Alan Mowbray — Actor (20)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Man Who Knew Too Much
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: James Stewart / Doris Day …
other title: L'uomo che sapeva troppo / Manden, der vidste for meget …
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
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Lured (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lured
director: Douglas Sirk actor: George Sanders / Lucille Ball …
other title: Lo sparviero di Londra / Emboscada …
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
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My Darling Clementine (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
My Darling Clementine
director: John Ford actor: Henry Fonda / Linda Darnell …
other title: Sfida infernale / Lovløst Land …
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Around the World in Eighty Days
director: Michael Anderson actor: David Niven / Cantinflas …
other title: Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni / Jorden rundt i 80 dage …
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The King and I (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The King and I
director: Walter Lang actor: Deborah Kerr / Yul Brynner …
other title: Il re ed io / Kongen og jeg …
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
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The Jackpot (1950) [Movie] IMDb
The Jackpot
director: Walter Lang actor: James Stewart / Barbara Hale …
other title: La fortuna si diverte / Radiomania …
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.
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Wagon Master (1950) [Movie] TMDB
Wagon Master
director: John Ford actor: Ben Johnson / Joanne Dru …
other title: La carovana dei mormoni / Karavanen …
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
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That Hamilton Woman (1941) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
That Hamilton Woman
director: Alexander Korda actor: Vivien Leigh / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Il grande ammiraglio / Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe …
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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My Man Godfrey (1936) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
My Man Godfrey
director: Gregory La Cava actor: William Powell / Carole Lombard …
other title: L'impareggiabile Godfrey / Godfrey ordner alt …
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
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Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Once Upon a Honeymoon
director: Gower Champion / Robert Scrivner actor: Russell Hicks / Chick Chandler …
Thanks to the collaboration between American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and Angels from Heaven a song writing working on his latest musical can finally go on his delayed honeymoon. The Angel Chief sends down Wilbur the Angel along with a wireless phone, from the 1950s, to help Jeff's muse , his wife Mary, inspire Jeff to complete the needed song. This while at the same time displaying and utilizing the latest and greatest telephone equipment. This includes color phones to match every decor. Be sure to note the matching wall cords that connect the phone to the wall.
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The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Villain Still Pursued Her
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Hugh Herbert / Anita Louise …
other title: Boire et Déboires / Die Unschuld und der Bösewicht
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.
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Topper (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Topper
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Constance Bennett / Cary Grant …
other title: La via dell'impossibile / O Par Invisível …
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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On the Avenue (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Avenue
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Dick Powell / Madeleine Carroll …
other title: Avenida dos Milhões / La avenida de los millones …
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
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Night Life of the Gods (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Night Life of the Gods
director: Lowell Sherman actor: Alan Mowbray / Florine McKinney …
A scientist named Hunter Hawk invents a device that can turn flesh to stone. While celebrating his discovery he becomes involved with a half naked leprechaun. On a trip to New York, Hunter and Meg (the leprechaun) decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and turn all of the Statues of Greek Gods into people. What follows in a drunken romp around New York with Medusa's severed head still in Perseus' hand.
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Crosswinds (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Crosswinds
director: Lewis R. Foster actor: John Payne / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: Gold in Neuguinea / L'or De La Nouvelle-Guinée …
A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.
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Yokel Boy (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Yokel Boy
director: Joseph Santley actor: Albert Dekker / Joan Davis …
other title: El mentiroso audaz
A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.
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Roman Scandals (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Roman Scandals
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Eddie Cantor / Ruth Etting …
other title: Il museo degli scandali / Skandal in Rom …
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
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Berkeley Square (1933) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Berkeley Square
director: Frank Lloyd actor: Leslie Howard / Heather Angel …
other title: La plaza de Berkeley / Gengangeren på Berkeley Square …
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
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The World Changes (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The World Changes
director: Mervyn LeRoy actor: Paul Muni / Aline MacMahon …
other title: Il mondo cambia / El mundo cambia …
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.