Cast: Lester Matthews

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


Man Hunt

1941 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Walter Pidgeon · Joan Bennett · George Sanders · Roddy McDowall

Synopsis British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gunsight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a prostitute.

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Direction King Vidor

Cast Spencer Tracy · Robert Young · Walter Brennan · Ruth Hussey

Synopsis Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

The Raven

1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Boris Karloff · Bela Lugosi · Lester Matthews · Irene Ware

Synopsis A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in...

6.5

837 votes

6.5

837 votes

Operation Secret

1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Cornel Wilde · Steve Cochran · Phyllis Thaxter · Karl Malden

Synopsis While under attack by German forces, a French army unit discovers there is a traitor in their midst, feeding the Germans information.

6.4

70 votes

6.4

70 votes

Across the Pacific

1942 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Huston

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Mary Astor · Sydney Greenstreet · Charles Halton

Synopsis Bogart plays a U.S. officer of artillery who is court martialled in disgrace (in 1941) and who leaves the country. He gets a job offer in central America with a stop off in Panama. While there he discovers Japanese plot...

6.3

680 votes

6.3

680 votes

Bad for Each Other

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Irving Rapper

Cast Charlton Heston · Lizabeth Scott · Dianne Foster · Mildred Dunnock

Synopsis A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between setting up a glamorous practice and helping the poor.

6.2

46 votes

6.2

46 votes

Against All Flags

1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Errol Flynn · Maureen O'Hara · Anthony Quinn · Mildred Natwick

Synopsis In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic." There, Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens, a pirate captain in her own right, and...

6.2

847 votes

6.2

847 votes

Werewolf of London

1935 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Walker

Cast Henry Hull · Valerie Hobson · Warner Oland · Spring Byington

Synopsis Botanist Dr Wilfred Glendon goes on an expedition into the Himalayas in search of the marifisa lupina lumina, a rare orchid that only blooms by moonlight. He finds the marifisa in a remote valley but is attacked and his arm...

6.1

365 votes

6.1

365 votes

Salty O'Rourke

1945 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Alan Ladd · Gail Russell · William Demarest · Stanley Clements

Synopsis Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. Johnny and Salty both fall...

6.0

28 votes

6.0

28 votes

Montana

1950 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

5.9

473 votes

5.9

473 votes

Two O'Clock Courage

1945 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Tom Conway · Ann Rutherford · Richard Lane · Lester Matthews

Synopsis After nearly running over him with her cab, Patty Mitchell picks up a fare who claims to have amnesia. As he fumbles to remember the basic facts of his identity, Patty becomes interested in the stranger and decides to help...

5.6

170 votes

5.6

170 votes

Trouble Along the Way

1953 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast John Wayne · Donna Reed · Charles Coburn · Tom Tully

Synopsis Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

5.4

50 votes

5.4

50 votes

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Ford Beebe

Cast Jon Hall · Leon Errol · John Carradine · Alan Curtis

Synopsis An eager scientist (John Carradine) tests his new formula for invisibility on an escaped fugitive (Jon Hall). When the formula works the criminal runs off to terrorize a family he believes cheated him out of a fortune years earlier.

5.3

69 votes

5.3

69 votes

Ten Wanted Men

1955 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Randolph Scott · Jocelyn Brando · Richard Boone · Alfonso Bedoya

Synopsis Randolph Scott is tall in the saddle once more in the Scott-Brown production Ten Wanted Men. The star is cast as John Stewart, who attempts to establish law and order on his vast Arizona spread without resorting to violence. Less...

5.1

183 votes

5.1

183 votes

4.8

29 votes

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast John Derek · Diana Lynn · George Macready · Alan Hale

Synopsis When King John imposes oppressive taxes and cruel treatment upon the local population in medieval England, the son of legendary bandit Robin Hood reforms his father's "Merry Men" to once more rise against the king.

4.8

21 votes

4.8

21 votes

Nine Girls

1944 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Leigh Jason

Cast Ann Harding · Evelyn Keyes · Jinx Falkenburg · Anita Louise

Synopsis One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, fellow sorority girl Mary O'Ryan decides to do some sleuthing on her own to unmask the killer.

Not rated

Not rated

Shadows in the Night

1944 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Eugene Forde

Cast Warner Baxter · Nina Foch · George Zucco · Edward Norris

Synopsis A young woman wants Dr. Robert Ordway to help her decipher her strange nightmares.

Not rated

Not rated

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

1947 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Salkow

Cast Ron Randell · Anita Louise · Patrick O'Moore · Terry Kilburn

Synopsis "Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with some mysterious letters. Doris Meredith comes by the next day, pretending her car...

Not rated

Not rated