Lester Matthews
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Lester Matthews (June 6, 1900 - June 5, 1975) was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975 in Los Angeles, California. He was cremated. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. He appeared on television many times including an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour entitled "Completely Foolproof" (original air date: March 29, 1965).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.959 |
| Birthday | 1900-06-05 |
| Place of Birth | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Lester Mathews, Arthur Lester Matthews, Les Matthews, |
1935
Werewolf of London
6.044/124
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Werewolf of London
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
5.7/50
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discover...
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The Invisible Man's Revenge
1953
Man in the Attic
5.5/45
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, inclu...
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Man in the Attic
1970
Savage Intruder
5.5/15
An enigmatic young man manipulates his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named...
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Savage Intruder
1938
Mysterious Mr. Moto
5.7/16
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
1955
Moonfleet
6.399/99
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old frien...
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Moonfleet
1966
Assault on a Queen
5.457/23
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the...
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Assault on a Queen
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
6.764/36
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meet...
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The Prince and the Pauper
1945
Two O'Clock Courage
6.2/23
After nearly running over him with her cab, Patty Mitchell picks up a fare who claims to have amnesia. As he fumbles to remember the basic facts of hi...
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Two O'Clock Courage
1952
Against All Flags
6.1/48
A British naval officer fights pirates in Madagascar.
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Against All Flags
1935
The Raven
6.527/132
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgic...
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The Raven
1945
I Love a Mystery
6.1/7
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the ai...
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I Love a Mystery
1942
Across the Pacific
6.5/73
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship f...
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Across the Pacific
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
6.3/13
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land i...
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King Richard and the Crusaders
1938
I Am a Criminal
0/0
In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes...
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I Am a Criminal
1953
Bad for Each Other
5.7/10
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
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Bad for Each Other
1942
The Pied Piper
6.8/10
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded...
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The Pied Piper
1943
The Mysterious Doctor
5.6/10
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
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The Mysterious Doctor
1937
Lancer Spy
6/4
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check h...
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Lancer Spy
1945
Salty O'Rourke
5.2/7
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
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Salty O'Rourke
1938
If I Were King
6.8/9
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...
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If I Were King
1938
Think It Over
7/1
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
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Think It Over
1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
4/8
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his f...
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
5.3/3
Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.
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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters
4.7/3
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
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Jungle Man-Eaters
1935
Professional Soldier
0/1
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to k...
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Professional Soldier
1955
Flame of the Islands
3.5/4
A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.
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Flame of the Islands
1936
Too Many Parents
5/2
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart wri...
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Too Many Parents
1952
The Brigand
5.5/6
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by...
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The Brigand
1952
Operation Secret
5/3
After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Bas...
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Operation Secret
1951
Lorna Doone
4.3/5
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
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Lorna Doone
1953
Savage Mutiny
4.5/2
Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) battles enemy agents while helping a local tribe relocate from an atomic test bomb site.
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Savage Mutiny
1945
Jungle Queen
5/3
A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle.
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Jungle Queen
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
4.2/6
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
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Three Loves Has Nancy
1931
Gipsy Blood
0/0
In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s cl...
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Gipsy Blood
1938
There's Always a Woman
5.8/13
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give...
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There's Always a Woman
1934
Blossom Time
4.8/4
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance master...
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Blossom Time
1939
Conspiracy
5.5/2
American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his war-po...
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Conspiracy
1967
The Scorpio Letters
4/2
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of blackm...
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The Scorpio Letters
1939
The Three Musketeers
5.8/9
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under...
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The Three Musketeers
1939
Susannah of the Mounties
6.3/15
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canad...
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Susannah of the Mounties
1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.
5.5/20
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
1933
The Song You Gave Me
6/1
Set in Vienna, this lively musical comedy stars Bebe Daniels as an actress who falls in love with her secretary, but has difficulty in persuading him...
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The Song You Gave Me
1933
Facing The Music
0/0
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s niece land...
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Facing The Music
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
5.9/9
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana tryin...
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1936
Song and Dance Man
0/0
Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.
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Song and Dance Man
1949
Free For All
6/2
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.
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Free For All
1939
Should a Girl Marry?
3.5/2
A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.
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Should a Girl Marry?
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
7.8/402
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his wo...
