Charles Laughton

All Movies of Charles Laughton

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  The Horror Show (TV)
  Character: (archive footage)

   1979

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  The Epic That Never Was (TV)
  This British television documentary, hosted by Dirk Bogarde, is about the aborted 1937 film I Claudius. The film, directed by Josef Von Sternberg and produced by Alexander Korda with an all-star cast, was shut down after only a fe...
   1967

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  7.8
  Advise & Consent
  Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig...
  Character: Senator Seabright Cooley

   1962

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  6.0
  Under Ten Flags
  In London in 1941, Adm. Russell struggles to locate and destroy the German raider Atlantis , which has been blowing up Allied warships in the Pacific Ocean. At sea, the Atlantis , led by Cmdr. Reger, is employing its customary p...
  Character: Admiral Russell

   1960

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  8.5
  Spartacus
  Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as...
  Character: Gracchus

   1960

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  8.2
  Witness for the Prosecution
  Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), a young and attractive man, is accused of the murder of Miss French, a rich old woman. Wilfred Roberts (Charles Laughton), a criminal lawyer from London, takes charge of the case.
  Character: Sir Wilfrid Roberts

   1957

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  Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series)
  TV Series (1955-1956). 2 seasons. 12 episodes. An anthology series featured major stars, such as Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Orson Welles, Julie Andrews, Lillian Gish, Charles Laughton, Jack Lemmon, Raymond Massey, Lauren Bacall o
   1955

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  8.5
  The Night of the Hunter
  A schizophrenic preacher (Robert Mitchum) - possibly the devil himself - relentlessly hunts two small children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce) across the Depression-era Bible Belt to get at their dead fathers stolen fortune.
  Director of the film

   1955

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  The George Gobel Show (TV Series)
  TV Series (1954-1960). 6 seasons. 135 episodes. Hosted by George Gobel the show was one of TV's top hits in the mid fifties.
   1954

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  7.0
  Hobson's Choice
  David Lean backs up vicious wit with tender romance in this thrilling adaptation of Harold Brighouse's play. As Henry Hobson, a tyrannical bootshop owner, Charles Laughton (Mutiny on the Bounty) is a comical drunk of Falstaffian p...
   1953

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  6.6
  Young Bess
  Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she has an unhappy love for admiral Thomas Seymour, and dreams of building a navy to match the Portug...
  Character: King Henry VIII

   1953

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  Salome
  "Her Salome Will Steal Your Breath Away" was the classic advertising slogan attached to this opulent Rita Hayworth epic -- a slogan which became laughable whenever a radio announcer would mispronounce Salome as "sal...
   1953

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  5.9
  Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
  Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson (Lou Costello) and Rocky Stonebridge (Bud Abbott) are on their way to Death's Head Tavern, where they work. They encounter Lady Jane (Fran Warren), who asks them to bring a love note to the ...
  Character: Capt. William Kidd

   1952

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  6.6
  O. Henry's Full House
  This anthology film assembles five respected directors and a top-notch cast to bring a handful of stories by the great American author O. Henry to the screen. In The Cop and the Anthem, a tramp named Soapy (Charles Laughton) tries...
  Character: Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

   1952

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  6.0
  The Strange Door
  Alain, the Sire de Maletroit, plots revenge on his younger brother Edmund for stealing Alain's childhood sweetheart, now deceased. Alain imprisons Edmund in a dungeon for 20 years. He then convinces Edmund's grown daughter Blanche...
   1951

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  7.0
  The Blue Veil
  Louise Mason is a young widow who fills her empty life with the task of becoming a children's nurse. As the years pass, and the widow tries to find her own place in life, her young charges, the children of various employers, grow ...
  Character: Fred K. Begley

   1951

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  6.9
  The Bribe
  In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief suspect Hintten and his wife Elizabeth, a sultry cafe singer; and is watched by Bealer, a "pie-shaped man" with sore fee...
  Character: J.J. Bealer

   1949

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  The Man on the Eiffel Tower
  In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt. A knife grinder (Burgess Meredith) is suspected, but Radek keeps taunting the police until the...
   1949

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  The Girl from Manhattan
  Tom Walker,former All-American fullback who gave up football to enter the ministry, returns to his old home town for his first assignment under the church Bishop , an old friend of his father. And Carol Maynard , a local girl who ...
   1948

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  The Big Clock
  Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds t...
   1948

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  6.2
  Arch of Triumph
  In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake wit...
  Character: Ivon Haake

