Charles Laughton

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Dir. Charles Laughton · With Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

Dir. Frank Lloyd · With Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Dir. David Lean · With Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

Dir. Erle C. Kenton · With Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Dir. William Dieterle · With Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Dir. John Farrow · With Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

Dir. James Whale · With Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton