Top 19 Action Movies Editor's Choice from 1944

During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack. Explore The Fighting Seabees / IMDB / YouTube

Shipped to Louisiana, the mummy Kharis from Egypt roams the bayou, tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka. Get info on The Mummy's Curse / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance. Get info on Bataan / IMDB / YouTube

Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got on board or where they are going yet, oddly enough, it soon becomes apparent that they all have something in common. Explore Between Two Worlds / IMDB / YouTube

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. Info on Tarzan's Desert Mystery / IMDB / YouTube

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly. Look into In Society / IMDB / YouTube

All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home. Learn about We Dive at Dawn / IMDB / YouTube

The story of William Buffalo Bill Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show. Get info on Buffalo Bill / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb. Check out The Big Noise / IMDB / YouTube

A boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom. Explore Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / IMDB / YouTube

Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations. See more about Captain America / IMDB / YouTube

When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points. More about The Story of Dr. Wassell / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific. Info on Stand by for Action / IMDB / YouTube

When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector. Look into Nabonga / IMDB / YouTube

Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. More about San Demetrio London / IMDB / YouTube

A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia. Learn about Marine Raiders / IMDB / YouTube

A comic strip artist and his wife investigate a murder at a banquet honoring war refugees. Find out about Strange Affair / IMDB / YouTube

Tells the story of three men--Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English new chum (Finch). Together they serve in North Africa, fighting against the forces of Rommel in what has now become one of Australia's greatest wartime legends--The Rats of Tobruk. Info on The Rats of Tobruk / IMDB / YouTube

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. See more about Waterfront / IMDB / YouTube