The Top 50 Action Movies of the 1940s

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1

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949    John Ford    Not Rated

Action    Western

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Fort Apache

1948    John Ford    Not Rated

Action    Traditional Western    Western

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Sands of Iwo Jima

1949    Allan Dwan    Not Rated

Action    Combat Films    Drama

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The Sea Hawk

1940    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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The Mark of Zorro

1940    Rouben Mamoulian    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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A Game of Death

1945    Robert Wise    Not Rated

Adventure    Action    Action Thriller

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The Three Musketeers

1948    George Sidney    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Based-on-19th-Century-Literature

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Batman

1943    Lambert Hillyer    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Based-on-Comics

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Sanshiro Sugata

1943    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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10

Dick Tracy, Detective

1945    William A. Berke    Not Rated

Action    Based-on-Comics    Detective Film

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Tarzan and the Amazons

1945    Kurt Neumann    Not Rated

Adventure    Action    Drama

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12

Across the Pacific

1942    John Huston    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Drama

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13

Flying Tigers

1942    David Miller    Not Rated

Action    Combat Films    Drama

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14

The Fighting Seabees

1944    Edward Ludwig    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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15

The 47 Ronin

1941    Kenji Mizoguchi    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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16

Blood on the Sun

1945    Frank Lloyd    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Melodrama

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17

Showdown

1942    Izzy Sparber    Not Rated

Action    Animation    Superhero Film

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18

Black Eagle

1948    Eric Karson    Not Rated

Action    Western

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Berlin Express

1948    Jacques Tourneur    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

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20

Santa Fe Trail

1940    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Drama

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21

13 Rue Madeleine

1947    Henry Hathaway    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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22

Canyon Passage

1946    Jacques Tourneur    Not Rated

Action    Romance    Traditional Western

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23

Reap the Wild Wind

1942    Cecil B. DeMille    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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24

Beyond the Pecos

1945    Lambert Hillyer    Not Rated

Action    Western

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Arabian Nights

1942    John Rawlins    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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26

Wake Island

1942    John Farrow    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Combat Films

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28

I Dood It

1943    Vincente Minnelli    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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29

Tarzan Triumphs

1943    Wilhelm Thiele    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

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Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942    Richard Thorpe    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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Bombardier

1943    Richard Wallace    Not Rated

Action    Combat Films    War

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Captain America

1944    Elmer Clifton, John English    Not Rated

Action    Based-on-Comics    Serial

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33

Fingers at the Window

1942    Charles Lederer    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Crime

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34

Northern Pursuit

1943    Raoul Walsh    Not Rated

Spy Film    Action    War Adventure

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35

Invisible Agent

1942    Edwin L. Marin    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Action Thriller

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36

The Green Hornet

1940    Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Crime

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37

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

1941    Richard Thorpe    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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The Spoilers

1942    Ray Enright    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Costume Adventure

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39

Tokyo Joe

1949    Stuart Heisler    Not Rated

Action    Crime    Crime Drama

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Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

1946    Kurt Neumann    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Jungle Film

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41

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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42

Command Decision

1948    Sam Wood    Not Rated

Action    Drama    War

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43

Captain from Castile

1947    Henry King    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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44

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945    Joseph Kane    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Romance

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The Shadow

1940    James W. Horne    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Crime

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46

The Immortal Sergeant

1943    John M. Stahl    Not Rated

Action    Combat Films

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Tonight We Raid Calais

1943    John Brahm    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Drama

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Riders of the Rio Grande

1943    Howard Bretherton    Not Rated

Action    Western

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Back in the Saddle

1941    Lew Landers    Not Rated

Action    Musical    Western

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