Cast: Nat 'King' Cole

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Nat 'King' Cole. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Piano Blues

2003 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Ray Charles · Nat 'King' Cole · Cab Calloway

Plot Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood (Play Misty for Me, Bird, Unforgiven) explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in...

7.4

668 votes

7.4

668 votes

The Blue Gardenia

1953 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Anne Baxter · Richard Conte · Ann Sothern · Raymond Burr

Plot Anne Baxter is a telephone operator who believes she committed murder when she was drinking away the tears of a broken romance. Too much rum with Raymond Burr, a licentious...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Scarlet Hour

1956 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Carol Ohmart · Tom Tryon · Jody Lawrance · James Gregory

Plot A love triangle gets dangerous when murder is considered.

6.3

36 votes

6.3

36 votes

Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

2014 · Documentary · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Brewer

Cast Nat 'King' Cole · Tony Bennett · Ralph Carmichael · Johnny Mathis

Plot Nat King Cole was the only black television star in Hollywood at a time when America groaned under the weight of racial segregation and prejudice. Yet he possessed a natural...

6.2

48 votes

6.2

48 votes

Istanbul

1957 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast Errol Flynn · Cornell Borchers · John Bentley · Torin Thatcher

Plot Adventurer James Brennan returns to Istanbul five years after being ejected under suspicion of diamond smuggling. In flashback, he recalls his last days there, his torrid love affair with Stephanie...

5.8

25 votes

5.8

25 votes

Cat Ballou

1965 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Elliot Silverstein

Cast Lee Marvin · Jane Fonda · Michael Callan · Dwayne Hickman

Plot Cat(herine) Ballou's family farm is being threatened by the Rail Road. She sends for Kid Shelleen, finding him to be the drunkest gunfighter in the west. When her father is...

5.7

905 votes

5.7

905 votes

China Gate

1957 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Samuel Fuller

Cast Gene Barry · Angie Dickinson · Nat 'King' Cole · Paul Dubov

Plot Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border, to blow up an...

5.4

109 votes

5.4

109 votes

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast John Derek · Elaine Stewart · Thomas Gomez · Amanda Blake

Plot In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Caliph into giving her...

4.9

100 votes

4.9

100 votes

Chuck Berry

2018 · Documentary · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Brewer

Cast Themetta Berry · Ingrid Berry · Charles Berry Jr. · Steve Van Zandt

Plot Story of Chuck Berry told by his relatives and friends.

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Night of the Quarter Moon

1959 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Hugo Haas

Cast Julie London · John Drew Barrymore · Anna Kashfi · Dean Jones

Plot A young man returns to San Francisco and his wealthy family with a new bride. His family objects to his marriage as his wife is mixed race snd his mother...

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Killer Diller

1948 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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Breakfast in Hollywood

1946 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Harold D. Schuster

Cast Tom Breneman · Bonita Granville · Beulah Bondi · Edward Ryan

Plot Based on the old radio series of the same name, we see the lives of several people attending a popular radio show, including a young couple who meet and fall...

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St. Louis Blues

1958 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner

Cast Nat 'King' Cole · Eartha Kitt · Cab Calloway · Ella Fitzgerald

Plot Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't...

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Make Believe Ballroom

1949 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Jerome Courtland · Ruth Warrick · Ron Randell · Virginia Welles

Plot Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical...

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Small Town Girl

1953 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction László Kardos

Cast Jane Powell · Farley Granger · Ann Miller · S.Z. Sakall

Plot Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding throu a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let...

Not rated

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Rock 'n' Roll Revue

1955 · Documentary · 38 min. · United States

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