Cast: Henry Daniell

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


Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Tyrone Power · Marlene Dietrich · Charles Laughton · Elsa Lanchester

Synopsis Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), a young and attractive man, is accused of the murder of Miss French, a rich old woman. Wilfred Roberts (Charles Laughton), a criminal lawyer from London, takes charge of the case.

8.6

43K votes

8.6

43K votes

The Great Dictator

1940 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Paulette Goddard · Jack Oakie · Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis In the 1930s, Tomania falls under the control of dictator Adenoid Hynkel, who dreams of world domination. In the Jewish district of the capital lives a barber who looks so much like Hynkel that he could be his twin. During...

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8.6

84K votes

8.6

84K votes

The Philadelphia Story

1940 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Cary Grant · Katharine Hepburn · James Stewart · Ruth Hussey

Synopsis Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy Main Line Philadelphia socialite who had divorced C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and is about to marry nouveau riche George Kittredge (John Howard). Wedding preparations are complicated when she is blackmailed by publisher...

8.0

26K votes

8.0

26K votes

Holiday

1938 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Cary Grant · Katharine Hepburn · Lew Ayres · Doris Dolan

Synopsis Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, with the exception of black-sheep Linda and drunken Ned, want Johnny to settle down to big business, he rebels, wishing instead to spend the early years of...

7.5

3K votes

7.5

3K votes

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Camille

1936 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Greta Garbo · Robert Taylor · Lionel Barrymore · Elizabeth Allan

Synopsis Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

The Suspect

1944 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Charles Laughton · Ella Raines · Henry Daniell · Rosalind Ivan

Synopsis In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Their deepening friendship, though physically innocent, is discovered by Philip's wife who threatens him with exposure and scandal.

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

Lust for Life

1956 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Kirk Douglas · Anthony Quinn · James Donald · Pamela Brown

Synopsis This filmed biography of Vincent Van Gogh was adapted by Norman Corwin from the best-selling novel by Irving Stone, which was in turn inspired by the written correspondence between Van Gogh and his brother Theo. Kirk Douglas plays the tormented...

7.4

6K votes

7.4

6K votes

Jane Eyre

1943 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevenson

Cast Orson Welles · Joan Fontaine · Margaret O'Brien · Peggy Ann Garner

Synopsis A Love Story Every Woman Would Die a Thousand Deaths to Live! Small plain and poor Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life Jane can't help but...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

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Thriller (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 49 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · John Brahm · Ida Lupino

Cast Boris Karloff · Richard Peel · Henry Daniell · David Frankham

Synopsis Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works by authors such as Cornell Woolrich, Robert Bloch and...

7.2

23 votes

7.2

23 votes

A Woman's Face

1941 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Joan Crawford · Melvyn Douglas · Conrad Veidt · Osa Massen

Synopsis Anna Holm is a blackmailer, who because of a facial scar, despises everyone she encounters. When a plastic surgeon performs an operation to correct this disfigurement, Anna becomes torn between the hope of starting a new life, and a return...

7.0

628 votes

7.0

628 votes

The Sea Hawk

1940 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Flora Robson · Brenda Marshall · Claude Rains

Synopsis In the 1580s, the Sea Hawks -- the name given to the bold privateers who prowl the oceans taking ships and treasure on behalf the British crown -- are the most dedicated defenders of British interests in the face of...

7.0

5K votes

7.0

5K votes

The Body Snatcher

1945 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Boris Karloff · Bela Lugosi · Henry Daniell · Edith Atwater

Synopsis In Edinburgh in 1831, renowned surgeon and now teacher of anatomy Dr. MacFarlane, has been paying John Gray, a cabman, to clandestinely bring him exhumed bodies of the recently deceased for classroom demonstration purposes. With cemeteries being increasingly guarded, Gray...

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes

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All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Bette Davis · Charles Boyer · Jeffrey Lynn · Barbara O'Neil

Synopsis Bette Davis stars as the lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy in the film version of Rachel Field's epic historical romance novel ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO. Charles Boyer is charming and ultimately heartbreaking as the debonair Duc de Praslin,...

6.9

576 votes

6.9

576 votes

Mission to Moscow

1943 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Walter Huston · Ann Harding · Oskar Homolka · George Tobias

Synopsis Mission to Moscow was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. It was from the book by Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. Ambassador To Russia. The movie covers the...

6.8

198 votes

6.8

198 votes

Les Girls

1957 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Gene Kelly · Mitzi Gaynor · Kay Kendall · Taina Elg

Synopsis After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A Rashômon (1950)-style narrative presents the story from three...

6.8

604 votes

6.8

604 votes

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Bette Davis · Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Donald Crisp

Synopsis A romantic drama film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I (played by Bette Davis) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (played by Errol Flynn).

6.6

853 votes

6.6

853 votes

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The Notorious Landlady

1962 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

6.6

743 votes

6.6

743 votes

The Comancheros

1961 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast John Wayne · Stuart Whitman · Ina Balin · Nehemiah Persoff

Synopsis Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Song of Love

1947 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Paul Henreid · Robert Walker · Henry Daniell

Synopsis Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.

6.5

212 votes

6.5

212 votes

Captain Kidd

1945 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Charles Laughton · Randolph Scott · Barbara Britton · John Carradine

Synopsis In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats...and Orange Povey,...

6.5

947 votes

6.5

947 votes

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