Charles Coburn — Actor (18)
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Town on Trial (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Town on Trial
director: John Guillermin actor: John Mills / Charles Coburn …
other title: Città sotto inchiesta / Eine Stadt steht vor Gericht …
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
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Together Again (1944) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Together Again
director: Charles Vidor actor: Irene Dunne / Charles Boyer …
other title: Ancora insieme / Modell wider Willen …
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
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Louisa (1950) IMDb TMDB
Louisa
director: Alexander Hall actor: Ronald Reagan / Ruth Hussey …
other title: Amo Luisa disperatamente / Alter schützt vor Liebe nicht
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
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John Paul Jones (1959) IMDb TMDB
John Paul Jones
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Stack / Marisa Pavan …
other title: Il grande capitano / Beherrscher der Meere …
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
director: Henry Levin actor: Clifton Webb / Dorothy McGuire …
other title: Il molto onorevole Mr. Pennypacker / Dos evas tiene Adán …
In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed.
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Wilson (1944) IMDb TMDB
Wilson
director: Henry King actor: Alexander Knox / Geraldine Fitzgerald …
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
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The Long Wait (1954) IMDb TMDB
The Long Wait
director: Victor Saville actor: Anthony Quinn / Charles Coburn …
other title: Nettoyage par le vide / Tras sus propias huellas (La larga espera)
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Devil and Miss Jones
director: Sam Wood actor: Charles Coburn / Jean Arthur …
other title: Il diavolo si converte / O Diabo e a Mulher …
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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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.