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Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

English-born American stage and film actor and director (1899-1962)
July 1, 1899 (December 15, 1962)
U.S. 1962. Political drama by Otto Preminger with Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton, Don Murray. The political maneuvers surrounding the appointment of a new Secretary of State.
Runtime: 143 min.

Under Ten Flags

V.O.: Sotto dieci bandiere
It. 1960. War drama by Duilio Coletti with Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylène Demongeot. A German ship, disguised as a merchant ship, wreaks havoc on the Allied fleet.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1960. Epic by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons. In 73 BC, the gladiator Spartacus became the leader of a revolt against the Romans.
Runtime: 189 min.
U.S. 1957. Court drama by Billy Wilder with Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich. An elderly lawyer accepts to argue a lost cause, convinced of his client's innocence.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1955. Thriller by Charles Laughton with Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. A fanatical preacher terrorizes children in order to take their fortune.
Runtime: 92 min.
G.-B. 1954. Comedy by David Lean with Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie. A London bootmaker, a true domestic tyrant, is outsmarted by his daughter who becomes his business rival.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1953. History by George Sidney with Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Stewart Granger. The youth of Elizabeth of England.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1953. Biblical drama by William Dieterle with Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton. Salome is used as an instrument by her mother to obtain, from Herod, the death of the Precursor.
U.S. 1952. Burlesque by Charles Lamont with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton. Two friends are engaged against their will in a treasure hunt full of emotions.
Runtime: 70 min.
U.S. 1951. Horror by Joseph Pevney with Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest. A corrupt lord wants to force his niece to marry a debauchee.
U.S. 1951. Sketches by Jean Negulesco, Henry Koster, Henry King, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway with Jeanne Crain, Anne Baxter, Charles Laughton. Five stories from the work of famous humorist O. Henry.
U.S. 1951. Melodrama by Curtis Bernhardt with Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell. A war widow is hired as a governess and takes care of several children in succession.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1949. Crime drama by Robert Z. Leonard with Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton. A government agent falls in love with a woman involved in an arms deal.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by John Farrow with Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan. A journalist realizes that he is being implicated in a murder case.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by Burgess Meredith with Burgess Meredith, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone. Inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich American woman.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1947. Court drama by Alfred Hitchcock with Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton. A brilliant young lawyer defends a woman accused of murder.
U.S. 1947. Sentimental drama by Lewis Milestone with Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Laughton. A political refugee falls in love with a young woman whom he saves from despair.
U.S. 1946. Adventures by Rowland V. Lee with Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton. A pirate, who wants to become a collaborator with England, eliminates all his former associates one by one.
U.S. 1945. Comedy by Richard Wallace with Charles Laughton, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone. A young girl, who aspires to be a theatre actor, tries to impress a veteran actor.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1944. Crime drama by Robert Siodmak with Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Henry Daniell. A London merchant, who kills his wife to remarry, is blackmailed by a neighbour.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1944. Fantasy comedy by Jules Dassin with Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien. An English noble, who dies a coward, is condemned to be a ghost until one of his descendants proves their heroism.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1943. Sketches by René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox with Brian Aherne, Gladys Cooper, Donald Crisp. The story of a London home that was built in 1804 and destroyed during the Second World War.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Robert Z. Leonard with Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Richard Carlson. An Australian bar owner raises two Belgian orphans, whom he took in during the war.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1943. War drama by Robert Z. Leonard with Charles Laughton, Brian Donlevy, Robert Taylor. A young rich man, who is hired as first mate on an old warship, must replace the injured captain.
Runtime: 109 min.

Born Free

V.O.: This Land Is Mine
U.S. 1943. War drama by Jean Renoir with Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders. A school teacher gets involved in a case of sabotage.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1942. Comedy by Charles Vidor with Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake. A young man of mixed heritage saves his family from financial difficulty.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1941. Comedy by Henry Koster with Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings. A young man presents his dying father with a false fianc?e.
Runtime: 90 min.
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Runtime: 115 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1938. Dramatic comedy by Erich Pommer with Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton.
Runtime: 92 min.

St. Martin's Lane

V.O.: Sidewalks of London
G.-B. 1938. Drama by Tim Whelan with Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison.
Runtime: 86 min.
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Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1935. History by Frank Lloyd with Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone.
Runtime: 132 min.
U.S. 1934. Sentimental drama by Sidney Franklin with Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton.
Runtime: 110 min.
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Runtime: 72 min.

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