Best 18 Adventure Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1944

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis. Info on Passage to Marseille / 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. Check out Between Two Worlds / IMDB / YouTube

A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island. Learn about The Princess and the Pirate / 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. Details on Tarzan's Desert Mystery / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb. More about 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. Check out Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / IMDB / YouTube

In ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince. Learn about Kismet / IMDB / YouTube

The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned. See more about The Adventures of Mark Twain / IMDB / YouTube

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle. Learn about Lost in a Harem / IMDB / YouTube

A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor. Get info on Cobra Woman / 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. Learn about The Story of Dr. Wassell / 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. Get info on Captain America / IMDB / YouTube

An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate. Check out Frenchman's Creek / IMDB / YouTube

On a cold snowy night a frozen Bugs gets taken in by a kind old lady and set by the fireplace. The woman's dog can only think of ways to kill the rabbit and a war begins between the two for who gets the boot outside to the shivering cold. Info on Hare Force / 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. Get info on 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. Check out San Demetrio London / IMDB / YouTube

A lad with a penchant for trouble is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Indiana. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young filly that he plans to race make life bearable. He also finds romance with tomboyish Char who shares his love for horses. See more about Home in Indiana / IMDB / YouTube

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who caused his partner to do time in prison. Explore The Mark of the Whistler / IMDB / YouTube