Action Movies 1940s

 

Representative Action Movies of the 1940s

#	Film	Year	Notes
1		1940	Errol Flynn swashbuckler vs. Spanish Armada
2	The Mark of Zorro	1940	Tyrone Power as the masked hero
3	Foreign Correspondent	1940	Hitchcock’s wartime thriller
4	The Thief of Bagdad	1940	Fantasy adventure with groundbreaking effects
5	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	1940	Sci-fi serial action
6	High Sierra	1941	Humphrey Bogart in crime action
7	Sergeant York	1941	Gary Cooper’s war hero story
8	The 47 Ronin	1941	Japanese samurai epic
9	Sahara	1943	Bogart in desert war action
10	The Fighting Seabees	1944	John Wayne WWII action
11	Objective, Burma!	1945	Errol Flynn jungle war film
12	They Were Expendable	1945	John Ford’s naval action
13	Gilda	1946	Noir with action elements
14	The Killers	1946	Noir crime action
15	Pursued	1947	Noir-Western hybrid
16	Out of the Past	1947	Noir with action sequences
17	Fort Apache	1948	John Ford cavalry Western
18	Red River	1948	Howard Hawks cattle drive epic
19	Treasure of the Sierra Madre	1948	Adventure with action and greed
20	The Naked City	1948	Crime action in NYC
21	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	1949	John Wayne cavalry Western
22	White Heat	1949	James Cagney gangster action
23	Battleground	1949	WWII action drama
24	Prince of Foxes	1949	Tyrone Power swashbuckler
25	The Big Cat	1949	Adventure action in the wilderness
26	Blood on the Moon	1948	Noir-style Western
27	The Black Rose	1949	Adventure in medieval Asia
28	The Flame and the Arrow	1949	Burt Lancaster swashbuckler
29	The Fighting O’Flynn	1949	Adventure set in Ireland
30	Canadian Pacific	1949	Railroad Western action
31	Task Force	1949	Naval aviation action
32	The Set-Up	1949	Boxing action drama
33	The Bribe	1949	Noir action with Robert Taylor
34	House of Strangers	1949	Crime action drama
35	The Fountainhead	1949	Drama with action sequences
36	The Red Danube	1949	Cold War action drama
37	The Reckless Moment	1949	Noir thriller
38	The Window	1949	Suspense action
39	The Third Man	1949	Noir thriller with chase scenes
40	The Big Steal	1949	Noir action with Robert Mitchum