Orson Welles
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead
- Orson Welles ground–breaking work chronicles a publishing tycoon's rise to power, told through a reporter's efforts to discover the meaning of…
- Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello
- Following up CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles again drew a bead on the American rich, chronicling the dynastic squabbles of a…
- Jane Eyre (1943)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Peggy Ann Garner…
- Orphan Jane's (Joan Fontaine) harsh childhood and strange marriage are fuel for splendid gothic melodrama in this version of Charlotte Bronte's…
- Stranger, The (1946)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson
- Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten…
- Brothers Gregory Peck and James Cotton feud over the family ranch and legacy. Lauded by the likes of Martin Scorsese for its visual splendour, this…
- Lady from Shanghai (1948)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
- A bold experiment from Orson Welles in which his Irish traveller joins Rita Hayworth and others aboard a luxury yacht where a murder–mystery…
- Macbeth (1948)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall
- An expressionistic version of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, with Welles in the title role.
Shot quickly and on the cheap, this is notoriously…
- Third Man, The (1949)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
- Superb romantic thriller about a writer in post–war Vienna whose old friend fails to meet him – under mysterious circumstances. Justly…
- Black Magic (1949)
- Dir. Gregory Ratoff
Feat. Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff
- Orson Welles excels an 18th century hypnotist, part Gypsy charlatan, part demonic master of the black arts, who uses his powers for revenge against…
- Othello (1952)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Suzanne Cloutier…
- Dir. Welles filmed Shakespeare's great tragedy over four years in Europe and North Africa, and despite some patchy moments, turned in probably the…