Charles Laughton — Actor (35)
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The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Private Life of Henry VIII
director: Alexander Korda actor: Charles Laughton / Robert Donat …
other title: Le sei mogli di Enrico VIII / Das Privatleben Heinrichs VIII. …
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
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Captain Kidd (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Captain Kidd
director: Rowland V. Lee actor: Charles Laughton / Randolph Scott …
other title: Capitan Kidd / O Capitão Kidd …
Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable merchant captain, offers his services to the King of England. Seeking a social position, Kidd also negotiates for Blayne's title and lands, provided he can prove Blayne was associated with piracy. Launched upon his royal mission, Kidd is unaware that Blayne's son Adam is among the crew, determined to clear his father's name.
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White Woman (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
White Woman
director: Stuart Walker actor: Carole Lombard / Charles Laughton …
other title: Le Fou des îles / L'inferno verde
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
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Advise & Consent (1962) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban
Advise & Consent
director: Otto Preminger actor: Henry Fonda / Charles Laughton …
other title: Tempesta su Washington / Storm over Washington …
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
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Island of Lost Souls (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
Island of Lost Souls
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Charles Laughton / Richard Arlen …
other title: L'isola delle anime perdute / Insel der verlorenen Seelen …
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
director: William Dieterle actor: Charlie Hall / Charles Laughton …
other title: Notre Dame / Klokkeren fra Notre Dame …
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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The Sign of the Cross (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Sign of the Cross
director: Cecil B. DeMille actor: Fredric March / Elissa Landi …
other title: Il segno della croce / Im Zeichen des Kreuzes …
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mutiny on the Bounty
director: Frank Lloyd actor: Charles Laughton / Clark Gable …
other title: La tragedia del Bounty / Mytteriet på Bounty …
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Rachel Ward …
other title: Il mistero del cadavere scomparso / Bogart Junior …
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
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The Big Clock (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Big Clock
director: John Farrow actor: Ray Milland / Charles Laughton …
other title: Il tempo si è fermato / Olhos na Noite …
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
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Spartacus (1960) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb Skybridge WikiData
Spartacus
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Stanley Kubrick actor: Kirk Douglas / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Espartaco
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.