Charles Laughton
Director, Actor
- Old Dark House, The (1932)
- Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
- Seeking refuge from an encroaching storm, six travellers pick the wrong house to take shelter in, with a spooky Boris Karloff, among other terrors in…
- Sign of the Cross, The (1932)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton…
- Pre–Code Hollywood epic from director Cecil B. DeMille, based on the Wilson Barrett play of the same name.
Forms a biblical trilogy with…
- Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933)
- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon
- The signature role for actor–extraordinaire Charles Laughton was this portrayal of England's notorious, much–married monarch.
His…
- Island of Lost Souls (1933)
- Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen…
- First screen version of H.G. Wells' fascinating novel features the delightfully loony Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, the exiled scientist obsessed…
- Mutiny On the Bounty (1935)
- Dir. Frank Lloyd
Feat. Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
- Charles Laughton (as Capt. Bligh) and Clark Gable spar memorably in this, the classic version. Winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 1935.
- Les Miserables (1935)
- Dir. Richard Boleslawski
Feat. Fredric March, Charles Laughton
- Most faithful of the numerous film versions of Victor Hugo's novel, chronicling the lifelong harassment of reformed petty thief Ferric March by the…
- Rembrandt (1936)
- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Charles Laughton
- Vignettes from the life of the great 17th century painter whose popularity sharply regressed after he painted 'The Nightwatchmen'. Charles Laughton…
- St Martin's Lane (Sidewalks of London) (1938)
- Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Charles Laughton, Rex Harrison…
- Vivien Leigh stars in this oddball comedy–drama as a talented pickpocket who forms an alliance with street performer Laughton.
- Beachcomber, The (Vessel of Wrath) (1938)
- Dir. Erich Pommer
Feat. Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
- Drama based on the short story by Somerset Maughamet, set in a remote tropical Dutch colony, where the sister of a missionary attempts to reform a…
- Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1939)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Charles Laughton
- Charles Laughton is perfectly cast in this beautifully expressionistic version of the classic.
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara
- Minor Hitchcock item about pirates and smuggling in Olde England.
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers…
- A star–studded portmanteau of five tales of life in the Big Apple. Runs the gamut from film noir, to romantic comedy, to high melodrama.
- Captain 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…
- Big Clock, The (1948)
- Dir. John Farrow
Feat. Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
- Fine clockwork suspenser lands Ray Milland in a murder–mystery bind instigated by his manipulative media baron boss (Laughton). Texbook noir…
- Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)
- Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith…
- Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
- Strange Door, The (1951)
- Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest
- Thriller based on the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson, with Charles Laughton playing a sadistic man who…
- Hobson's Choice (1953)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Charles Laughton
- Hard to take one's eyes off the maniacal acting of Charles Laughton in this Dickensian comic–drama, as a vulgar cobbler whose rebellious eldest…
- Salome (1953)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton…
- Biblical epic loaded with Hollywood opulence and famed for its erotic dance sequence by Rita Hayworth. The star plays Jewish Princess Salome who…
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton…
- Tense courtroom thriller, with Tyrone Power in the dock, defended by Charles Laughton, and consoled by wife Marlene Dietrich. Agatha Christie's story…
- Spartacus (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton…
- First–rate epic details the revolt of the ancient Roman slaves as led by Kirk Douglas in the title role. Production spares little expense but…
- Advise and Consent (1962)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray…
- Political thriller–fable set in the corridors and committee rooms of Washington DC, where the fundamentally decent Senator, Henry Fonda, learns…