Movies by Alan Mowbray
As part of the cast:
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Beat the Devil / That Uncertain Feeling (2000)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Humphrey Bogart, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: John Huston, Ernst Lubitsch
A dab of film noir colors these two classic comedies. In Beat the Devil, four travelers (including Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones) board a ship with a quartet of gangsters in search of…
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A Majority of One (1961)
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
On a trip to Tokyo with her daughter and son-in-law, Alice and Jerry, Jewish widow Mrs. Jacoby (Rosalind Russell), whose son was killed in World War II, harbors conflicted feelings when she…
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
While vacationing in Morocco, American tourist Ben McKenna (James Stewart) learns of an assassination plot but can't turn to the police without endangering his young son, who's been…
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Around the World in 80 Days: Special Edition (1956)
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
This Oscar-nominated hit adaptation of Jules Verne's novel recounts the adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven), who takes on a seemingly impossible wager: traveling around…
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Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
Cast: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
In this swashbuckling 17th century costume adventure, the conniving Edward Maynard is trying desperately to prove that reformed pirate Sir Henry Morgan is still dabbling in his old trade --…
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Crosswinds (1951)
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker …
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
This rousing adventure is set in New Guinea, where schooner skipper Steve Singleton (John Payne) embarks on a treacherous quest to retrieve sunken gold bullion and reclaim his vessel after…
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Wagon Master (1950)
Cast: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr. …
Directed by: John Ford
Tasked with leading a caravan of Mormons across the country en route to Utah territory, a church elder (Ward Bond) recruits a pair of horse traders (Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr.) to lead…
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The Prince of Thieves (1948)
Cast: Jon Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens …
Directed by: Howard Bretherton
When he learns that Sir Allan Claire (Michael Duane) hopes to marry the lovely Lady Christabel (Adele Jergens), Robin Hood (Jon Hall) helps the knight storm Nottingham Castle, where she…
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Lured (1947)
Cast: Alan Mowbray, Boris Karloff, Charles Coburn …
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
A movie star long before she became small screen's darling, Lucille Ball headlines this 1947 London-set mystery (directed by melodrama master Douglas Sirk) as an American dance hall girl…
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Captain from Castile (1947)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero …
Directed by: Henry King
Forced to flee his home during the Spanish Inquisition, 16th-century nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) joins Cortez's (Cesar Romero) army on its dangerous mission to conquer…
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature …
Directed by: John Ford
As the enforcer of law in the town of Tombstone, Ariz., Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) must balance keeping unruly criminals in line with tracking down and bringing to justice the men who killed…
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Sherlock Holmes: Terror by Night (1946)
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: Roy William Neill
Affluent widow Lady Margaret (Mary Forbes) and her son Roland (Geoffrey Steele) enlist the help of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to keep a huge diamond from being stolen on a trip to…
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Real Sherlock Holmes (1945)
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke …
Directed by: Roy William Neill
Mystery author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a literary gem when he introduced the world to the intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle's stories…
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Tell It to a Star (1945)
Cast: Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: Frank McDonald
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan…
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The Phantom of 42nd Street (1944)
Cast: Alan Mowbray, Dave O'Brien, Frank Jenks …
Death haunts the Great White Way in this 1945 mystery. On assignment to review the Broadway debut of actress Claudia Moore (Kay Aldridge), drama critic Tony Woolrich (Dave O'Brien) finds…
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Holy Matrimony (1943)
Cast: Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Laird Cregar …
Directed by: John M. Stahl
Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson earned an Oscar nomination for this adaptation of Arnold Bennett's play. After living quietly on an island for 20 years, a famous artist (Monty Woolley)…
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So This Is Washington (1943)
Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: Ray McCarey
Hillbillies invade Washington, D.C., in this installment of the film series based on the popular "Lum and Abner" radio show. Convinced they've invented a licorice-flavored synthetic…
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Isle of Missing Men (1942)
Cast: John Howard, Gilbert Roland, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: Richard Oswald
After falling for Diana Bryce (Helen Gilbert) on a South Seas cruise, penal colony warden Merrill Hammond (John Howard) invites her to pay him a visit. But he doesn't realize that the…
