Cast: Edith Barrett

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edith Barrett. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


I Walked with a Zombie

1943 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Tourneur

Cast James Ellison · Frances Dee · Tom Conway · Edith Barrett

Synopsis Nurse Betsy Conwell takes up a position on the West Indies island of St Sebastian tending Jessica, the wife of plantation owner Paul Holland, whose mind has been burnt out by a tropical disease. But Betsy comes to fall in...

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

The Lady Gambles

1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Michael Gordon

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Robert Preston · Stephen McNally · Edith Barrett

Synopsis When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story...

6.6

146 votes

6.6

146 votes

Ruthless

1948 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Zachary Scott · Louis Hayward · Diana Lynn · Sydney Greenstreet

Synopsis Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. After being taken in by richer neighbours he started...

6.5

238 votes

6.5

238 votes

Ladies in Retirement

1941 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast Ida Lupino · Louis Hayward · Evelyn Keyes · Elsa Lanchester

Synopsis The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.

6.4

145 votes

6.4

145 votes

Strangers in the Night

1944 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast William Terry · Virginia Grey · Helen Thimig · Edith Barrett

Synopsis A lonely, mentally unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the "daughter" write to a Marine stationed in the South Pacific. When the soldier returns back to the States, he goes to look up his pen pal, and is...

6.2

188 votes

6.2

188 votes

The Ghost Ship

1943 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Richard Dix · Russell Wade · Edith Barrett · Ben Bard

Synopsis Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first adult to ever treat him as...

5.8

357 votes

5.8

357 votes

Lady for a Night

1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Leigh Jason

Cast Joan Blondell · John Wayne · Ray Middleton · Philip Merivale

Synopsis Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society. When her husband is killed in an attempt on her life, she is charged with his murder.

5.4

46 votes

5.4

46 votes

That's the Spirit

1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Peggy Ryan · Jack Oakie · June Vincent · Gene Lockhart

Synopsis A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.

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You Can't Escape Forever

1942 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Jo Graham

Cast George Brent · Brenda Marshall · Gene Lockhart · Roscoe Karns

Synopsis When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he fries. She calls in a story about his death and gets transferred to the Bewildered Heart Column...

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Molly and Me

1945 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Gracie Fields · Monty Woolley · Roddy McDowall · Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

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Direction Jus Addiss

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Russell Collins · Harold J. Stone · Edith Barrett

Synopsis A newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going end that night, but the prank has deadly results.

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Holiday for Sinners

1952 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Gerald Mayer

Cast Gig Young · Keenan Wynn · Janice Rule · William Campbell

Synopsis Three men, reared together in New Orleans, but whose paths have drifted apart, each face a crisis during the last weekend of Mardi Gras: Dr. Jason Kent must decide between accepting a chance to become famous as a research scientist,...

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Direction James Neilson

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Cedric Hardwicke · Evelyn Rudie · Hugh Marlowe

Synopsis In a small Massachusetts town, precocious young Hildegarde Fell learns a secret about crusty old John Anderson, who has just moved there.

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Get Hep to Love

1942 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Gloria Jean · Donald O´Connor · Jane Frazee · Robert Paige

Synopsis Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

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Northwest Passage (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Tourneur · Alan Crosland Jr. · George Waggner · Thomas Carr

Cast Keith Larsen · Buddy Ebsen · Don Burnett · Philip Tonge

Synopsis Major Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced explorer and Indian fighter, were Hunk Marriner, another experienced Indian fighter, and Langdon...

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