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Monsieur Verdoux
1939
British Intelligence
6/21
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where sh...
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British Intelligence
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
6/7
Jeeves tries to keep his young master out of trouble.
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Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
15 Maiden Lane
6/1
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
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15 Maiden Lane
1940
The Biscuit Eater
6.3/3
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is Geo...
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The Biscuit Eater
1943
London Blackout Murders
5/2
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Ja...
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London Blackout Murders
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5/716
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1940
Gaucho Serenade
0/1
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's hor...
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Gaucho Serenade
1950
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
4.8/7
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1940
Northwest Passage
6.3/47
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e...
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Northwest Passage
1940
The Sea Hawk
7.143/122
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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The Sea Hawk
1953
Niagara
6.8/370
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who a...
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Niagara
1950
Montana
5.5/14
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.
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Montana
1953
Trouble Along the Way
5.957/23
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at t...
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Trouble Along the Way
1931
Creeping Shadows
0/0
Three victims plot to murder a retired informer.
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Creeping Shadows
1955
Ten Wanted Men
5.8/25
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power...
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Ten Wanted Men
1939
Rulers of the Sea
6.5/2
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the...
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Rulers of the Sea
1931
The Man at Six
0/0
A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.
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The Man at Six
1931
The Old Man
0/0
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Old Man
1931
The Wickham Mystery
0/0
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Wickham Mystery
1932
Fires of Fate
0/0
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
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Fires of Fate
1932
Her Night Out
0/0
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
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Her Night Out
1932
Indiscretions of Eve
0/0
Eve and Peter fall in love at first sight at a New Year's Eve party, but are separated by Eve's jealous fiancé, Ralph. With neither knowing the other...
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Indiscretions of Eve
1947
Dark Delusion
6/4
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay....
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Dark Delusion
1952
Lady In The Iron Mask
0/0
A female version of the man in the iron mask. In this version the mask is put on a princess (patricia medina) rather than a prince as in the original...
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Lady In The Iron Mask
1944
Nine Girls
5.3/3
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on...
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Nine Girls
1950
Tyrant of the Sea
0/0
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napol...
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Tyrant of the Sea
1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
6/1
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with...
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Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2/14
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While h...
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1938
Time Out for Murder
6/2
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.
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Time Out for Murder
1944
Shadows in the Night
5.5/1
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
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Shadows in the Night
1953
Sangaree
6.4/8
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
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Sangaree
1943
Corvette K-225
6.2/11
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Corvette K-225
1951
The Lady and the Bandit
6/2
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
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The Lady and the Bandit
1947
The Exile
6.1/8
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwel...
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The Exile
1936
Lloyd's of London
7.2/18
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, t...
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Lloyd's of London
1933
On Secret Service
7/3
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-sta...
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On Secret Service
1953
Young Bess
5.9/17
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...
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Young Bess
1941
Man Hunt
7/111
Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten,...
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Man Hunt
1961
By Love Possessed
4.9/9
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.
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By Love Possessed
1944
Between Two Worlds
7/33
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo...
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Between Two Worlds
1960
Walk Like a Dragon
5/2
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purcha...
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Walk Like a Dragon
1955
The Far Horizons
6.2/21
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and...
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The Far Horizons
1945
Objective, Burma!
6.8/80
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish t...
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Objective, Burma!
1943
Northern Pursuit
5.9/17
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...
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Northern Pursuit
1934
Borrowed Clothes
0/0
Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a misunderstanding...
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Borrowed Clothes
1936
Crack-Up
5.7/9
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
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Crack-Up
1953
The Desert Rats
6.202/84
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important p...
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The Desert Rats
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
6.7/101
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1942
Manila Calling
7/2
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.
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Manila Calling
1943
Two Tickets to London
6/1
Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.
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Two Tickets to London
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7/3
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Four Jills in a Jeep
1952
Captain Pirate
5.4/7
In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is livin...
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Captain Pirate
1952
Les Miserables
5.4/15
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pu...
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Les Miserables
1933
Called Back
0/0
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Called Back
1953
Fort Ti
6.333/3
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rog...
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Fort Ti
1943
Appointment in Berlin
6.4/4
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
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Appointment in Berlin
1952
5 Fingers
7.571/84
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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5 Fingers
1964
Mary Poppins
7.577/4555
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in thei...
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