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1. The Harvey Girls (1946)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History

On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,842

2. Lady of Burlesque (1943)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian

Votes: 2,775

3. Up in the Air (1940)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Lorna Gray

Votes: 382

4. Doomed to Die (1940)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, William Stelling

Votes: 1,365

5. I Married an Angel (1942)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 568

6. Irish Luck (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Mystery, Romance

Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Dick Purcell, Sheila Darcy

Votes: 231

7. On the Spot (1940)

Approved | 62 min | Mystery

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, John St. Polis

Votes: 89

8. Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Exhausted from wartime riveting, a chorus girl (Ann Sothern) goes to Nevada and falls for a card dealer (John Hodiak).

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake, Marta Linden

Votes: 535

9. Convict's Code (1939)

62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and find the real criminals.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer, Victor Kilian

Votes: 284

10. The House Across the Bay (1940)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An aircraft designer falls for the wife of an imprisoned gangster. All goes well until the gangster gets out of prison...

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Pidgeon

Votes: 661

11. East Side Kids (1940)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, Hal E. Chester

Votes: 295

12. Convicted Woman (1940)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane

Votes: 284

13. Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher (1943)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Gale Storm, Richard Cromwell

Votes: 196

14. Roar of the Press (1941)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren

Votes: 150

15. Chasing Trouble (1940)

Approved | 64 min | Drama

A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Milburn Stone

Votes: 134

16. Overland Mail (1939)

Passed | 51 min | Drama, Western

Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail ... See full summary »

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Jack Randall, Vince Barnett, Jean Joyce, Tristram Coffin

Votes: 36

17. 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

18. Father Steps Out (1941)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy

A remake of Monogram's City Limits (1934) with practically all of the character role names the same as in the earlier film, and the primary difference is that the author of the original ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Frank Albertson, Jed Prouty, Lorna Gray, Frank Faylen

Votes: 20

19. Road to Happiness (1941)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Jeff Carter, a struggling singer, pursues radio acting to support his son Danny. Aided by his son and agent Charley Grady, Jeff finds success in radio and achieves his professional goals through this medium.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 138

20. Fugitive of the Plains (1943)

Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western

Billy joins an outlaw band led by a woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Jack Ingram

Votes: 104

21. Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)

Approved | 57 min | Western

Billy and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff. The local outlaw gang is run by Kansas Ed who closely resembles Billy. Ed captures ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O'Brien, Maxine Leslie

Votes: 129

22. Laughing at Danger (1940)

Approved | 63 min | Drama

Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon run by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter... See full summary »

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, George Houston, Mantan Moreland

23. My Son, the Hero (1943)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance

A broken down boxing promoter finds that his son has become a hero fighting in the pacific and is about to come home for a war bond tour. Trouble is, he's been lying about how successful ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Joan Blair, Carol Hughes

Votes: 72

24. She's in the Army (1942)

Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a newspaper columnist, who wagered $5000 that she couldn't last six weeks.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Lucile Gleason, Veda Ann Borg, Marie Wilson, Robert Lowery

Votes: 17

25. Tumbleweed Trail (1942)

Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western

The Frontier Marshals have been sent to bring back outlaw Vic Landreau. They find him in a lawless town run by Mort Slade and his stooge Sheriff. When they try to take him , the Sheriff not... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, Marjorie Manners

Votes: 34

26. Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of "Dope of the Year" ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: William Henry, Sheila Ryan, Edgar Kennedy, Harold Huber

Votes: 16

27. Caught in the Act (1941)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime

Mike Ripportella, a construction foreman who can't be bribed, finds on his daughter's wedding day that he is a very much wanted man. His boss, Leonard Brandon, wants him to be the head ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Henry Armetta, Iris Meredith, Robert Baldwin, Charles Miller

Votes: 24

28. Riders of the Frontier (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western

THe Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane (Jack Rutherford), who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah ... See full summary »

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Jack Rutherford, Hal Taliaferro

Votes: 55