Advise and Consent 1962  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Lew Ayres, Eddie Hodges, Inga Swenson, Edward Andrews
Backstage politics are exemplified in this film concerned with the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings of the President's (Franchot Tone) newly appointed Secretary of State Robert A. Leffingwell (Henry Fonda). It provides an insightful look into Washington, D.C., politics.
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Arch of Triumph 1948  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Ruth Warrick, Roman Bohnen, Ruth Nelson, Curt Bois, Stephen Bekassy, J. Edward Bromberg, Art Smith, Michael Romanoff, Oliver Blake, William Conrad, Gino Corrado
Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer) is a German surgeon who has fled to Paris to escape the Nazis. While illegally practicing medicine under a false name, Ravic is searching for German agent Haake (Charles Laughton) who had tortured him in Germany. Ravik falls in love with Joan Amadou (Ingrid Bergman) who is grieving over the sudden death of her lover. They become involved in a doomed love affair that hits a critical point on the day that war is declared between France and Germany.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Forbidden Alliance
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander, Ian Wolfe, Ralph Forbes, Una O'Connor, Ferdinand Munier, Leo G. Carroll
This film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Norma Shearer was also nominated for Best Actress. The story relates the love affair and marriage of Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March).
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Because of Him 1946  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Helen Broderick, Stanley Ridges, Donald Meek, Charles Halton, Regina Wallace, Douglas Wood, Lynn Whitney
Kim (Deanna Durbin), an aspiring actress, is trying to get a role in playwright Paul's (Franchot Tone) Broadway show opposite Broadway legend Sheridan (Charles Laughton). But Paul is not at all pleased to have an unknown star in his play. All ends well, with Deanna still in good voice with the songs and Laughton putting in another fine performance.
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The Big Clock 1948 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Harry Morgan, Harold Vermilyea, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Van Zandt
George Stroud (Ray Milland) is an editor for "Crimeways" magazine when he is assigned a story involving a murder (actually committed by his boss, Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton)). Despite Red Herring clues, Stroud outwits Janoth and solves the crime. This film was remade in 1987 as "No Way Out" with some added twists.
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Captain Kidd 1945  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, Reginald Owen, John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard, William Farnum, Henry Daniell
Charles Laughton is pirate Captain Kidd riding the high seas in the late 1700s. Slow-going.
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Devil and the Deep 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant, Paul Porcasi, Juliette Compton, Henry Kolker, Lucien Littlefield, Arthur Hoyt, Gordon Westcott
Everyone pays when a submarine skipper, Commander Sturm (Charles Laughton), suspects that two of his lieutenants (Gary Cooper and Cary Grant) are having affairs with his wife Pauline (Tallulah Bankhead).
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Hobson's Choice 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Derek Blomfield, Julien Mitchell, Gibb McLaughlin, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon
Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Marshal, Walter Hampden, Harry Davenport, George Zucco, Fritz Leiber, Katharine Alexander, Etienne Girardot, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Helene Whitney
The bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, deformed hunchback Quasimodo (Charles Laughton), falls in love with beautiful gypsy Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara) when the Chief Justice of Paris Jean Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke) sends him to abduct her. The abduction plan fails when Captain of the Guard Phoebus (Alan Marshal) saves her, and Quasimodo is sentenced to a flogging. Now, Esmeralda is the only one willing to bring water to Quasimodo while he is being held captive in the public square. But, more problems develop, and Quasimodo's love for Esmeralda will end in tragedy. A great movie.
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If I Had a Million 1932  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, Frances Dee, Charles Ruggles, W.C. Fields, Mary Boland, Roscoe Karns, Jack Oakie, Wynne Gibson
This film is a series of stories about what happens when an anonymous man picks names at random from the telephone book and gives those chosen gifts of money.
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Island of Lost Souls 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Randolph Scott, Tetsu Komai, Alan Ladd
Adapted from the H.G. Wells story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau," this film is about a mad scientist who turns wild animals into monster humans. Better than the more recent versions, despite its age. That's young Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott as ape-men.
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It Started with Eve 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings, Guy Kibbee, Margaret Tallichet, Catherine Doucet, Walter Catlett, Charles Coleman, Leonard Elliott, Irving Bacon, Gus Schilling, Wade Boteler
Rich playboy Jonathan Reynolds Jr. (Robert Cummings) asks hatcheck girl Anne Terry (Deanna Durbin) to stand in for his fiancee to please his dying father (Charles Laughton) who wants to meet his daughter-in-law-to-be But Dad gets well and, having taken a liking to Anne, the pretense puts Junior in quite a spot. A fun-filled comedy/musical with Laughton at his best.