   1948

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  7.0
  The Paradine Case
  Keane (Gregory Peck) is a handsome, young lawyer who falls in love with a beautiful client named Paradine (Alida Valli), a woman accused of murdering her blind husband. Although he's convinced of her innocence, love may be cloudin...
  Character: Judge Lord Thomas Horfield

   1947

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  Because of Him
  Character: John Sheridan

   1946

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  6.6
  Captain Kidd
  In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats...an...
  Character: Capt. William Kidd

   1945

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  Passport to Destiny
  A British cleaning woman believes a glass eye has magical powers that will protect her from harm. She travels from London to Berlin and manages to obtain a job as a cleaning woman at Hitler's headquarters. However, her assassinati...
   1944

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  The Canterville Ghost
  In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding and dooms him to life as a ghost until one of his descendants performs...
   1944

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  7.8
  The Suspect
  In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Their deepening friendship, though physically innocent, is discovered by Philip's wife who threatens him with exposure and s
  Character: Philip

   1944

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  The Man from Down Under
  A World War I veteran sneaks two orphans back to his native Australia.
   1943

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  Forever and a Day
  In this episodic, World War II film, an American (Kent Smith) travels to London to sell the stately old house that belongs to his family. While he's visiting the home, bombs fall all around as the current resident recounts the dwe...
   1943

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  7.1
  This Land is Mine
  A mild-mannered schoolteacher in a Nazi occupied town during WWII finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance.
  Character: Albert Lory

   1943

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  The Tuttles of Tahiti
  After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses t...
   1942

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  Tales of Manhattan
  A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
   1942

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  9.0
  Stand by for Action
  Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas' (Charles Laughton) spoken tribute to "the finest Naval officer I knew" provides the framework for the wartime flag-waver Stand By For Action. Robert Taylor stars as Gregg Masterman, a flippan...
   1942

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  8.0
  It Started with Eve
  A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he...
   1941

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  7.0
  They Knew What They Wanted
  Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy (Carole Lombard), a waitress ...
   1940

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  7.3
  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  Of the many film versions of Victor Hugo's novel, this classic from Hollywood's golden year of 1939 remains the best, rivaled only by the 1923 silent version starring Lon Chaney. In his triumphant attempt to create a performance a...
   1939

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  6.7
  Jamaica Inn
  A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers.
  Character: Sir Humphrey Pengallan

   1939

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  Vessel of Wrath (The Beachcomber)
  Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson (Charles Laughton) a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones,(Elsa Lanchester) a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Ginger Ted and Miss Jones are sent to an outlyin...
   1938

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  7.0
  St. Martin's Lane
  Taken under the wing of a London street musician, a beautiful young woman develops her vocal talents and ultimately deserts her "busker" for a high-society songwriter.
  Character: Charles Staggers

   1938

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  Rembrandt
  A character study focusing on the later life (particularly at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s) of Rembrandt Van Rijn is depicted through a series of vignettes. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work took on...
   1936

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  8.0
  Ruggles of Red Gap
  While visiting Paris in 1908, upper class Lord Burnstead loses his butler playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington. Effie wants to take advantage of Ruggles' upper class background to influen...
   1935

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  8.0
  Les misérables
  Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman Javert
   1935

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  8.2
  Mutiny on the Bounty
  MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the classic tale of one of the most infamous adventures on the high seas. The story is based on the fictional accounts written by Charles Nortdhoff and James Norman Hall. English conscripts sailing for Tahi...
  Character: Bligh

   1935

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  7.0
  The Barretts of Wimpole Street
   1934

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  White Woman
  A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutua...
   1933

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  7.0
  The Private Life of Henry VIII
  This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. Set almost entirely within the royal castle, it begins just before the death of his second wife (Anne Boleyn) and ends just after his sixth wedding ...
   1933

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  6.0
  Devil and the Deep
  Sturm is in charge of a submarine, and believes his wife, Pauline, to be having affairs with other men. He drives her out of the house, and she then spends the night on the desert with Semper. The submarine is about to sail, and P...
   1932

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  Payment Deferred
  Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice ...
   1932

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  If I Had a Million
  Buoyant, star-studded comedy about a dying steel tycoon (Richard Bennett) who randomly selects eight people from a phone book and gives them each a million dollars. Among the lucky recipients are a clumsy china salesman (Charles R...
   1932

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  7.5
  The Sign of the Cross
  Character: Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar

   1932

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  7.0
  Piccadilly
  The star attraction of the Piccadilly Club is the dancing team of Mabel and Vic. Victor is infatuated with Mabel, but she rejects his advances, since she is in love with Valentine Wilmot, the club's owner. One night, as Mabel and ...
   1929