Search results for "Charles Laughton"
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million
IMDb: 6.9
88

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan
IMDb: 7.3
118

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…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House
IMDb: 7
70

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve
IMDb: 7.6
90

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…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted
IMDb: 6
96

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

Genre: Drama, Romance
St. Martin’s Lane

St. Martin’s Lane

St. Martin’s Lane
IMDb: 6.9
85

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,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 7.6
108

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…

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn
IMDb: 6.3
100

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a…

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
IMDb: 7.8
117

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…

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
White Woman

White Woman

White Woman
IMDb: 6.1
68

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…

Genre: Drama
Piccadilly

Piccadilly

Piccadilly
IMDb: 7.1
109

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club’s main act.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross
IMDb: 6.8
126

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Genre: Drama, History
Rembrandt

Rembrandt

Rembrandt
IMDb: 7
85

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt’s work takes…

Genre: Drama, History
Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap
IMDb: 7.6
90

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…

Genre: Comedy
The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII
IMDb: 7
97

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds…

Genre: Drama, History
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty
IMDb: 7.6
132

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.

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls
IMDb: 7.3
71

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
IMDb: 6.9
109

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep
IMDb: 6.3
78

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…

Genre: Drama