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  2. List of 1940s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    Northwest Passage (1940) – Western film telling a partly fictionalized version of the real-life St. Francis Raid by Rogers' Rangers, led by Robert Rogers [24] Parole Fixer (1940) – action drama crime film based on the 1938 book called Persons in Hiding, an exposé of corruption within the American parole system [25]

  3. The Battle of the Rails - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Rails (French: La Bataille du rail) is a 1946 French war film directed by René Clément.It depicts the efforts by railway workers in the French Resistance to sabotage German military transport trains during the Second World War, particularly during the Invasion of Normandy by Allies. [1]

  4. Crack-Up (1946 film) - Wikipedia

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    Crack-Up is a 1946 American film noir starring Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall.It was directed by Irving Reis, remembered for directing many "Falcon" movies of the early 1940s including The Falcon Takes Over.

  5. Streamline Express - Wikipedia

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    Broadway star Patricia Wallace quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold. Her director Jimmy Hart follows them aboard a futuristic super-speed monorail, the Streamline Express.

  6. Pastor Hall - Wikipedia

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    Pastor Hall is a 1940 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Marius Goring, Seymour Hicks and Bernard Miles. [3] The film is based on the play of the same title by German author Ernst Toller who had lived as an emigrant in the United States until his suicide in 1939. [4]

  7. Before I Hang - Wikipedia

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    Before I Hang is a 1940 American horror film released by Columbia Pictures, starring Boris Karloff.The film was directed by Nick Grinde (under the working title The Wizard of Death) and was one of several films Karloff starred in under contract with Columbia.

  8. Convoy (1940 film) - Wikipedia

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    Convoy is a 1940 British war film, produced by Ealing Studios, directed by Pen Tennyson and starring Clive Brook, John Clements and Edward Chapman. [2] Convoy was Tennyson's last film before he was killed in an aircraft crash, while serving in the Royal Navy .

  9. Category:1940s short films - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1940s films. It includes 1940s films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for short films released in the decade 1940s