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Jamaica Inn 1939 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Mervyn Johns, Wylie Watson
Sir Humphrey Pengalian (Charles Laughton) is a smuggler in Victorian England, and problems arise when Mary (Maureen O'Hara) discovers that her relatives are involved in shipwrecks.
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 Les Miserables 1935 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Florence Eldridge, Rochelle Hudson, Marilyn Knowlden, Frances Drake, Jessie Ralph, John Carradine, Ferdinand Gottschalk
This excellent movie deals with a starving man, Jean Valjean (Fredric March), who steals a loaf of bread and is tormented ever after. There are several versions, both before and after this one. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower 1949 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Burgess Meredith
Cast: Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace, Patricia Roc, Belita, Wilfrid Hyde-White, William Phipps, William Cottrell, George Thorpe, Chaz Chase, Howard Vernon
Based on Georges Simenon's novel, this is an intriguing tale of a cat-and-mouse game played between police Inspector Jules Maigret (Charles Laughton) and Radek (Franchot Tone), which leads to a climactic chase over Paris rooftops.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Ian Wolfe, Mamo Clark, Francis Lister, David Torrence, Percy Waram, DeWitt Jennings
This depiction of the 1787 mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty is a classic. The cruel Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) sails his ship, H.M.S. Bounty, from England to Tahiti where the crew, including Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) and his friend midshipman Byam (Franchot Tone), enjoy the island paradise. While Tahiti was a paradise, life on the Bounty proves anything but, and the overly strict discipline of Bligh becomes so intense that First Mate Fletcher Christian leads the crew in a mutiny and sends Bligh and a few crew members adrift at sea in an open boat. The film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. It also was nominated for seven others–including three for Best Actor (Laughton, Gable, and Tone) and Best Director (Frank Lloyd).
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 Night of the Hunter 1955 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Laughton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Corey Allen, Gloria Castillo, Mary Ellen Clemons, Cheryl Callaway, Paul Bryar, Kathy Garver
This is a skillfully produced story of an evil man, Preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), on the trail of two children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce) whose mother Willa (Shelley Winters) he has married and then murdered. He wants the $10,000 that is hidden in the little girl's doll and is willing to patiently follow their path to the end.
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O. Henry's Full House 1952 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Cast: Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jean Peters, Fred Allen, Oscar Levant, Jeanne Crain
John Steinbeck narrated this film consisting of five of O. Henry's classic short stories: "The Clarion Call," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Gift of the Magi," The Cop and the Anthem," and "The Last Leaf."
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 The Old Dark House 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Elspeth Dudgeon, Eva Moore, Brember Wills
Coming in from the cold was not necessarily good for a group of travelers–Philip and Margaret Waverton (Raymond Massey and Gloria Stuart) and their friend Penderel (Melvyn Douglas)–who seek shelter in a spooky old house. After banging on the door, they are coldly greeted by butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) and the Fenn family–Horace (Ernest Thesiger) and his deaf sister Rebecca (Eva Moore). Wind-blown travelers Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) and chorus girl Gladys (Lilian Bond) also seek refuge at the house. Matters deteriorate when Morgan gets drunk and releases psychotic pyromaniac Saul Fenn (Brember Wills) who tries to kill Penderel and set the house on fire.
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The Paradine Case 1947 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Alida Valli, Leo G. Carroll, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan, Joan Tetzel, Isobel Elsom, Edgar Norton, John Goldsworthy, Lester Matthews, Lumsden Hare, Patrick Aherne
This courtroom drama involves the case of Maddelena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) who is on trial for murdering her wealthy husband. Defense attorney Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck), although married to Gay (Ann Todd), falls in love with his beautiful client, fails to see the blatant facts of the case, and believes that she is innocent. Meanwhile, Judge Lord Thomas Horfield (Charles Laughton) sees through Anna's facade, and the prosecuting attorney, Sir Joseph (Leo G. Carroll), is determined to find her guilty. Despite Anna's protests, Keane calls her lover, stableman Andre Latour (Louis Jourdan), to the stand and tries to prove that he is the murderer. After being disgraced, Latour commits suicide. Finally, Anna admits that she killed her husband and blames Keane for Latour's death. The story ends with a stunned Keane leaving the courtroom. Ethel Barrymore received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Lady Sophie Horfield, the judge's loony wife.
