Cast: Lester Matthews
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Lester Matthews. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 66
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
Northwest Passage (Book I - Rogers' Rangers)
1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
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
Direction Ray Enright · Raoul Walsh
Cast Errol Flynn · Alexis Smith · S.Z. Sakall · Douglas Kennedy
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
Lorna Doone
1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Barbara Hale · Richard Greene · Carl Benton Reid · William Bishop
5.4
29 votes
5.4
29 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
Sangaree
1953 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Fernando Lamas · Arlene Dahl · Patricia Medina · Francis L. Sullivan
4.8
29 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.
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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.
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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...
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