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- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiYoshizaburo ArashiUtaemon IchikawaThe legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsJohnny WeissmullerMaureen O'SullivanJohnny SheffieldTarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteMary LeeAfter Gene discovers copper on his ranch, Bennett tries to get control of the fortune by framing him in a jail-break.
- DirectorSergei NolbandovStarsJohn ClementsLeslie BanksJane BaxterLt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Ruth WarrickAkim TamiroffAfter their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsWilliam HoldenGlenn FordClaire TrevorTwo young men head west in search of fortune and adventure.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsDennis MorganJane WymanWayne MorrisThe Younger brothers, Cole (Dennis Morgan), Bob (Wayne Morris) and Jim (Arthur Kennedy), return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick (Victor Jory), a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers. Henry Younger (Russell Simpson), their father, has been killed by a Merrick henchman and then Cole is framed on a murder rap. The brothers escape and begin a series of bank and train robberies, primarily stealing from Merrick and turning the loot over to the farmers. Jim, in love with Mary Hathaway (Jane Wyman), is lured into Harrisonville and jailed. Cole and Bob ride to rescue him.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsGeorge HoustonAl St. JohnDorothy ShortTom infiltrates a gang of outlaws and soon internal bickering yields the information he seeks about who murdered his buddy.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsGeorge SandersWendy BarrieAllen JenkinsThe Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdMichael OwenJan WileyDick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsBill ElliottVirginia DavisDub TaylorWild Bill Hickock (Bill Elliott) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) help two young people in love (Mary Daily and Stanley Brown) and bring the murderer (Kenneth MacDonald) of Cannonball's father to justice.
- DirectorEdward KillyStarsTim HoltRay WhitleyBetty Jane RhodesWhen Jeff, Smokey, and Whopper try to help their boss Pop Edwards, they find themselves in jail for robbery and Pop murdered. They know Doc Randall is the culprit and when Doc's men break one of his henchman out of jail the three go with him. They join Doc's gang across the border and their objective now is to get Doc to re-cross so he can be arrested.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWallace BeeryLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayLopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan. Saying that they are friends, Morgan wants to buy the ranch before Hardy forecloses, and Gil will sell, but Lopez shows up with all his men and holds them all captive. Lopez has his own law, carried out with a 44 - and he plans to settle everything according to his vision of life.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsJack HoltEvelyn BrentC. Montague ShawA murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service sends its toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female partner after the gang.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsTim HoltMarjorie ReynoldsRay WhitleyFederal agent Terry McVey, posing as a guest at the Silver Bar Dude Ranch, investigates the disappearance of noted engraver Frank Adams who is being forced to produce counterfeit bills by the ranch owner, Gordon West. Complicating matters is spunky Barbara Adams, who, while catching the eye of McVey, also manages to get herself captured while snooping around the cave her father is held prisoner in.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsJohn GarfieldNancy ColemanRaymond MasseyAfter a traffic accident involving a taxi in New York City, the Jane Doe passenger is brought into the hospital She is physically all right but is suffering from retrograde amnesia from the accident. She is assigned under the care of Dr. Michael Lewis, an intern at the hospital, as he is doing research on such amnesia cases. It isn't until a Mr. Goodwin comes to the hospital, claiming that she is his daughter Jane, that she remembers who she is and the situation: Jane Greystone working for British Intelligence. She was in the process of being kidnapped by the taxi driver as she has information on the location of British war ships that the Nazis are trying to obtain. She figures the taxi driver and Mr. Goodwin are working for the Nazis. She has to try and convince Mike of who she is and that both their lives are in danger, especially as she requires his help in getting out of this predicament. Mike is torn in believing her and thinking she has an overactive imagination due to the trauma, which is only complicated when Goodwin brings in his own medical specialist, Dr. Ingersoll, who just happens to be Mike's former mentor, but who is working for the Nazis. Mike's primary concern is Jane's well-being, especially as he starts to fall for her, as they get into greater danger at the hands of, among others, Dr. Ingersoll.