Movies by Charles Laughton
As part of the cast:
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Inspirational Treasures from the Ed Sullivan Show (2003)
Cast: Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, Sergio Franchi …
Incomparable variety-show host Ed Sullivan welcomed many special performers to his show, including famous musical acts, impressive actors and actresses and even politicians. But some of his…
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Cast: Steve Martin, Humphrey Bogart, Rachel Ward …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Gumshoe Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) takes on the case of a missing cheese maker/scientist when the man's shapely daughter, Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), hires the detective to…
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Advise and Consent (1962)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Henry Fonda stars as Robert Leffingwell, the president's handpicked candidate for secretary of state, but a Senate committee has been assigned to investigate the nominee's past,…
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Spartacus (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick directed this epic saga based on ancient events, chronicling the birth of a vagabond slave-army led by an ex-gladiator named Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) that threatens the…
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Under Ten Flags (1960)
Cast: Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylène Demongeot …
Directed by: Duilio Coletti
When Capt. Bernhard Rogge and the crew of the German vessel Atlantis navigate through enemy waters and stealthily sink Allied ships, British Adm. Russell is tasked with investigating the…
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Based on an Agatha Christie play, this Oscar-nominated mystery directed and co-written by Billy Wilder concerns an esteemed and aging lawyer (Charles Laughton). On the eve of retiring, he…
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Hobson's Choice (1954)
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie …
Directed by: David Lean
In this domestic comedy directed by David Lean, boozy widower Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) runs a successful boot shop in Victorian England. But he dominates his employees and his three…
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Salome (1953)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Alan Badel, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: William Dieterle
Made during the height of Hollywood's love for spectacle, this gorgeous 1953 epic stars the luscious Rita Hayworth as Princess Salome, whose tempestuous encounter with John the Baptist…
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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco …
Top movie talents lend their gifts to this 1952 anthology of O. Henry short-story adaptations, introduced and narrated by Nobel laureate John Steinbeck. "The Gift of the Magi," "The Clarion…
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Burgess Meredith, Patricia Roc …
Directed by: Burgess Meredith
Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) desperately wants his wealthy aunt dead, so he hires Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) to kill her. When the victim's body turns up, French police inspector Jules…
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The Big Clock (1948)
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan …
Directed by: John Farrow
In director John Farrow's noir thriller, crime magazine publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) tries to pin the murder of his own mistress on the magazine's editor, George Stroud…
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Arch of Triumph (1948)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
To escape the Nazis, Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer) flees to Paris, where he practices medicine under an assumed name. When he prevents a depressed nightclub singer named Joan (Ingrid Bergman)…
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The Girl From Manhattan (1948)
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: Alfred E. Green
High school sweethearts Tom Walker (George Montgomery) and Carol Maynard (Dorothy Lamour) meet again in their old hometown, after following very different paths in life: Carol has become a…
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The Paradine Case (1947)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Gregory Peck stars as London barrister Anthony Keane, who falls in love with Maddalena Paradine (Allda Valli) -- the alluring client he's representing in a murder case. Though Keane…
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Captain Kidd (1945)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton …
Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
Ten years after portraying Capt. William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, Charles Laughton plays another infamous real-life tyrant of the sea here. In 1699, Captain Kidd (Laughton) dupes King…
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Long John Silver / Captain Kidd (1945)
Cast: John Carradine, Charles Laughton, Connie Gilchrist …
Directed by: Byron Haskin, Rowland V. Lee
Take to the high seas for two swashbuckling pirate adventures. Robert Newton reprises his iconic Treasure Island role as Long John Silver (1954), while Charles Laughton is the infamous…
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Pirates: Dead Men Tell Their Tales (1945)
Cast: Barbara Britton, Kit Taylor, Randolph Scott …
Directed by: Byron Haskin, Rowland V. Lee
Slap on your eye patch and hoist the Jolly Roger for this entertaining documentary, which chronicles the history of notorious pirates such as Sir Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd,…
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The Climax / The Strange Door (1944)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey …
Directed by: George Waggner, Joseph Pevney
Horror icon Boris Karloff -- best known for his portrayals of Frankenstein's monster and Im-ho-tep the mummy -- takes on a wide variety of roles in this collection of classics. In The…
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Forever and a Day (1943)
Cast: Buster Keaton, Robert Cummings, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Frank Lloyd, Robert Stevenson, Rene Clair …
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…
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This Land Is Mine (1943)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders …
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Charles Laughton stars as Albert Lory, a cowardly schoolteacher in German-occupied France. When local resistance fighter Paul Martin (Kent Smith) is betrayed and executed, suspicion centers…
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Deanna Durbin: It Started with Eve / Can't Help Singing (1941)
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings …
Directed by: Henry Koster, Frank Ryan
In It Started with Eve, Johnny (Robert Cummings), the heir to a fortune, wants to grant his dying father's last request -- to meet Johnny's fiancée. When Johnny can't find…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara …
Directed by: William Dieterle
Overcome by lust, High Justice Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke) -- a religious fraud -- dispatches deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo (Charles Laughton) to kidnap winsome gypsy Esmeralda (Maureen…
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Jamaica Inn (1939)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
In 19th century England, young Mary (Maureen O'Hara) goes to live with her uncle in Cornwall after her parents die. When Mary learns that her uncle's inn is the base of a gang of…
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St. Martin's Lane / Wings of the Morning: Double Feature (1937)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison …
Directed by: Tim Whelan, Harold D. Schuster
Set in 1930s London, St. Martin's Lane stars Charles Laughton as a busker who takes a feisty girl (Vivien Leigh) under his wing and endeavors to transform her into a musical entertainer.…
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Rembrandt (1936)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester …
Directed by: Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton delivers a memorable performance as famed artist Rembrandt in director Alexander Korda's biopic, which starts after Rembrandt's wife dies and his work veers toward…
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone …
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
This epic classic tells the tale of a coup d'etat on the high seas. Aboard the HMS Bounty, sailors are getting restless, led by the determined Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable). Cast off…
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Les Miserables (1935)
Cast: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Richard Boleslawski
Richard Boleslawski directs this faithful cinematic rendition of Victor Hugo's timeless story about a man condemned to a life of suffering despite paying his dues after stealing a loaf…
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The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall …
Directed by: Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton makes the larger-than-life King Henry VIII seem even bigger in a stunning performance that centers on the ruler's romantic life. Acclaimed director Alexander Korda shows…
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The Old Dark House (1932)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: James Whale
The director and star of 1931's Frankenstein reunite for this classic creepy-family black comedy. When stranded motorists arrive at a misty Welsh mansion, they find a family of fanatics,…
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The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Cast: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Director Cecil B. DeMille's sweeping epic set in 64 A.D. snagged an Oscar nod for Best Cinematography. Looking for a scapegoat after burning Rome, Emperor Nero blames the Christians and…
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Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen …
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
After finding refuge on an island in the South Seas, shipwrecked sailor Edward Parker learns that Dr. Moreau has been creating beast-like men by cruelly experimenting on the island's…
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Piccadilly (1929)
Cast: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas …
Directed by: Ewald Andre Dupont
In this 1929 drama, London nightclub dancer Mabel Greenfield (Gilda Gray) is the object of her boss Wilmot's (Jameson Thomas) affection -- so much so that he fires her partner, Victor…
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish …
Directed by: Charles Laughton
Bogus "preacher" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) learns cellmate Ben Harper (Peter Graves) has stashed stolen loot on his property. So after the demented Powell is released, he charms…