDb: 6.6/10 (1 005) |
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Reunion in France (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Romance / War Release: 1942 December, 25 In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers... IMDb: 6.3/10 (1 909) |
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Arabian Nights (1942) USA Genre: Action / Adventure Release: 1942 December, 25 Dancer Sherazade was told by the stars that she will become wife of the kalif in Bagdad... IMDb: 6.1/10 (1 704) |
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Over My Dead Body (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Mystery Release: 1942 December, 25 Jason Cordry is a none-too-bright mystery writer with a big failing: he can't think up solutions to his plots... IMDb: 6.1/10 (72) |
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) USA Genre: Musical Release: 1942 December, 24 IMDb: 6.6/10 (72) |
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Quiet Please: Murder (1942) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Release: 1942 December, 21 Jim Fleg (George Sanders), a ruthless, egotistical criminal, steals a priceless Shakespeare folio from the public library, killing a guard during the crime... IMDb: 6.4/10 (429) |
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Kan doktorn komma? (1942) SwedenGenre: Drama Release: 1942 December, 21 A rural doctor in the north of Sweden must travel for hours to his patients... IMDb: 5.1/10 (43) |
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Himlaspelet (1942) Sweden Genre: Drama Release: 1942 December, 21 Mats Ersson is engaged to Marit and they plan to get married in the spring... IMDb: 7.4/10 (67) |
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The Last Lesson (1942) USA Genre: Short / Drama Release: 1942 December, 19 A 19th century French schoolmaster gives his last lesson before the occupying Germans take over the village and the school... IMDb: 7.3/10 (7) |
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Aniki Bóbó (1942) PortugalGenre: Drama / Family Release: 1942 December, 18 The story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River... IMDb: 7.6/10 (1 912) |
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Mug Town (1942) USA Genre: Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama Release: 1942 December, 18 Steve Bell (Tommy Kelly), Tommy Billy Halop), Pig Huntz Hall), Ape (Bernard Punsly) and String (Gabriel Dell are run out of town... IMDb: 6.4/10 (44) |
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The Great Impersonation (1942) USA Genre: Thriller Release: 1942 December, 18 An unconscious man is found in a boat which drifts to the landing of an isolated African outpost where Baron von Ragenstein, an enemy agent, recognizes the man as his exact double, Sir Edward Dominey, with whom von Ragenstein went to school... IMDb: 6.1/10 (58) |
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The Great Gildersleeve (1942) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1942 December, 17 Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids... IMDb: 6.0/10 (418) |
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Random Harvest (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Romance Release: 1942 December, 17 A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war... IMDb: 7.9/10 (8 548) |
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American Empire (1942) USA Genre: Western Release: 1942 December, 11 Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other... IMDb: 5.7/10 (318) |
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China Girl (1942) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1942 December, 9 In November 1941, American news photographer Johnny 'Bugsy' Williams manages to escape from the Japanese and finds himself back in Burma where he meets the beautiful Miss Haoli Young... IMDb: 6.2/10 (700) |
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The Boss of Big Town (1942) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / War Release: 1942 December, 7 A criminal plot to control produce and dairy products during the wartime emergency is foiled by an courageous undercover city market official... IMDb: 5.1/10 (118) |
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Karel a já (1942) CzechoslovakiaGenre: Comedy Release: 1942 December, 4 IMDb: 7.2/10 (35) |
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Underground Agent (1942) USA Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War Release: 1942 December, 3 Lee Graham (Bruce Bennett) and Johnny Davis (Frank Albertson) are U.S... IMDb: 6.3/10 (31) |
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Whistling in Dixie (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Crime Release: 1942 December, 1 Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort... IMDb: 6.5/10 (713) |
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Keeper of the Flame (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Mystery Release: 1942 December, 1 Journalist Steve O'Malley wants to write a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge... IMDb: 6.7/10 (3 276) |
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Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Family / Romance Release: 1942 December, 1 College-bound Andy (Mickey Rooney) blurts marriage proposals to his sweetheart Polly (Ann Rutherford) and her pert swimmer friend Sheila (Esther Williams)... IMDb: 6.5/10 (631) |
