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A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Other significant production and distribution companies included Republic, Monogram and PRC.
Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn 's The Best Years of Our Lives ; the film was directed by William Wyler , and starred Fredric March , Myrna Loy , Dana Andrews , Teresa Wright , Virginia Mayo , and Harold Russell .
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1940: The Bank Dick: Edward F. Cline: W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel: United States: Crime comedy [1]: The Fatal Hour ...
A list of British films released in 1940. 1940. Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed ...
1940: 20 Mule Team: Richard Thorpe: Wallace Beery, Anne Baxter, Leo Carrillo: United States: mining Western Adventures of Red Ryder: William Witney: Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr. Red Ryder serial Western Arizona: Wesley Ruggles: Jean Arthur, William Holden: traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte: Ray Taylor: Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker ...
List of Portuguese films of the 1940s; List of Punjabi films of the 1940s; S. List of South Korean films of 1948–1959; List of Soviet films of the 1940s;
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1940: Before I Hang: Nick Grinde: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett: United States [1]Foreign Correspondent: Alfred Hitchcock: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day