Movies by Claude Rains
As part of the cast:
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker …
Directed by: George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco …
Swedish actor Max Von Sydow made his English-speaking debut in this gargantuan retelling of the life of Christ from Giant director George Stevens. The much-ballyhooed all-star cast includes…
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: David Lean
This Oscar-winning epic tells the true story of T.E. Lawrence, who helped unite warring Arab tribes to strike back against the Turks in World War I. This lush, timeless classic underscores…
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Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Cast: Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Umberto Orsini …
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
When a stray planet on an apparent collision course with Earth suddenly slows and takes orbit around the globe instead, Professor Benson (Claude Rains) and his colleagues set out to…
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The Lost World (1960)
Cast: Claude Rains, Michael Rennie, Jill St. John …
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen re-creates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale in this spectacular sci-fi adventure. Professor Challenger (Claude Rains) leads a team of scientists and explorers on a quest…
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Cinema's Dark Side: Impact/ The Second Woman/ They Made Me a Criminal (1951)
Cast: Claude Rains, Robert Young, Brian Donlevy …
Directed by: Busby Berkeley, Arthur Lubin, James V. Kern …
This unique collection from Hollywood's golden age showcases three classic film noir flicks released in 1939. Impact tells the story of a man (Brian Donlevy) suffering from amnesia who…
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Where Danger Lives / Tension (1950)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains …
Directed by: John Farrow, John Berry
Familiar Hollywood faces such as Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue and Richard Basehart fill the screen in this double feature of classic film noirs from 1950 -- Where Danger Lives and Tension.…
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The Passionate Friends (1949)
Cast: Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: David Lean
While staying in the Swiss Alps, Mary finds herself torn between the convenience and financial comfort of her marriage to Claude, who is much older than her, and the passion of her old flame, Steven.
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Rope of Sand (1949)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains …
Directed by: William Dieterle
Big game hunter Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) heads to the African desert in pursuit of the most elusive quarry of all -- a lode of diamonds whose location only Davis knows but vicious…
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Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Cast: Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Paul Muni …
Directed by: Archie Mayo
A cold-hearted gangster named Eddie (Paul Muni) is betrayed by his comrades and gets sent straight to hell, where he strikes a deal with "Nick" the Devil (Claude Rains). If he returns to…
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Notorious (1946)
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Louis Calhern …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Government agent T.R. Devlin (Cary Grant) recruits American beauty Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) to spy on her father's influential Nazi friends in this top-notch Alfred Hitchcock…
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Deception (1946)
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Irving Rapper
Christine Radcliffe (Bette Davis) thought her lover, cellist Karel Novak (Paul Henreid), was killed in the war. But when he unexpectedly strolls back into her life, she's forced to hide…
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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger …
Directed by: Gabriel Pascal
In this Oscar-nominated film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, the aging Caesar (Claude Rains) comes to Alexandria to tutor young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) in the ways of rule,…
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel …
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
To keep her embezzling brother out of jail, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) weds the very rich Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), but she seeks a divorce when her sibling, angry about Fanny's…
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Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Cast: Claude Rains, Hume Cronyn, Susanna Foster …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Disfigured and wanted for murder, violinist Erik Claudin (Claude Rains) takes refuge in the Paris Opera House, where his shadowy figure terrorizes the theater company. Claudin worships…
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Casablanca (1942)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
In this Oscar-winning classic, American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) plays host to gamblers, thieves and refugees at his Moroccan nightclub during World War II ... but he never…
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Kings Row (1942)
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan …
Directed by: Sam Wood
This powerful drama nominated for three Academy Awards takes you beneath the sleepy facade of a picturesque American small town, where painful secrets and bitter grudges threaten the dreams…
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Moontide (1942)
Cast: Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell …
Directed by: Archie Mayo
After a bender on the waterfront, longshoreman Bobo (great French star Jean Gabin) fears he may have committed murder and quickly finds work on a remote barge, where he rescues beautiful…
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Now, Voyager (1942)
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Irving Rapper
Bridled by an autocratic mother, Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) borders on a nervous breakdown. But when a psychiatrist (Claude Rains) persuades Charlotte to drastically change her life, she…
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The Wolf Man (1941)
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Bela Lugosi …
Directed by: George Waggner
Upon returning to his ancestral home in Wales, Larry saves a local girl from a werewolf but is bitten during the attack. Cursed by the werewolf's bite, Larry suffers torturous full-moon…
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Alexander Hall
Boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) crashes his plane just before a championship fight in this classic fantasy that won Best Story and Screenplay Oscars. Waking in heaven, Joe finds that…
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Hired on by Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson), buccaneer Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) loots and pillages the Spanish fleet and the New World colonies while sailing the high seas, but is…
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Frank Capra …
Directed by: Frank Capra
When idealistic junior senator Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) arrives in Washington, D.C., he's full of plans and dazzled by his surroundings -- qualities he retains despite widespread…
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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Cast: Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson …
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Academy Award nominee John Garfield stars in this gritty crime drama as Johnnie Bradfield, a down-and-out boxer forced to hide on a remote Arizona farm after he's wrongfully accused of…
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Errol Flynn stars as swashbuckling hero Robin Hood in this Oscar-nominated classic. When the greedy Prince John (Claude Rains) seizes the throne and raises taxes on the peasants, Robin…
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson …
Directed by: William Keighley, William Dieterle
After discontented Prince Edward (Bobby Mauch) trades places with penniless Tom Canty (Billy Mauch) -- a dead ringer for the young royal -- the pauper finds himself confused by court life,…
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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Cast: Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Mervyn LeRoy helms this sweeping, episodic tale that details the exploits of Anthony Adverse (Fredric March), the misbegotten heir to the estate of his cold-blooded stepfather, Spanish…
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The Clairvoyant (1934)
Cast: Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Ben Field …
Directed by: Maurice Elvey
Performing his music hall mind-reading act, Maximus (Claude Rains) suddenly experiences real precognition and discovers his talent is mysteriously triggered in the company of a lovely woman,…
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The Invisible Man: Special Edition (1933)
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan …
Directed by: James Whale
Scientist Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) terrorizes the British village of Ipping in this classic horror film. After a drug experiment gone awry, Griffin becomes invisible and must hide out in…