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1	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered by his doctor to give up everything he holds dear-brandy, cigars and especially courtroom cases. Robards' already shaky resolve to follow doctor's orders flies out the window when he takes up the defense of Leonard Vole ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £6.41!
2	Spartacus (1960) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are "rewarded" with ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £4.70!
3	Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) more movies like this directed by Frank Lloyd featuring Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Herbert Mundin, Donald Crisp, Eddie Quillan The 1932 publication of Charles Nordhoff and James Norton Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty sparked a revival of interest in the titular 1789 ship mutiny, and this 1935 MGM movie version won the Oscar for Best Picture. Clark Gable stars as Fletcher Christian, first mate of the infamous HMS Bounty, skippered by Captain William Bligh (Charles Laughton), ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.76!
4	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) more movies like this directed by William Dieterle featuring Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien Few will argue with the contention that RKO Radio's 1939 adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the best of the many screen versions of the Hugo classic. We say this even allowing for certain liberties taken with the source material-liberties calculated by scenarists Sonya Levien and Bruno Frank to draw parallels between 15th ... see all copies from £3.46! new only from £6.23!
5	The Paradine Case (1947) more movies like this directed by Alfred Hitchcock featuring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan Based on a novel by Robert Hichens, The Paradine Case concerns Anna Paradine (Alida Valli), on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband. British barrister Anthony Keane (played by the aggressively American Gregory Peck) takes on the case-and in the process, falls in love with Anna, despite being married himself. Despite his client's protests, ... see all copies from £3.02! new only from £46.84!
6	Captain Kidd (1945) more movies like this directed by Rowland V. Lee featuring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Reginald Owen, Gilbert Roland It's every man for himself when Charles Laughton bites into the role of infamous 17th century pirate captain William Kidd. Hoping to further increase his ill-gotten gains, Captain Kidd inveigles King William III (Henry Daniel) into appointing him the "patriotic" protector of a valuable treasure ship. Ostensibly hired to fend off enemy vessels, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
7	Tales of Manhattan (1942) more movies like this directed by Julien Duvivier featuring Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton Tales of Manhattan is a sumptuous multipart film centered around a formal tailcoat. The coat is specially designed for stage actor Charles Boyer, who wears it during a rendezvous with his lady friend (Rita Hayworth). The lady's husband (Thomas Mitchell) shoots Boyer, thus the tailcoat is damaged merchandise and sold at a discount to a bridegroom ... see all copies from £15.93!
8	Island of Lost Souls (1932) more movies like this directed by Erle C. Kenton featuring Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke This first film version of H.G. Wells' Island of Dr. Moreau stars Charles Laughton as Dr.Moreau, a dedicated but sadly misguided scientist who rules the roost on a remote island. Shipwrecked sailor Edward Parker Richard Arlen finds himself on Moreau's island, agreeing to stick around until another boat can come along and take him home. But that's ... see all copies from £7.31!
9	Hobson's Choice (1953) more movies like this directed by David Lean featuring Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson, Prunella Scales A "Hobson's Choice," as any slang expert will tell you, is no choice at all. In this 1953 filmization of Harold Brighouse's 1915 play Hobson's Choice, hero John Mills finds after several reels of evidence to the contrary that he does have a choice over how he'll conduct his life after all. Mills is the assistant to domineering boot-shop owner ... see all copies from £10.33!
10	Jamaica Inn (1939) more movies like this directed by Alfred Hitchcock featuring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Emlyn Williams, Hay Petrie, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Basil Radford, Frederick Piper Alfred Hitchcock directed this disappointing misfire, memorable solely for the fact is that it is the final film from Hitchcock's early British period before he left for the Hollywood studio system and David O. Selznick. In the England of the 1800s, a group of ruthless smugglers, led by Sir Humphrey Pengallon (Charles Laughton), prey on ships by ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
11	The Big Clock (1948) more movies like this directed by John Farrow featuring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Elsa Lanchester, Rita Johnson John Farrow's movie adaptation of Kenneth Fearing's The Big Clock, based on a screenplay by Jonathan Latimer (and produced by future James Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum), is a near-perfect match for the book, telling in generally superb visual style a tale set against the backdrop of upscale 1940s New York and offering an early (but accurate) ... see all copies from £3.82! new only from £7.49!
12	Because of Him (1946) more movies like this directed by Richard Wallace featuring Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton, Helen Broderick, Stanley Ridges As appealing as ever in 1946, Deanna Durbin was admittedly getting a bit long in tooth for her ingenue-like role in Because of Him. Durbin is cast as Kim Walker, an aspiring actress determined to become the protegee of famed Broadway actor/producer Sheridan (Charles Laughton). The only person not charmed by Kim's herculean efforts to achieve ... see all copies from £5.06!
13 view cover	Advise and Consent (1962) more movies like this directed by Otto Preminger featuring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney The first of Allen Drury "all names changed to protect the guilty" political novels, Advise and Consent was brought to the screen by producer/director Otto Preminger. The film hinges upon the appointment of Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) to Secretary of State. Leffingwell has been hand-picked by the President (Franchot Tone), meaning that there ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £10.54!