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Piccadilly 1929 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont
Cast: Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray, Cyril Ritchard, King Ho-Chang, Gordon Begg, Hannah Jones, Ellen Pollock, Harry Terry, Charles Laughton
In the 1920s' Jazz Age at London's posh Piccadilly Club, dancer Mabel's (Gilda Gray) jealousy over dishwasher Shosho (Anna May Wong) leads to her becoming the prime suspect when Shosho is murdered.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Donat, Miles Mander, Binnie Barnes, Everley Gregg, Franklin Dyall, Claud Allister, Laurence Hanray, William Austin, John Loder, Gibb McLaughlin, Sam Livesey
Charles Laughton won the Oscar for his portrayal of Henry VIII in this historical film. It is the story of Henry's relationships with five of his six wives and starts with the his marriage to his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), which ends in her execution. Henry's third wife is his mistress Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie) who dies in childbirth. Henry then agrees to an arranged marriage to Anne of Cleves (Elsa Lanchester) that ends when she pushes him into the arms of Lady Catherine Howard (Binnie Barnes). He marries Catherine, but her affair with Henry's friend Thomas Culpepper (Robert Donat) ends in her beheading. Finally, Henry marries widowed Catherine Parr (Everley Gregg) who is determined to take care of him. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Rembrandt 1936 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman, Walter Hudd, Roger Livesey, John Bryning, Allan Jeayes, Raymond Huntley, John Clements, Sam Livesey, Austin Trevor, Abraham Sofaer, Laurence Hanray
Charles Laughton is excellent in his role of the famed Dutch painter, Rembrandt. The film covers the last three decades of the painter's life during which he had three wives. After his first wife dies, Rembrandt marries his housekeeper Geertje (Gertrude Lawrence) but that doesn't work when he turns to his maid Hendrickje (Elsa Lanchester), and Geertje leaves him. Hendrickje becomes pregnant, and they marry, but she dies. However, during the decades covered in the story, Rembrandt paints some of his most creative work.
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Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield, James Burke, Dell Henderson, Leota Lorraine, Clarence Wilson, Heinie Conklin, Frank Rice, Rolfe Sedan
American cattle baron Egbert (Charles Ruggles) and his society-minded wife Effie (Mary Boland) win English manservant Marmaduke Ruggles (Charles Laughton) in a poker game, and the fun begins. Ruggles is not happy to be heading off to the Wild West, but after going to a "beer bust" with Egbert, Ruggles begins to change his mind. Effie passes off Ruggles as an upper-class British officer, and he ends up a town celebrity. Later, Ruggles decides to open his own restaurant and gain independence. A fine rendition of Harry Leon Wilson's story that was filmed twice before and made again in 1950 as "Fancy Pants." The film was nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture.
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Salome 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel, Basil Sydney, Rex Reason, Arnold Moss, Maurice Schwartz
A great cast just cannot pull off this Biblical drama about the princess Salome (Rita Hayworth) who seduces John the Baptist and, later, repents and tries to save his life.
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Sidewalks of London 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: St. Martin's Lane
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Larry Adler, Tyrone Guthrie, Gus McNaughton, Maire O'Neill, Bartlett Cormack, Edward Lexy, Basil Gill, Helen Haye, David Burns
Charles (Charles Laughton), a steet entertainer in the theater district of London, takes a street urchin, Libby (Vivien Leigh), under his wing and into his act as a dancer after learning that she was a petty thief. Harley (Rex Harrison) spots the talented Libby and eventually makes her into a star. Libby tries to repay Charles for his help, but Charles is happy where he is.
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The Sign of the Cross 1932 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Harry Beresford, John Carradine, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Arthur Hohl, Nat Pendleton
The fiddling of Roman Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) while Rome burns and Christians seeking religious freedom while facing the threat of being fed to the lions are depicted in this Cecil B. DeMille drama, which was cut down and reissued in 1944 with a World War II prologue added.