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
When her therapist suggests that the cause of her chronic hiccups is a subconscious dissatisfaction with her marriage, Park Avenue housewife Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) takes it as her cue to…
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That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: Alexander Korda
Married actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh star in this story of a tragic love affair. When young Emma Hart (Leigh) marries much older Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), the British…
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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Cast: Chick Chandler, Betty Grable, Victor Mature …
Directed by: H. Bruce Humberstone
In this film noir classic, when model and aspiring actress Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) turns up dead, the evidence points to her manager, Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature), who was recently…
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Music in My Heart (1940)
Cast: Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows …
Directed by: Joseph Santley
Robert Gregory (Tony Martin), a European actor performing in a Broadway musical, is riding in a taxi that gets involved in an accident with another cab. Robert's instantly smitten with…
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Phantoms of Death Triple Feature (1940)
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Alan Mowbray …
Directed by: William Beaudine, Phil Rosen, Albert Herman …
This trio of murder mystery films includes Phantom of 42nd Street, where a theatre columnist tries to solve a crime involving a serial killer at the movies; Phantom Killer, in which the only…
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The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Cast: Billy Gilbert, Anita Louise, Margaret Hamilton …
Directed by: Edward F. Cline
To win the beautiful Mary's (Anita Louise) affection, cunning Cribs (Alan Mowbray) introduces her husband Edward (Richard Cromwell) to the Demon Rum, which turns him into a raging…
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Way Down South (1939)
Cast: Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan …
Directed by: Bernard Vorhaus
Bobby Breen stars in this historically significant musical co-written by black poet Langston Hughes and actor Clarence Muse, set amid the segregation of pre-Civil War Louisiana. Young Tim…
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Louisiana Purchase / Never Say Die (1939)
Cast: Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Vera Zorina …
Directed by: Irving Cummings, Elliott Nugent
More Bob Hope antics! In Louisiana Purchase, a bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a blackmail scheme concocted by John Taylor (Hope), who wants to avoid being…
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Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Cast: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Instead of marrying for money, debutante Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett) leaves fiancé Henry Morgan (Alan Mowbray) at the altar and goes to work as a fashion model in this…
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Topper / Topper Returns (1937)
Cast: Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Cary Grant …
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod, Roy Del Ruth
Roland Young earned an Academy Award nomination for his wonderful portrayal of stuffy bank president Cosmo Topper -- who doesn't want to change his ways -- in this comic double feature…
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On the Avenue (1937)
Cast: Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye …
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
When smooth-talking actor Gary Blake (Dick Powell) appears in a new play on Broadway that pokes fun at a wealthy, well-known family, he ends up attracting one of the clan's pretty…
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Hollywood Hotel (1937)
Cast: Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane …
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
This classic musical tale centers on the topsy-turvy West Coast trip of an aspiring singer-saxophonist (Dick Powell) who seizes upon a golden opportunity and unwittingly lands himself in the…
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady …
Directed by: Gregory La Cava
A high-society scavenger hunt leads to levity when scatterbrained socialite Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) stumbles upon an erudite vagabond named Godfrey (William Powell) living in the city…
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Mary of Scotland (1936)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge …
Directed by: John Ford
Based on Maxwell Anderson's play, this historical drama from legendary director John Ford stars Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of Scots, whom England's Queen Elizabeth I (Florence…
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Becky Sharp (1935)
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Adapted from William Thackeray's novel &NFi;Vanity Fair&NFi_;, director Rouben Mamoulian's satirical film is notable as the first movie featuring the three-strip Technicolor…
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Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Cast: Warner Oland, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie …
Directed by: Eugene Forde
Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) pleasure trip to London turns into business when he's called upon to help clear Neil Howard (played by a young Ray Milland) of faulty murder charges.…
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Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Cast: Alan Mowbray, Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong …
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
Reginald Owen stars as the unflappable Sherlock Holmes in director Edwin L. Marin's early screen incarnation of the master sleuth. When members of a secret society start turning up dead,…