Those Nasty Nazis-(1941-1944)
by horn-5 | created - 05 Mar 2014 | updated - 11 Mar 2014 | PublicFilms made and released 1941-1944 in which Hollywood found and fought Nazis all over the globe.
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Choose the one that has the most intriguing (or weird) plot.
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1. Waterfront (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his codebook, and he must get it back.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell
Votes: 295
SHOCKING EXPOSE OF ENEMY SABOTEURS Along America's "WATERFRONT"
2. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War
With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger
Votes: 2,252
CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's Nazi captors!
3. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a German saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio "Voice of Terror", the Intelligence Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny
Votes: 5,187
Doctor Watson: Holmes, the girl waiting. What an extraordinary thing.
Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson.
Doctor Watson: No, no, no. It's an amazing deduction. How on earth did you arrive at it?
Sherlock Holmes: Barham told me.
4. Nazty Nuisance (1943)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Germany's Adolf Hitler is on his way via submarine to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. Right there with him, although he tried to avoid taking them, are... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Bobby Watson, Joe Devlin, Johnny Arthur, Jean Porter
Votes: 277
Suki-Yaki, Schickelgruber and Benito are falling into traps and mishaps again louder and funnier than those that laid them flat in "The Devil With Hitler"! It's a knock-'em-down and drag-'em-out comedy with block-busting laffs!
5. Invisible Agent (1942)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 2,651
Conrad Stauffer: Four stories high and no fire escape. I wouldn't jump if I were you. You might break every invisible bone in that poor, invisible body.
6. Law of the Jungle (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure
Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a cafe in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Arline Judge, John 'Dusty' King, Mantan Moreland, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 243
Nazi agents are stirring up the natives in the jungles of Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa.
7. Adventure in Iraq (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 198
Warner Bros. does a remake of "The Green Goddess" and Paul Cavanagh (from the who-is-available list at the casting office) gets to stretch his accent-talent playing an arabian shiek.
8. The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
Passed | 223 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An adventurer goes after Nazi spies who have a new death ray called the Paratron.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Milburn Stone, Marjorie Weaver, Edgar Kennedy, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 100
Nazi spies, use a death ray to take over Alaska and via stock footage from "White Hell of Pitz Palu(1929)", nearly pull it off.
9. Rio Rita (1942)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, War
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll
Votes: 1,282
The Texas Rangers and Abbott & Costello rid the Rio Grande of Nazi agents; 'Wishy': I want to be like the Rangers when I die. I want to die with my boots on. 'Doc': Why? 'Wishy': I got holes in my socks.
10. A Yank in Libya (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: H.B. Warner, Walter Woolf King, Joan Woodbury, Harry Einstein
Votes: 227
An American go-getter and a gorgeous English girl stake their lives to foil the Nazis...white the British garrison waited for the onrush of the wild Arab hordes! (original poster) And German actor Wilhelm von Brincken changed his billing-name to William Vaughn...for the duration.
11. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Charles Judels, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 4,622
Oscar winner for Best Short Subject Cartoons.
12. Cowboy Commandos (1943)
Approved | 55 min | Western
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley
Votes: 44
Plus Johnny Bond drops by the Nazi-owned cafe and sings "I'll Get The Fuehrer Sure As Shootin'" , which does not meet the approval of the Nazis who own the cafe.
13. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After the death of Max's spouse, Lila, Max holds a funeral for her, but he has also reanimates her as a zombie. He is amazed when Lila show signs of free will and challenges him for control.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele
Votes: 826
Dr. Max Heinrich von Altermann(John Carradine): Against an army of zombies, no armies could stand. Why, even blown half to bits - undaunted by fire and gas - zombies would fight on so long as the brain cells which receive and execute commands still remain intact.
14. Tiger Fangs (1943)
Approved | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A big-game hunter travels to Malaya to help stop the Nazis and Japanese from destroying the rubber industry.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Frank Buck, June Duprez, Duncan Renaldo, Howard Banks
Votes: 102
One of the Nazis (Dan Seymour) in this jewel shoots an elephant in his suspenders.
15. They Got Me Covered (1943)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy
Fired by his editor for incompetence, idiotic reporter Robert Kittredge sees a chance at redeeming himself when he accidentally uncovers a network of German spies in Washington, D.C.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Otto Preminger
Votes: 765
Foreign correspondent, the only reporter in Europe who missed reporting the invasion of Russia by Germany, gets recalled to Washington D.C., where he (accidently)uncovers a nest of Nazi spies operating a beauty parlor.
16. All Through the Night (1942)
Approved | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Karen Verne, Jane Darwell
Votes: 4,922
Humphrey Bogart encounters Nazi Conrad Veidt in New York City, and they would meet again in 1942 in Casablanca.
