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Films with the genre "Adventure", sorted by production date

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Ernest the Rebel
Ernest the Rebel (1938)
, 1h32
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Western
Actors Fernandel, Mona Goya, Pierre Alcover, Robert Le Vigan, Marcel Rouzé, Arthur Devère

Ernest Pic, steward et accordéoniste à bord d'un navire de plaisance, multiple les gaffes au grand désespoir de l'équipage et des passagers, victimes involontaires. Au cours d'une escale dans un port d'Amérique du sud, Ernest descend à terre, mais le paquebot repart bientôt sans lui. C'est le début de ses mésaventures, victime de trafiquants, poursuivi par un mari jaloux, frôlant la mort dans une contrée hostile, et s'en sortant toujours.
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Directed by Ford Beebe, Robert Hill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander

When a mysterious beam of light starts disrupting and destroying the Earth's atmosphere, Flash Gordon (Larry "Buster" Crabbe), Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon), and Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) - accidentally accompanied by wisecracking reporter Happy Hapgood (Donald Kerr) - swing into action in Zarkov's rocketship, believing that it could be coming from the planet Mongo. Once in space, however, they discover that the ray is originating from Mars.
Hawk of the Wilderness
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)

Directed by William Witney, John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Bruce Bennett, Ray Mala, Monte Blue, Noble Johnson, Tom Chatterton, George Eldredge

Dr Lincoln Rand Sr, leading an expedition to an uncharted island in the Arctic circle that may be the ancestral home of all Native Americans, is shipwrecked. The only survivors are Lincoln Rand Jr, Dr Rand's son and his servant Mokuyi.
He Couldn't Say No
He Couldn't Say No (1938)

Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank McHugh, Cora Witherspoon, Jane Wyman, Diana Lewis, Berton Churchill, Ferris Taylor

Lambert T. Hunkins (Frank McHugh) works at a linoleum company. When his boss, Oxnard O. Parsons (Ferris Taylor), gives him a raise from $30 a month to $40, his girlfriend Violet's (Jane Wyman) mother, Mrs. Coney (Cora Witherspoon), decides that it is time for the two to get married. Lambert is too meek to object.
International Settlement
International Settlement (1938)
, 1h15
Directed by Eugene Forde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Dolores del Río, George Sanders, June Lang, Ruth Terry, Dick Baldwin, John Carradine

1938's "International Settlement" refers to the heart of Shanghai China (the shooting title was "Shanghai Deadline"), where Western foreign powers had long controlled a protected enclave divided among 13 nations. The film opens as Japanese forces have successfully overrun Peiping (modern day Beijing) in the north and are now heading for Shanghai. Somewhat like Casablanca's famous opening, this conflict is introduced with a twirling globe leading us to China, interspersed with geniune newsreel footage of Japanese bombers attacking Peiping and Chinese refugees fleeing south, while a solemn voice intones the threat of oncoming war.
Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1938)
, 1h30
Directed by Otto Preminger, Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Nigel Bruce, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen

In the late eighteenth century David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exiled Alan Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice.
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938)

Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Kaiju films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Yasutarō Yagi

One night Chinami (Reiko Mishima), the daughter of Hyoue Toba (Reizaburo Ichikawa), is mysteriously kidnapped. Hyoue offers a large reward for his daughters rescue. Yuzuru Kawasaki (Noboru Takashima) and various other men employed by Hyoue set about searching for Chinami. However one of Hyoue's men, Magonojyō Gō (Eizaburo Matsumoto), doesn't partake in the search. Why? Because he was the one who had Chinami kidnapped. Magonojyō's father Senbei has a pet trained ape named "King Kong" (Ryūnosuke Kabayama) and Magonojyō used this creature to perform the kidnapping.
Mystery House
Mystery House (1938)
, 56minutes
Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell

At a hunting lodge retreat, banker Hubert Kingery (Eric Stanely) announces to five fellow officers that one of them has forged documents and embezzled $500,000. Before the evening is over, Kingery is shot dead and the police officially rule it a suicide. Kingery's daughter Gwen (Anne Nagel) doesn't agree and asks for help from her aunt's nurse, Sarah Keate (Ann Sheridan), who suggests her detective boyfriend, Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell), for the case. O'Leary has all of the suspects return to the lodge and begins his investigation. Stuck in the snowbound shelter, the suspects and victims begin to pile up.
Red Barry
Red Barry (1938)

Directed by Alan James, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Buster Crabbe, Cyril Delevanti, Frank Lackteen, Wade Boteler, Philip Ahn, William Ruhl

An undercover police detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in Bonds.
The Shanghai Drama
The Shanghai Drama (1938)
, 1h40
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Raymond Rouleau, Louis Jouvet, Christl Mardayn, Élina Labourdette, André Alerme, Suzanne Desprès

Dans une Chine à la recherche de son unité, Tcheng s'annonce comme le chef de l'avenir. Les membres de la secte du Serpent noir tentent de l'assassiner avec l'aide de la chanteuse Kay Murphy. L'attentat échoue à cause de l'intervention d'un journaliste français qui recueille ensuite la fille de la chanteuse.
Sky Giant
Sky Giant (1938)

Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Richard Dix, Harry Carey, Chester Morris, Joan Fontaine, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), James Bush

Upon reaching retirement age, Colonel Cornelius Stockton (Harry Carey) is forced to leave the US military, accepting a job running the Trans-World Air Lines School of Aeronautics in Glendale, California. "Stag" Cahill (Richard Dix), an old friend from the war, is the pilot on the commercial airliner taking him to Glendale. The colonel asks him to join the school staff, but Stag would rather fly. When the colonel arranges for Stag, a reservist, to be recalled to active duty, he orders him to take the assignment as his assistant. Stag reluctantly complies.