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Journey for Margaret (1942) USA Genre: Drama / War Release: 1942 December, 1 An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid... IMDb: 7.3/10 (977) |
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Tennessee Johnson (1942) USA Genre: Biography / Drama Release: 1942 December, 1 A chronicle of the life of Andrew Johnson from his first arrival in Tennessee to his time as President of the United States... IMDb: 6.5/10 (679) |
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Suomisen Ollin tempaus (1942) FinlandGenre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1942 November, 29 IMDb: 5.4/10 (137) |
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Unexpected Riches (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Family / Short Release: 1942 November, 28 After getting scale saying that their will be unexpected riches, the Our Gang are soon tricked by another kid to do a chore that he needs to do, thinking that they're going to get rich... IMDb: 6.7/10 (64) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Junior Army (1942) USA Genre: Action / Adventure / War Release: 1942 November, 26 Well-bred young English refugee Freddie Hewlett (Freddie Bartholomew) saves the life of Jimmie Fletcher (Billy Halop), wild boy of the road, in a fight with juvenile gang leader Bushy Thomas (Huntz Hall)... IMDb: 6.1/10 (59) |
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Casablanca (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Romance / War Release: 1942 November, 26 In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town... IMDb: 8.5/10 (614 321) |
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Queen of Broadway (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Sport Release: 1942 November, 24 Sherry Baker (Rochelle Hudson), owner of a sports service (a bookie)is very successful and is highly respected by gamblers in New York City... IMDb: 6.2/10 (65) |
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The Mysterious Rider (1942) USA Genre: Western Release: 1942 November, 20 Escaping from the Marshal, Billy and Fuzzy ride to Laramy only to find it a ghost town... IMDb: 5.6/10 (90) |
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Mødrehjælpen (1942) DenmarkGenre: Short / Documentary Release: 1942 November, 20 The Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark... IMDb: 5.6/10 (424) |
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'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / War Release: 1942 November, 20 The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered... IMDb: 5.9/10 (716) |
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Le voile bleu (1942) FranceGenre: Drama Release: 1942 November, 18 In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front... IMDb: 6.0/10 (92) |
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Gentleman Jim (1942) USA Genre: Biography / Drama / Romance / Sport Release: 1942 November, 14 Because boxing is a considered an illegal and disreputable enterprise in 1880's San Francisco, wealthy and influential members of the prestigious Olympic Club vow to make the sport a "gentlemanly" one... IMDb: 7.5/10 (4 193) |
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Seven Sweethearts (1942) USA Genre: Musical / Romance Release: 1942 November, 13 Covering the tulip festival in Little Delft, Michigan, reporter Henry Taggart takes a room at an inn ran by an eccentric old Dutchman, Mr... IMDb: 6.4/10 (607) |
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Diesel (1942) GermanyGenre: Biography / History Release: 1942 November, 13 IMDb: 6.9/10 (37) |
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War Dogs (1942) USA Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / War Release: 1942 November, 13 A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog... IMDb: 5.8/10 (97) |
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That Other Woman (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1942 November, 13 Secretary Emily Borden is in love with her boss, Henry Summers, but he is too involved with Constance Powell to notice... IMDb: 6.4/10 (57) |
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1942 November, 7 IMDb: 6.3/10 (73) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Went the Day Well? (1942) United Kingdom Genre: Thriller / War Release: 1942 November, 1 The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them... IMDb: 7.5/10 (4 457) |
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George Washington Slept Here (1942) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1942 October, 30 New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment... IMDb: 6.9/10 (1 999) |
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I Married a Witch (1942) USA Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance Release: 1942 October, 30 In 1672, two witches (Jennifer and her father Daniel) were burned by puritan Jonathan Wooley... IMDb: 7.1/10 (9 770) |
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Northwest Rangers (1942) USA Genre: Drama / History / Western Release: 1942 October, 28 Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler... IMDb: 5.6/10 (195) |
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The Moon and Sixpence (1942) USA Genre: Drama / Romance Release: 1942 October, 27 Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do... IMDb: 6.7/10 (885) |
