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| 1 |  | Jungle Book (1942) |  2.9222 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$2.95
| Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. ...more about Jungle Book starring Sabu (I) and Joseph Calleia |
| 2 |  | To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) |  2.5296 4 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$9.99
| Sergeant Dixie Smith has more raw recruits to turn into Marines, if he can. Among them is cocky ...more about To the Shores of Tripoli starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara |
| 3 |  | Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | 2.4793 4 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$5.95
| Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on ...more about Reap the Wild Wind starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward |
| 4 |  | Flying Tigers (1942) | 2.4748 5 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Romance |
$4.02
| Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought ...more about Flying Tigers starring John Wayne and John Carroll |
| 5 |  | Arabian Nights (1942) |  2.2099 4 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$5.60
| Dancer Sherazade was told by the stars that she will become wife of the kalif in Bagdad. She tells ...more about Arabian Nights starring Sabu (I) and Jon Hall |
| 6 |  | Captain Midnight (1942) | 2.1643 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$13.29
| ...more about Captain Midnight starring Dorothy Short and James Craven |
| 7 |  | All Through the Night (1942) | 2.1072 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Comedy |
$39.98
| Broadway gambler Gloves Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He ...more about All Through the Night starring Humphrey Bogart and Conrad Veidt |
| 8 | | First of the Few, The (1942) | 2.0821 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Biography | N/A | By the late 1920's aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his ...more about First of the Few starring Leslie Howard and Rosamund John |
| 9 | | Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) | 2.0364 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure | N/A | US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of the islands near Pearl Harbor. He discovers that ...more about Don Winslow of the Navy starring Don Terry and John Litel |
| 10 |  | Spoilers, The (1942) | 2.0319 3 reviews | NA | Action, Western |
$5.66
| In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry ...more about Spoilers starring Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott |
| 11 |  | Tomorrow We Live (1942) | 1.9269 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Horror, Crime |
$6.69
| Julie Bronson, whose father operates a desert cafe, is attracting the unwanted attention of a ...more about Tomorrow We Live starring Ricardo Cortez and Jean Parker |
| 12 | | Japoteurs (1942) | 1.9086 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Sci-Fi, Animation, Short |
$15.52
| American industry builds a gigantic new bomber and Lois Lane stows away on the test flight; little ...more about Japoteurs |
| 13 | | Destruction Inc. (1942) | 1.8629 1 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Animation, Short |
$15.52
| A murder at the Metropolis Munitions plant draws Lois Lane into the thick of a sabotage plot; she ...more about Destruction Inc. |
| 14 | | Perils of Nyoka (1942) | 1.8492 3 reviews | NA | Action | N/A | Professor Campbell's expedition into the hills of Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal the ...more about Perils of Nyoka starring Kay Aldridge and Clayton Moore |
| 15 | | Spy Smasher (1942) | 1.8264 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure | N/A | ...more about Spy Smasher starring Kane Richmond and Marguerite Chapman |
| 16 |  | Stand by for Action (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Stand by for Action starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy |
| 17 | | Bulleteers, The (1942) | 1.7899 1 reviews | NA | Action, Animation, Short |
$22.33
| Extortionists with a super-powerful bullet-shaped flying rocket car threaten destruction to ...more about Bulleteers |
| 18 | | Forest Rangers, The (1942) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds ...more about Forest Rangers starring Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard |
| 19 |  | S.O.S. Coast Guard (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action |
$7.65
| ...more about S.O.S. Coast Guard starring Ralph Byrd and Bela Lugosi |
| 20 | | Parachute Nurse (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Hospital nurses Glenda White (Marguerite Chapman) and Dottie Morrison (Kay Harris) join the ...more about Parachute Nurse starring Marguerite Chapman and William Wright |
| 21 | | Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Little Tokyo starring Preston Foster and Brenda Joyce |
| 22 | | Canal Zone (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | ...more about Canal Zone starring Harriet Hilliard and John Hubbard |
| 23 | | Secret Code, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Another film made during WW II in which all the German-born actors, or actors with German-sounding ...more about Secret Code starring Paul Kelly and Anne Nagel |
| 24 | | Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action | N/A | Columbia Pictures 18th serial (between "Captain Midnight" and "The Secret Code"). The trading post ...more about Perils of the Royal Mounted starring Nell O'Day and Kenneth MacDonald |
| 25 |  | Reunion in France (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Romance | N/A | Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed ...more about Reunion in France starring Joan Crawford and John Wayne |
| 26 | | Undercover Man (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western | N/A | Hoppy is sent for to see if he can find the outlaw gang working both sides of the border. The gang ...more about Undercover Man starring William Boyd and Andy Clyde |
| 27 | | USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the ...more about USS VD: Ship of Shame |
| 28 |  | Navy Comes Through, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Navy Comes Through starring Jane Wyatt and Pat O'Brien |
| 29 | | Junior G-Men of the Air (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, War | N/A | The third of Universal's three serials headlining the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys (preceded ...more about Junior G-Men of the Air starring Lionel Atwill and Billy Halop |
| 30 |  | Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) | No Score 2 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Mystery, Romance, Comedy | N/A | At the start of WWII, Katie O'Hara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries ...more about Once Upon a Honeymoon starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers |
| 31 | | Lost Canyon (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western | N/A | Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends ...more about Lost Canyon starring William Boyd and Andy Clyde |
| 32 | | King of the Mounties (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure | N/A | The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada ...more about King of the Mounties starring Francis Ford and Allan Lane |
| 33 | | Murder in the Big House (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Murder in the Big House starring Van Johnson and Faye Emerson |
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