Henry Daniell — Actor (33)
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From the Earth to the Moon (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
From the Earth to the Moon
director: Byron Haskin actor: Joseph Cotten / George Sanders …
other title: Dalla Terra alla Luna / Von der Erde zum Mond …
Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
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The Feminine Touch (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Feminine Touch
director: W.S. Van Dyke actor: Rosalind Russell / Don Ameche …
other title: Chi dice donna... / Huellas femeninas
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he'll knock Elliott's block clean off.
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Les Girls (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Girls
director: George Cukor actor: Gene Kelly / Mitzi Gaynor …
other title: Die Girls / Las Girls
After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.
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The Exile (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Exile
director: Max Ophüls actor: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / Maria Montez …
other title: Re in esilio / Der Verbannte …
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
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Watch on the Rhine (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Watch on the Rhine
director: Herman Shumlin actor: Bette Davis / Paul Lukas …
other title: Quando il giorno verrà / Die Wacht am Rhein …
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
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The Last of the Lone Wolf (1930) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Last of the Lone Wolf
director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Bert Lytell / Patsy Ruth Miller …
In this entry in the Lone Wolf series, the first to have a soundtrack, the jealousies of the King and the coquettish Queen are chronicled. When His Majesty learns that his wife has given the ring he gave to her to her lover, the King plans a large ball and demands the she wear the token. As her lover is a military attache, he is not in the palace, and the queen must send her lady-in-waiting to bring it back. En route, the lady meets a thief and they team up. She does not know that he has been dispatched by the King to steal ring from the attache.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
director: John Rawlins actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la voce del terrore / Sherlock Holmes og terrorstemmen …
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
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The Suspect (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
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.
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The Egyptian (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Egyptian
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Edmund Purdom / Victor Mature …
other title: Sinuhe l'egiziano / Sinuhe Ægypteren …
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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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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The Woman in Green (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Woman in Green
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la donna in verde / Sherlock Holmes og kvinden i grønt …
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.