Basil Rathbone
Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892, Johannesburg – 21 July 1967, New York City) was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films. He frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). His most famous role, however, was heroic—that of Sherlock Holmes in fourteen Hollywood films made between 1939 and 1946 and in a radio series. His later career included Broadway and television work; he received a Tony Award in 1948 as Best Actor in a Play.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 15.297 |
| Birthday | 1892-06-12 |
| Place of Birth | Johannesburg, South African Republic |
| Also Known As | Sir Basil Rathbone, Philip St. John Basil Rathbone, Бэзил Рэтбоун, |
1943
The Spider Woman
6.923/71
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomou...
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The Spider Woman
1939
Son of Frankenstein
6.748/202
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is control...
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Son of Frankenstein
1946
Terror by Night
6.6/101
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging...
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Terror by Night
1946
Dressed to Kill
6.5/94
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purc...
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Dressed to Kill
1962
The Magic Sword
3.955/33
The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.
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The Magic Sword
1944
The Scarlet Claw
6.908/76
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the ca...
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The Scarlet Claw
1945
The House of Fear
6.806/85
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest...
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The House of Fear
1944
The Pearl of Death
7.08/69
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to Lon...
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The Pearl of Death
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
6.532/78
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terr...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1968
Autopsy of a Ghost
4.9/10
Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.
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Autopsy of a Ghost
1939
Rio
4.9/8
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlem...
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Rio
1945
The Woman in Green
6.448/106
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes...
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The Woman in Green
1939
Tower of London
5.892/37
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne,...
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Tower of London
1956
The Black Sleep
6.229/35
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an...
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The Black Sleep
1941
The Black Cat
6.5/32
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
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The Black Cat
1940
The Mad Doctor
6.1/7
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
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The Mad Doctor
1929
The Bishop Murder Case
5.2/13
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where h...
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The Bishop Murder Case
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
6.777/56
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on She...
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
6.888/125
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes,...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
6.312/101
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shor...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1945
Pursuit to Algiers
6.778/54
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean...
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Pursuit to Algiers
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
6.856/66
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master dete...
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1965
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
4.167/24
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus unde...
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1949
The Wind in the Willows
6.705/56
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when h...
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The Wind in the Willows
1933
Loyalties
6/2
While a houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another...
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Loyalties
1962
Two Before Zero
0/0
A black-robed purveyor of communism is periodically interrupted by the questions of a white-robed every woman. Features disturbing historical Russian...
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Two Before Zero
1956
The Stingiest Man in Town
6/1
This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4...
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The Stingiest Man in Town
1954
The General's Boots
0/0
A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.
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The General's Boots
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7.097/170
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds tha...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1966
Queen of Blood
5.542/36
A spaceship is sent to Mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's...
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Queen of Blood
1949
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
6.471/511
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as...
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1937
Love from a Stranger
5.7/9
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basi...
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Love from a Stranger
1938
The Dawn Patrol
6.8/35
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty r...
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The Dawn Patrol
1938
If I Were King
6.6/8
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...
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If I Were King
1930
A Notorious Affair
4.7/3
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
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A Notorious Affair
1935
Kind Lady
6.7/15
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gr...
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Kind Lady
1939
The Sun Never Sets
4.8/2
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompani...
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The Sun Never Sets
1937
Make a Wish
5.7/6
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest ope...
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Make a Wish
1930
The Lady of Scandal
4.8/4
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
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The Lady of Scandal
1930
The Flirting Widow
3/1
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.
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The Flirting Widow
1929
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
5.286/7
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and...
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1935
A Feather in Her Hat
6.8/4
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney...
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A Feather in Her Hat
1930
This Mad World
7/1
Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is...
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This Mad World
1932
After the Ball
0/0
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.
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After the Ball
1959
A Christmas Carol
10/1
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's own...
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A Christmas Carol
1921
Innocent
0/0
An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequentl...
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Innocent
1933
One Precious Year
0/0
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
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One Precious Year
1958
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
0/0
In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating ra...
