Charles Laughton
1) Spartacus
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainmenth
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion.
Series
Criterion collection ; 541
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
6) Spartacus
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) is accused of poisoning her older wealthy husband. Her barrister, the happily married Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) takes the case but also lets his heart rule his head when he falls hard for his client.
10) Advise & consent
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"A Senate subcommittee meets to confirm the President's controversial nominee for Secretary of State."
11) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this dark period drama, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire, wickedly played by Charles Laughton. Her efforts to stop their wicked ways leads her down a path filled with murder and betrayal." --
Series
Criterion collection ; 586
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
14) Arch of triumph
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Haunted by a secret past and tormented by an uncertain future, two lonely people are drawn together in Paris during the last desperate days of freedom before WWII. A surgeon flees to Paris to escape the Nazis' growing power. After falling in love with an unemployed cabaret singer and finding her a job, he is deported when unable to produce his passport. Things come to a crisis when war is declared.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1789, the HMS Bounty sets sail under Captain William Bligh. Bligh is the cruelest taskmaster and his cruelties become more than first mate Christian can bear. After the Captain causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stage a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh is set adrift in an open boat with a handful of his loyal officers and limited supplies.
Publisher
St. Clair Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jamaica Inn: Mary is an Irish orphan girl sent to stay with her aunt and uncle, proprietors of the notorious Jamaica Inn. Mary soon discovers that the inn has a terrible secret, and the strange abode is about to claim its next victim.
Kangaroo: An Irish immigrant to Australia and his daughter settle in the Outback where they seek their fortune. But thievery and deception abound in the cattle-rich countryside.
The deadly companions: A dancehall hostess's...
Publisher
Treeline Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
[The man on the Eiffel Tower]: In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek is paid by Bill Kirby to murder his wealthy aunt. A knife grinder is suspected, but Radek keeps taunting the police until they realize that he is the killer. The police and Maigret are led on chases through the streets and over the rooftops of Paris and finally up the girders of the Eiffel Tower.
[Topper returns]: Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit....
