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John Carradine

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Mary of ScotlandMary of Scotland (1936)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, John Carradine
Katharine Hepburn stars as Mary, Queen of Scots who, after languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth I's command, is offered a pardon if she will…
StagecoachStagecoach (1939)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine
As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
Drums Along the MohawkDrums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver
Minor Ford drama with Fonda and Colbert as newlyweds whose farming career gets stymied by the Revolutionary War and attacks from Native Americans.…
Grapes of WrathGrapes of Wrath (1940) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Carradine
Henry Fonda stars in this masterful humanist film about a group of destitute Oklahoma farmers that trek to California in hope of a better life. One…
Swamp WaterSwamp Water (1941)
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter
An interesting melodrama, dank with the regional atmosphere of the Florida Everglades, about the problems undergone by a youthful fur trapper…
Man HuntMan Hunt (1941)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
A Fritz Lang–directed thriller set in Europe just prior to World War II – the first of the German exile's four anti–Nazi films, and…
House of FrankensteinHouse of Frankenstein (1944)
Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney
Genuinely odd horror film in the Universal Studios stable, has scientist Karloff rolling out a monster freakshow of the 'classics', including…
House of DraculaHouse of Dracula (1945)
Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, John Carradine, Onslow Stevens
Actually a sequel to HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, with a scientist attempting to rectify the monstrous villains of the Universal Studios horror movies.
Captain KiddCaptain Kidd (1945)
Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton
Charles Laughton has a great time playing the 17th century English pirate, who swindles King William III. Rollicking production is a nicely comic…
Johnny GuitarJohnny Guitar (1953) Recommended
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden
Cowgirls Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge come head to head over the men they love in this wild Western soap opera, brimming with quirky…
Female JungleFemale Jungle (1956) Recommended
Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine
Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Incredible Petrified World, TheIncredible Petrified World, The (1957)
Dir. Jerry Warren
Feat. John Carradine, Robert Clarke, Phyllis Coates
This slimly plotted adventure has four divers trapped in an undersea cavern with a grim–faced hermit. This dull fate is soon livened by…
Patsy, ThePatsy, The (1964)
Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, John Carradine, Nancy Kulp
The retinue of a recently–deceased celebrity connive to groom his bellhop to impersonate him and thus continue the gravy train. Of course with…
Trouble With Girls, TheTrouble With Girls, The (1969)
Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Elvis Presley, Marlyn Manson, Nicole Jaffe
Behind the misleading title, this atypically quirky late Elvis movie sees him running a 1920s travelling circus sideshow, with an excellent…
McMasters, The (Blood Crowd, The) (1970)
Dir. Alf Kjellin
Feat. Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine
A tough depiction of post–Civil War strife, with former slave Peters, who fought for the Union, trying to start over in the American southwest.…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, TheNight Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973) Recommended
Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland
Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…
Shock WavesShock Waves (Almost Human, Death Corps) (1977)
Dir. Ken Wiederhorn
Feat. Brooke Adams, Peter Cushing, John Carradine
Cushing plays a Nazi scientist wrecked in the Florida Keys since WWII, where he has remained hidden with his special squad of underwater zombie…
Golden RendezvousGolden Rendezvous (1977)
Dir. Ashley Lazarus
Feat. Richard Harris, John Vernon, Gordon Jackson
Richard Harris dodges bullets in this daffy thriller about a luxury cruise liner held to ransom by terrorists. This early UNDER SIEGE provided plenty…
Boogeyman, TheBoogeyman, The (1980)
Dir. Ulli Lommel
Feat. Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James
Supernatural slasher directed by Fassbinder regular Ulli Lommel, who was part of the New German Cinema movement. An American production starring…
Scarecrow, TheScarecrow, The (1982) Recommended
Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Jono Smith, Tracey Mann, Daniel McLaren
A fine film adaptation of Ronald Hugh Morrieson's classic New Zealand novel about a crazed killer who instills fear and paranoia in a small rural…
Anthony and CleopatraAnthony and Cleopatra (1983)
Dir. Lawrence Carra
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine
Above–par version of Shakespeare's Egyptian tragedy with the two leads giving particularly strong performances. Filmed in a…
Ice Pirates, TheIce Pirates, The (1984)
Dir. Stewart Raffill
Feat. Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts
Goofy sci–fi comedy set in a distant future where water is scarce on the planet earth. After a band of space pirates get caught raiding ice,…

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