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Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.447/665
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
The Court Jester
7.296/169
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
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The Court Jester
1940
The Mark of Zorro
7.025/183
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays t...
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The Mark of Zorro
1962
Tales of Terror
6.671/152
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over th...
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Tales of Terror
1937
Tovarich
6.2/4
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatia...
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Tovarich
1944
Bathing Beauty
5.8/27
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her student...
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Bathing Beauty
1942
Fingers at the Window
5.3/10
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Fingers at the Window
1937
Confession
6.538/13
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's l...
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Confession
1941
Paris Calling
5/3
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi st...
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Paris Calling
1936
The Garden of Allah
5.712/26
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
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The Garden of Allah
1940
Rhythm on the River
7/2
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers me...
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Rhythm on the River
1944
Frenchman's Creek
5.5/10
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet i...
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Frenchman's Creek
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.9/11
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
1930
Sin Takes a Holiday
6.208/12
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes...
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Sin Takes a Holiday
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
5.619/21
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by...
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The Last Days of Pompeii
1962
Pontius Pilate
6.7/3
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned C...
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Pontius Pilate
1936
Private Number
7/1
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler a...
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Private Number
1932
A Woman Commands
0/0
In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's car...
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A Woman Commands
1941
International Lady
6.2/6
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a...
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International Lady
1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
7/2
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original c...
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1923
The School for Scandal
0/0
An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.
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The School for Scandal
1961
Victoria Regina
0/0
1961 adaptation of "Victoria Regina".
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Victoria Regina
1943
Above Suspicion
6.8/25
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Above Suspicion
1942
Crossroads
6.143/28
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
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Crossroads
1935
Captain Blood
7.248/204
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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Captain Blood
1954
Casanova's Big Night
6.5/14
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little susp...
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Casanova's Big Night
1930
A Lady Surrenders
0/0
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he mar...
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A Lady Surrenders
1954
A Christmas Carol
5.9/9
A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical pr...
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A Christmas Carol
1967
Soldier in Love
0/0
The story of the Churchills in the court of Queen Anne.
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Soldier in Love
1926
The Great Deception
0/0
Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence, o...
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The Great Deception
1925
The Masked Bride
0/0
An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.
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The Masked Bride
1924
Trouping with Ellen
0/0
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony Winterslip,...
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Trouping with Ellen
1957
The Lark
0/0
Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.
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The Lark
1955
We're No Angels
7.1/156
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Duc...
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We're No Angels
1936
Romeo and Juliet
5.935/23
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
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Romeo and Juliet
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
6.673/55
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on t...
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A Tale of Two Cities
1958
The Last Hurrah
7.128/47
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Fr...
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The Last Hurrah
1958
Cole Porter's Aladdin
0/0
Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television.
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Cole Porter's Aladdin
1935
Anna Karenina
6.573/75
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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Anna Karenina
1921
The Fruitful Vine
0/0
An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.
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The Fruitful Vine
1964
The Comedy of Terrors
6.4/123
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings...
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The Comedy of Terrors
1967
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
2.56/26
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not on...
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
6/1
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1996
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
0/0
Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend,...
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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1943
Crazy House
1/1
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names eva...
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Crazy House
1946
Heartbeat
5.3/8
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
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Heartbeat
1986
The Great Mouse Detective
7.039/1499
When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekic...
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The Great Mouse Detective
1935
David Copperfield
6.561/57
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
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David Copperfield
1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
5.333/21
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1974
Madhouse
6.126/95
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of hi...
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Madhouse
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
7.8/5
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
1924
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
0/0
The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
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The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1983
The Horror of It All
8/5
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
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The Horror of It All
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
6/2
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1979
The Horror Show
6/2
A history of horror movies.
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The Horror Show
2015
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
9/2
Documentary looking at the life and career of 1930s film star Leslie Howard. It features exclusive home movie footage, including footage from the Gone...
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Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Breakdowns of 1938
1968
The Movie Orgy
5.6/5
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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