14 view cover	O. Henry's Full House (1952) more movies like this directed by Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Henry Koster, Howard Hawks, Jean Negulesco featuring Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Fred Allen This anthology film assembles five respected directors and a top-notch cast to bring a handful of stories by the great American author O. Henry to the screen. In The Cop and the Anthem , a tramp named Soapy (Charles Laughton) tries to get arrested so that he can spend the winter in jail, only to find that is not as easy as it used to be. Marilyn ... see all copies from £11.02! new only from £11.02!
15 view cover	Salome (1953) more movies like this directed by William Dieterle featuring Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel, Charles Laughton "Her Salome Will Steal Your Breath Away" was the classic advertising slogan attached to this opulent Rita Hayworth epic -- a slogan which became laughable whenever a radio announcer would mispronounce Salome as "salami." Using the very sketchy Biblical story of the death of John the Baptist as its springboard, Salome depicts its title character, ... see all copies from £15.14!
16 view cover	The Sign of the Cross (1932) more movies like this directed by Cecil B. DeMille featuring Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith Director Cecil B. DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures for this typically epic production, which became his first box office hit after the close of the silent era. Fredric March stars as Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus, a noble military leader of the year 64 A.D. Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) has just burned down the city and blamed the ... see all copies from £14.56!
17 view cover	The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) more movies like this directed by Alexander Korda featuring Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Merle Oberon, Elsa Lanchester, Everley Gregg Charles Laughton became an international star by chewing both mutton and scenes in his Oscar-winning turn as King Henry VIII. Alexander Korda's British super-production also put the British cinema on the map, which, until this film, received precious little respect in the international film community. The film, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, ... see all copies from £11.78! new only from £11.78!
18 view cover	The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) more movies like this directed by Burgess Meredith featuring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace Though hampered by a small budget that shrank with each shooting day, director Burgess Meredith fashioned a serviceable film version of Georges Simenon's A Battle of Nerves. Retitled The Man on the Eiffel Tower, the film pits Simenon's analytical Inspector Maigret (Charles Laughton) against a wily murderer. We know virtually from the outset that ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
19 view cover	Rembrandt (1936) more movies like this directed by Alexander Korda featuring Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman, John Bryning, Richard Gofe, Walter Hudd Lightning steadfastly refused to strike twice for the director/actor team of Alexander Korda and Charles Laughton. Though the pair had scored an international success with the 1933 quasi-biopic The Private Life of Henry VIII, they couldn't make the magic happen again with 1936's Rembrandt. Laughton's performance is solid throughout, and Korda's ... see all copies from £9.60! new only from £9.60!
20 view cover	The Old Dark House (1932) more movies like this directed by James Whale featuring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Lillian Bond It's a wildly varied group that takes shelter from a raging English storm in the forbidding mansion of the Femm family. Among the reluctant guests are stuffed-shirt Philip Waverton (Raymond Massey): Philip's sensitive wife Margaret (Gloria Stuart); their mutual friend, disillusioned war veteran Roger Penderell (Melvyn Douglas); vulgar self-made ... see all copies from £6.51! new only from £11.32!
21 view cover	The Strange Door (1951) more movies like this directed by Joseph Pevney featuring Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley, Michael Pate Reunited for the first time since 1932's The Old Dark House, Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff star in the second-echelon Universal melodrama The Strange Door. Based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story, the film casts Laughton as unhinged French aristocrat Alan De Maletroit. Angered when his sweetheart jilts him in favor of his brother Edmond (Paul ... see all copies from £2.77!
22 view cover	Les Miserables (1935) more movies like this directed by Richard Boleslawski featuring Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, John Beal, Marilyn Knowlden, Frances Drake Richard Boleslawski directed this lavish adaptation of Victor Hugo's oft-filmed epic novel. Fredric March stars as Jean Valjean, who is hauled into prison for stealing a loaf of bread. After ten years at hard labor, he escapes from the merciless prison but the years have taken their toll and Valjean is now a hard and embittered man. Valjean ... see all copies from £3.82! new only from £11.02!
23 view cover	Sidewalks of London (1938) more movies like this directed by Tim Whelan, Sr. featuring Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Larry Adler, Tyrone Guthrie After befriending talented dancer and pickpocket Libby (Vivien Leigh), street performer Charles (Charles Saggers) strikes up a partnership with the gifted young performer and invites Libby to join his act. With Libby's graceful moves steadily drawing an audience to Charles' dramatic act, the performers soon catch the eye of theater magnate Harley ... see all copies from £7.88! new only from £7.88!
24	If I Had a Million (1932) more movies like this directed by Ernst Lubitsch, H. Bruce Humberstone, James Cruze, Lothar Mendes, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen R. Roberts, William Seiter featuring Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Charlie Ruggles, George Raft, Jack Oakie Based on a story by Robert Andrews, If I Had a Million is a multipart comedy-drama employing Paramount's top directorial and acting talents. Refusing to leave his fortune to his grasping relatives, dying millionaire Richard Bennett selects several people at random from the phone book and bestows upon each of them a check for one million dollars. ... see all copies from £11.78! new only from £11.78!
25	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) more movies like this directed by Charles Lamont featuring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke, Bill Shirley Though out of favor with many Abbott and Costello buffs, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd is actually a lot of fun, so long as the viewer parks logic and dignity at the door. Captain Kidd is played by no less than Charles Laughton, who reportedly agreed to sign up for this film because he wanted to learn how to perform a comedy double-take. ... see all copies from £11.78! new only from £11.78!

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