Cast: Chester Morris

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


Red-Headed Woman

1932 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Jean Harlow · Chester Morris · Lewis Stone · Leila Hyams

Plot Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay...

6.6

110 votes

6.6

110 votes

Five Came Back

1939 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction John Farrow

Cast Chester Morris · Lucille Ball · Wendy Barrie · John Carradine

Plot After their airplane crashes in the South American jungle, the passengers and crew must survive until the repairs can be made. Apart from the two pilots there is an elderly...

6.5

90 votes

6.5

90 votes

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Youngson

Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant

Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Blind Alley

1939 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast Chester Morris · Ralph Bellamy · Ann Dvorak · Joan Perry

Plot Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient

6.5

139 votes

6.5

139 votes

The Big House

1930 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Chester Morris · Wallace Beery · Lewis Stone · Robert Montgomery

Plot Young Kent Marlowe, sent to prison for manslaughter, never learns the prison 'code of honor', planting a knife on his cellmate John Morgan, causing Morgan's parole, due to start the...

6.5

112 votes

6.5

112 votes

The Divorcee

1930 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Norma Shearer · Chester Morris · Conrad Nagel · Robert Montgomery

Plot Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York 'in-crowd'. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Distraught Paul gets drunk and wrecks his...

6.4

157 votes

6.4

157 votes

The Great White Hope

1970 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Martin Ritt

Cast James Earl Jones · Jane Alexander · Lou Gilbert · Joel Fluellen

Plot Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) as a boxer, dealing with the racism and hatred of early-20th century white America. He is not only the first black heavyweight contender; he is...

6.1

191 votes

6.1

191 votes

Alibi

1929 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Roland West

Cast Chester Morris · Harry Stubbs · Mae Busch · Eleanore Griffith

Plot Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan,...

6.0

25 votes

6.0

25 votes

The Bat Whispers

1930 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Roland West

Cast Chester Morris · Chance Ward · Una Merkel · Richard Tucker

Plot Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace from the safe in the house of a rich socialite. He...

5.3

32 votes

5.3

32 votes

The She-Creature

1956 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Chester Morris · Frieda Inescort · Ron Randell · Marla English

Plot A mysterious hypnotist (Chester Morris) reverts his beautiful assistant (Marla English) back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.

4.5

66 votes

4.5

66 votes

The Marines Fly High

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Benjamin Stoloff · George Nichols Jr.

Cast Richard Dix · Chester Morris · Lucille Ball · Steffi Duna

Plot Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.

Not rated

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Gift of Gab

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Karl Freund

Cast Edmund Lowe · Gloria Stuart · Ruth Etting · Phil Baker

Plot Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

Not rated

Not rated

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (S)

1937 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

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The Case of Sergeant Grischa

1930 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Brenon

Cast Chester Morris · Betty Compson · Alec B. Francis · Gustav von Seyffertitz

Plot Grischa Paprotkin is a simple sergeant in the Russian Army, who has been captured by the Germans during World War I, and who sits in a Prisoner-of-war camp camp. When...

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Not rated

Double Exposure

1944 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction William Berke

Cast Chester Morris · Nancy Kelly · Jane Farrar · Phillip Terry

Plot A news magazine hires an out-of-town photographer and the antics begin.

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They Met in a Taxi

1936 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Chester Morris · Fay Wray · Raymond Walburn · Lionel Stander

Plot A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.

Not rated

Not rated

Pacific Liner

1939 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Victor McLaglen · Chester Morris · Wendy Barrie · Alan Hale

Plot The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse....

Not rated

Not rated

Meet Boston Blackie

1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast Chester Morris · Rochelle Hudson · Richard Lane · Charles Wagenheim

Plot When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

Not rated

Not rated

Infernal Machine

1933 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Marcel Varnel

Cast Chester Morris · Genevieve Tobin · Victor Jory · Elizabeth Patterson

Plot A bomb is hidden on an ocean liner, but nobody on board is aware of its presence.

Not rated

Not rated

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

1943 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Chester Morris · Richard Lane · Ann Savage · George E. Stone

Plot Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

Not rated

Not rated