Movie Trailers - December 1940
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Popular trailers for movies released in December 1940
Total trailers found: 197
Murder Over New York Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Pony Post Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is replaced with Cal Sheridan.
Love Thy Neighbor Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
A Sailor on Horseback Trailer (1940)
26 December 1940
Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.
San Francisco Docks Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her.
A Call for Arms! Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
"What a life for a couple of nudes!" Two dancers find a new way of doing their bit for the boys in this frothy wartime propaganda short.
Non me lo dire! Trailer (1940)
15 December 1940
Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor.
Trail of the Vigilantes Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Rollin' Home to Texas Trailer (1940)
30 December 1940
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.
She Couldn't Say No Trailer (1940)
07 December 1940
Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.
Pride of the Bowery Trailer (1940)
15 December 1940
Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers.
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losing his life in combat in China.
Arizona Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie.
Petróleo Trailer (1940)
18 December 1940
A man who has invested a lot of money in the extraction of petroleum in Comodoro Rivadavia is betrayed by his foreman.
The Wildcat of Tucson Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
When his brother Dave is put in jail, Bill Hickok returns to help him. Dave has been charged with attempted murder when the other man drew first.
Tarantella Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials (visual and aural) are subject to any conceivable interrelation and modification.
Deepak Trailer (1940)
14 December 1940
A young doctor, Dr. Deepak, uses faith cures and is expelled from his profession. After successfully curing a Prince, he becomes a Chief Medical Officer but is framed for murder by a jealous State Physician.
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Escaping from the law once again, Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff ride to the ranch of Jeff's uncle only to find another family living their.
Old New Orleans Trailer (1940)
21 December 1940
This Traveltalk series short looks at several landmarks and neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sights include the Cathedral of St.
Young Veteran Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.
Thundering Frontier Trailer (1940)
05 December 1940
After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier.
Stolen Paradise Trailer (1940)
16 December 1940
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood.
Riders from Nowhere Trailer (1940)
30 December 1940
In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in order to track down the killer.
Behind the News Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom.
March On, Marines Trailer (1940)
14 December 1940
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes the entrance exam.
A Night at Earl Carroll's Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club.
San Giovanni decollato Trailer (1940)
12 December 1940
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning.
Bowery Boy Trailer (1940)
28 December 1940
Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, because Sock blames hospitals for his mother's death.
This Thing Called Love Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Travelling Actors Trailer (1940)
18 December 1940
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Dark Streets of Cairo Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels.
Heroes of the Saddle Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
A fast-paced, enjoyable entry in the long-running Three Mesqueteers Western series, Heroes of the Saddle featured the three cowboy pals promising to look after Peggy Bell, the little daughter of mortally wounded rodeo champ Montana.
Spare a Copper Trailer (1940)
02 December 1940
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules.
Tørres Snørtevold Trailer (1940)
26 December 1940
The young fisherman Tørres wants to become rich, so he can get revenge over Krøger, who has taken his family home.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
The collapse of the bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera shop. The film shows Leonard Coatsworth leaving the bridge after exiting his car.
The Philadelphia Story Trailer (1940)
05 December 1940
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Misbehaving Husbands Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
Marital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
Pantry Pirate Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Pluto is tied up in the backyard and has been ordered by the maid to stay outside while she prepares a roast.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective Trailer (1940)
19 December 1940
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels.
Neutral Port Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
Hudson's Bay Trailer (1940)
24 December 1940
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay.
Oath on the Burning Sands Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands.
The Phantom Submarine Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
On the night before he sails in search of the steamship Arcadia's sunken gold, Paul Sinclair (Bruce Bennett)meets Madeliene Nielson (Anita Louise) in a San Francisco nightclub.
The Fargo Kid Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...
Sneha Bandhan Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
Snehalata’s life takes a dramatic turn when love, duty, and circumstance pull her between a poor orphan she once cared for and the wealthy man she marries.
Kitty Foyle Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Bismarck Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.
Victory Trailer (1940)
21 December 1940
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
The Temperamental Lion Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
A lion with a Bert Lahr voice can't stand being cooped up in a cage at the zoo, and escapes to confront the man who captured him in the first place, big game hunter, Major Doolittle.
Yakov Sverdlov Trailer (1940)
12 December 1940
Story on the life and work of the first chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov.
The Texas Rangers Ride Again Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Keeping Company Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
Meet the Fleet Trailer (1940)
21 December 1940
The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.
Una famiglia impossibile Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with ideas of grandeur, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) to go to the EIAR headquarters to be able to meet him.
Camp Thirteen Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
In a camp of sailors, the suicidal and solitary life of Greta, which makes men lose their heads.
Her First Romance Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
A bookish co-ed is pranked into attending a formal dance, but her stepsister refuses to help her prepare.
