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Top 20 Best 40s Comedies
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1. Road to Morocco
1942
1h 22m
Approved
7.0
(5.9K)
Rate
75
Metascore
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Director
David Butler
Stars
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
2. It's a Wonderful Life
1946
2h 10m
PG
8.6
(500K)
Rate
89
Metascore
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director
Frank Capra
Stars
James Stewart
Donna Reed
Lionel Barrymore
3. The Great Dictator
1940
2h 5m
G
8.4
(238K)
Rate
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director
Charles Chaplin
Stars
Charles Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Jack Oakie
4. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
1h 23m
Approved
7.3
(20K)
Rate
69
Metascore
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Director
Charles Barton
Walter Lantz
Stars
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Lon Chaney Jr.
5. Monsieur Verdoux
1947
2h 4m
Approved
7.8
(19K)
Rate
A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
Director
Charles Chaplin
Stars
Charles Chaplin
Mady Correll
Allison Roddan
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