Charles Laughton — Actor (35)
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Devil and the Deep (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Devil and the Deep
director: Marion Gering actor: Tallulah Bankhead / Gary Cooper …
other title: Il diavolo nell'abisso / Entre la espada y la pared …
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavior soon drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant. When Charles learns of their affair, he plots revenge.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
director: Charles Lamont actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Kidd il pirata / Abbott und Costello als Piraten wider Willen …
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
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It Started with Eve (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
It Started with Eve
director: Henry Koster actor: Deanna Durbin / Charles Laughton …
other title: La prima è stata Eva / Die ewige Eva …
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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O. Henry's Full House (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB
O. Henry's Full House
director: Henry Hathaway / Henry King … actor: Fred Allen / Anne Baxter …
other title: La giostra umana / Páginas da Vida …
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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St. Martin's Lane (1938) IMDb TMDB
St. Martin's Lane
director: Tim Whelan actor: Charles Laughton / Vivien Leigh …
other title: I marciapiedi della metropoli / Nos Bastidores de Londres
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
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Young Bess (1953) IMDb TMDB
Young Bess
director: George Sidney actor: Jean Simmons / Stewart Granger …
other title: La regina vergine / Die Thronfolgerin …
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) IMDb TMDB
Ruggles of Red Gap
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charles Laughton / Mary Boland …
other title: Il maggiordomo / Ein Butler in Amerika …
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
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Salome (1953) IMDb TMDB
Salome
director: William Dieterle actor: Rita Hayworth / Charles Laughton …
other title: Salomè / Salomé
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 to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...
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Les Misérables (1935) IMDb TMDB
Les Misérables
director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Fredric March / Charles Laughton …
other title: Die Elenden / Los miserables
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 in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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The Bribe (1949) IMDb TMDB
The Bribe
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Robert Taylor / Ava Gardner …
other title: Corruzione / Lábios que Escravizam …
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
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Tales of Manhattan (1942) IMDb TMDB
Tales of Manhattan
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Charles Boyer / Rita Hayworth …
other title: Destino / Seis Destinos …
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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Arch of Triumph (1948) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Arch of Triumph
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Ingrid Bergman / Charles Boyer …
other title: Arco di trionfo / Triumfbuen …
In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgment, they become involved in a doomed affair.
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The Paradine Case (1947)
The Paradine Case
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Gregory Peck / Ann Todd …
other title: Il caso Paradine / Der Fall Paradin …
In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.
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The Suspect (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Suspect
director: Robert Siodmak actor: Charles Laughton / Ella Raines …
other title: Quinto: non ammazzare! / Unter Verdacht …
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.