Movies by Chester Morris
As part of the cast:
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The Great White Hope (1970)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
After defeating the reigning champ, boxer Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) becomes the world's first black heavyweight champion. But the celebration is short-lived, as Jack is arrested…
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Gambler's Choice (1944)
Cast: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Russell Hayden …
Directed by: Frank McDonald
After getting into trouble together as kids in turn-of-the-century New York City, Mike McGlennon (Russell Hayden), Vi Parker (Nancy Kelly) and Ross Hadley (Chester Morris) take drastically…
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Aerial Gunner (1943)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Chester Morris, Dick Purcell …
A gunner and sergeant who battled over the same woman's affections during basic training are forced to work together when they crash their plane on a Pacific island occupied by Japanese…
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Law of the Underworld (1938)
Cast: Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli …
Directed by: Lew Landers
With a well-respected persona, Gene Fillmore (Chester Morris) has successfully hidden his true identity as an underworld crime boss. But when two innocent people take the fall for a murder…
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Corsair (1934)
Cast: Chester Morris, Fred Kohler, Ned Sparks …
Directed by: Roland West
Ex-college footballer John Hawkes (Chester Morris) sets out to prove he's as ruthless as his rich girlfriend's father when he reinvents himself as a Prohibition-era pirate. With his…
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Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Cast: Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh …
Directed by: Ray Enright
Talk about heightened anticipation: The stalking murderer in director Ray Enright's classic thriller starring Chester Morris and Charles Middleton is thoughtful enough to let his…
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Waterloo Bridge / Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Cast: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Charles Boyer …
Directed by: James Whale, Jack Conway
The women are wicked and the stories steamy in these pre-Production Code Hollywood dramas. In Waterloo Bridge, the wealthy family of a soldier forces him to give up the woman he loves when…
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I Live on Danger (1932)
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elizabeth Risdon …
Directed by: Sam White
In his directorial debut, screenwriter Sam White -- who went on to make his name producing a string of B movies -- presents a tale of redemption with a romantic twist, following newscaster…
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Bat Whispers (1930)
Cast: Chester Morris, Una Merkel, Gustav Von Seyffertitz …
Directed by: Roland West
An audacious arch-criminal known as the Bat loves to taunt police by tipping them to his next job. After pulling off a high-rise jewel heist -- with a legion of cops surrounding the place --…
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The Big House (1930)
Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone …
Directed by: George W. Hill
Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery star in this tense drama that put the prison genre on the map. When playboy Kent Marlowe (Montgomery) gets 10 years for killing two pedestrians while…
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The Divorcée (1930)
Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel …
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
Based on a novel by Ursula Parrott, this steamy melodrama stars Norma Shearer in an Oscar-winning performance as Jerry Martin, a carefree socialite who grows weary of her philandering…
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The Divorcee / A Free Soul (1930)
Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel …
Directed by: Clarence Brown
Norma Shearer is at the top of her game in this double-dip of pre-code Hollywood hits. The Divorcee earned Shearer the 1930 Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a New York City party girl…
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Alibi (1929)
Cast: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch …
Directed by: Roland West
Roland West directs this classic black-and-white drama that's been dubbed America's "first expressionist crime film," an important piece of Hollywood history that garnered Oscar…