Search results for "Cedric Hardwicke"
Botany Bay

Botany Bay

Botany Bay
IMDb: 6.1
93

Based on the story of Australia’s colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage…

A Woman’s Vengeance

A Woman’s Vengeance

A Woman’s Vengeance
IMDb: 6.8
96

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn
IMDb: 6.6
98

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.

Genre: Drama, War
Laburnum Grove

Laburnum Grove

Laburnum Grove
IMDb: 6.7
73

To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has…

Genre: Comedy
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 7.7
108

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…

Salome

Salome

Salome
IMDb: 5.8
103

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose
IMDb: 6.5
80

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Genre: Drama, History
The Power and the Prize

The Power and the Prize

The Power and the Prize
IMDb: 6.1
98

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

Genre: Drama
Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy
IMDb: 6.1
118

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal…

Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn
IMDb: 6.4
85

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of…

Genre: History
King Solomon’s Mines

King Solomon’s Mines

King Solomon’s Mines
IMDb: 6.4
80

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King…

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson
IMDb: 6.4
85

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).

Genre: Crime, Drama
The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds
IMDb: 7.1
85

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing…

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
IMDb: 6.9
88

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy
IMDb: 7.6
117

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

Genre: Drama
Suspicion

Suspicion

Suspicion
IMDb: 7.4
99

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne’er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
IMDb: 6.9
108

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Genre: Drama
Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent
IMDb: 6
81

The Invisible Man’s grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

Lured

Lured

Lured
IMDb: 7
102

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she’s approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes…

Things to Come

Things to Come

Things to Come
IMDb: 6.7
100

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns
IMDb: 6.5
81

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp
IMDb: 5.9
84

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray’s book “Vanity Fair”, the film looks at the English…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Moon Is Down

The Moon Is Down

The Moon Is Down
IMDb: 6.9
90

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.

Genre: Drama
The White Tower

The White Tower

The White Tower
IMDb: 6
98

Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.

Genre: Adventure
Bait

Bait

Bait
IMDb: 5.9
79

A man looking for his fortune in a mine decides to tempt his partner with his much younger wife. The goal? To catch them “in the act” and kill him…

Genre: Thriller
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
IMDb: 7.9
220

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his…

Genre: Drama, History
I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama
IMDb: 7.9
134

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family…

Genre: Drama, Family
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
IMDb: 6.6
106

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use…

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia
IMDb: 6.1
116

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England….

Genre: Drama, History, War
Tycoon

Tycoon

Tycoon
IMDb: 6.2
128

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine
IMDb: 6.6
90

French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.

Genre: Drama, War
Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer
IMDb: 6.6
97

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone

Stanley and Livingstone
IMDb: 7
101

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the…

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein
IMDb: 6.1
67

Ygor discovers Frankenstein’s creation is still alive and brings him to the Doctor’s son, Ludwig, for help. Obsessed with restoring the monster to his full potential, Ludwig is unaware that…

Rome Express

Rome Express

Rome Express
IMDb: 6.6
94

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

Genre: Thriller
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater
IMDb: 7.2
118

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly…

Genre: Drama
Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon
IMDb: 5.8
101

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

Sentimental Journey

Sentimental Journey

Sentimental Journey
IMDb: 6.5
94

An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides…

Genre: Drama
The Ghoul

The Ghoul

The Ghoul
IMDb: 5.9
80

Professor Morlant, a British Egyptologist, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Richard III

Richard III

Richard III
IMDb: 7.5
155

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against…

Genre: Drama, History