17. The Dawn Express (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nazi spies in the USA try to steal the formula for synthetic oil and ship it to Germany by means of a night plane called the Dawn Express.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth
Votes: 246
FLAMING DRAMA...as Federal Agents and 5th Columnists Battle Desperately in the Sky Trails (original print ad)
18. Enemy of Women (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, War
Young Dr. Paul Joseph Göbbels, an unsuccessful playwright, is forced, in order to support himself, to take a position as tutor in the household of Herr Quandt. His first attempt to force ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner
Votes: 178
Would the world have been different if Goebbles had managed to get his play produced?
19. Counter-Espionage (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Lone Wolf tracks down German spies in London during the German bombing.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke, Thurston Hall
Votes: 366
THE LONE WOLF TURNS SPY TO MAKES NAZIS TURN PALE...and cops turn green with envy (original window-card poster)
20. Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix
Votes: 370
Samuel Thornton: Our enemies are the warlords and their followers, not just one person or one group. We must shatter the mailed fist forever... and silence their cry of blood and iron, with blood and iron.
21. Jungle Siren (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure
A woman who was raised in the jungle helps a man fight Nazis who are trying to start a native uprising.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Wahl, Paul Bryar
Votes: 219
Frau Anna Lukas: You look as if you've gone through ten wars, Captain.
Sergeant Mike Jenkins: Lady, what happened to us should happen to Hitler.
22. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Approved | 215 min | Drama, Western
When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly ... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 88
Actor Rudolph Anders changes his billing name to Robert O. Davis after Germany's invasion of Poland...but he still gets type-cast as a Nazi flying a Zeppelin over the Texas oil filelds for twelve weeks.
23. Black Dragons (1942)
Approved | 64 min | Thriller, War
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke, Clayton Moore
Votes: 1,264
His WEIRDEST Role! (original poster)
24. Margin for Error (1943)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karl, Nazi consul in the US and a compulsive gambler, embezzles state funds and enrages his wife Sophia, his secretary Max as well as US police officer Moe who is detailed to duty in the consulate and to protect the German diplomats.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Joan Bennett, Milton Berle, Otto Preminger, Carl Esmond
Votes: 322
Uncle Miltie (Moe Finkelstein ) assigned to protect Otto Preminger (Karl Baumer) was not a buddy-movie pairing.
25. War Dogs (1942)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Billy Lee, Addison Richards, Bradley Page, Kay Linaker
Votes: 95
MEET THE FIGHTING FREEMANS! A kid, his dad and his dog...all join up to fight the RATZIS...in a film that'll have you cheering! (Original Poster)
26. Spy Smasher (1942)
Passed | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm
Votes: 414
Suggested by the character SPY SMASHER, appearing in WHIZ COMICS magazine, copyright by Fawcett Publications, Inc---1940-1941-1942 (all original posters)
27. International Lady (1941)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The film opens with a German air raid over the skies of London, and moves to the attempts of the F.B.I. and Scotland Yard investigators trying to circumvent the attempts of a sabotage ring ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 262
A radio singer, on a program sponsored by undercover Nazi agents, is given a song list that contains coded messages about the shipment of American lend-lease airplanes (America is not in the war yet) to England.
28. Eyes in the Night (1942)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery
A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally
Votes: 1,954
[talking to Duncan Maclain's dog]
Alistar: I'm off to the Harlem Squash and Tennis Club to meet my dream girl.
[Alistar opens the door and the dog flattens him to pursue a female canine in the street]
Alistar: Why, you wolf!
29. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker
Votes: 3,260 | Gross: $0.86M
Comedy. Romance. Adventure. Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers fight the Nazis and fall in love! (original print ad)
30. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Karen Verne
Votes: 6,634
Dr. John H. Watson: What woman?
Sherlock Holmes: She's blonde, five foot, full lipped and very affectionate.
Dr. John H. Watson: [flippantly] Oh, really? Got her phone number?
[Holmes looks at Watson disapprovingly]
31. Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, War
As World War II rages, a formation of German paratroopers land in the hidden city of Palandria to exploit its wealth and they start taking hostages. Can Tarzan, the king of the jungle, and his animal companions Cheeta and Buli save them?
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford, Johnny Sheffield, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 2,382 | Gross: $3.27M
Tarzan: Nazi hyena dead now.
32. Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Mystery
Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds, George Reeves
Votes: 533
THESE DIAMONDS belong to Uncle Sam! (original poster)
33. Where Trails End (1942)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Marshal Tom Kenyon (Tom Keene), with his sidekick pal Pierre La Faire (Frank Yaconelli) is sent to aid the valley ranchers who are being driven from their homes by a gang of terrorists... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Joan Curtis, Don Stewart
Votes: 30
An Arizona lawman and his Frenchman sidekick (played by an Italian) team up to keep Nazi Wilhelm von Brincken from smuggling tungsten to Germany.
34. They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, War
The stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 564
Hans, the Nazi: Hiel Hitler!
Moe: [dressed as Hitler] Heel!
35. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White
Votes: 1,223
"We'll do anything that Uncle Sam wants us to do, won't we, Ollie?"
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