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 Spartacus 1960  N/R, 196 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode, John Gavin, John Dall, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone
This story begins when the slave, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), is sold to Biatus (Peter Ustinov). During his subsequent training as a gladiator, Spartacus leads the other slaves in a rebellion, and they make their way to southern Italy. Meanwhile in Rome, two senators–Crassus (Laurence Olivier) and Gracchus (Charles Laughton)–envision the slave revolt as their keys to power. But, the interference from Crassus and Gracchus does not deter Spartacus and the slaves from their march to freedom. Peter Ustinov won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Russell Metty won for Best Cinematography. There were two other Academy Awards (Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design) and a nomination for Best Musical Score. 1 User Review
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Stand by for Action 1942 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Maxwell, Henry O'Neill, Chill Wills, Douglass Dumbrille, Douglas Fowley, Dick Simmons
In this insightful Navy drama, a young and arrogant Naval officer, Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), differs with his superior, Lieutenant Commander M.J. Roberts (Brian Donlevy) while serving on board their destroyer during World War II convoy duty.
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The Strange Door 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell, Morgan Farley, Charles Horvath
This is the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" in which the mad Frenchman, Alan de Maletroit (Charles Laughton), cannot control his insane jealousy and throws his brother Edmond (Paul Cavanagh) in the dungeon while forcing a marriage on his brother's daughter, Blanche (Sally Forrest).
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The Suspect 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell, Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont, Raymond Severn, Eve Amber, Maude Eburne
Philip (Charles Laughton) is a successful shopkeeper in the early 1900s and has an ever-complaining wife. After he meets another woman (Ella Raines) and falls in love with her, he kills his wife and convinces the authorities that she had an accident. But a neighbor and a police detective are not convinced of his innocence.
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Tales of Manhattan 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, J. Carrol Naish, Elsa Lanchester
This comedy/drama/mystery is the story of an expensive coat that appears cursed as it passes from one owner to another, and those who wear it suffer bad luck.
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Under Ten Flags 1960 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Duilio Coletti
Cast: Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylene Demongeot, John Ericson, Cecil Parker, Alex Nicol, Liam Redmond, Gregoire Aslan, Gian Maria Volonte, Ralph Truman
Told from the German perspective, this World War II story involves Captain Reger's attempts to evade allied war ships as he commands his German ship in a cat and mouse game of Axis powers vs. Allies.
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Vessel of Wrath 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Beachcomber
Director: Erich Pommer
Cast: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Guthrie, Robert Newton, Dolly Mollinger, Rosita Garcia, Eliot Makeham, D.A. Ward, J. Solomon
Husband and wife team Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester play the leads in this film, based on Somerset Maugham's story, about a missionary who reforms a beach bum in the Dutch East Indies.
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 Witness for the Prosecution 1957  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee, Francis Compton, Ben Wright, J. Pat O'Malley
This classic Agatha Christie story takes place largely in a courtroom where aging lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton) is defending Leonard Steven Vole (Tyrone Power) against the charge of murder. Robarts, who is cared for by aggressive nurse Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester), is convinced that his client is innocent but bases his belief on Vole's sole alibi that is backed up by Vole's wife Christine (Marlene Dietrich). Surprises are in store for Robarts when Christine announces that she is, in fact, not married to Leonard and testifies for the prosecution. And that is only one of the surprises in store for Robarts. Some great performances, and Oscar nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Laughton), Supporting Actress (Lanchester), and Director. 1 User Review
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| | Tracey 01/07/2007 | | It was a very well acted movie. It is a stunning courtroom drama with a surprising ending. If you like Hitchcock type endings you'll love this one! |
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1. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
2. Advise and Consent (1962)
3. Arch of Triumph (1948)
4. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
aka: Forbidden Alliance
5. Because of Him (1946)
6. The Big Clock (1948)
7. The Bribe (1949)
8. Captain Kidd (1945)
9. Devil and the Deep (1932)
10. Hobson's Choice (1954)
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
12. If I Had a Million (1932)
13. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
14. It Started with Eve (1941)
15. Jamaica Inn (1939)
16. Les Miserables (1935)
17. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
18. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
19. Night of the Hunter (1955)
20. O. Henry's Full House (1952)
21. The Old Dark House (1932)
22. The Paradine Case (1947)
23. Payment Deferred (1932)
24. Piccadilly (1929)
25. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
26. Rembrandt (1936)
27. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
28. Salome (1953)
29. Sidewalks of London (1938)
aka: St. Martin's Lane
30. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
31. Spartacus (1960)
32. Stand by for Action (1942)
33. The Strange Door (1951)
34. The Suspect (1944)
35. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
36. Under Ten Flags (1960)
37. Vessel of Wrath (1938)
aka: The Beachcomber
38. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
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