Cast: James Stephenson

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


The Letter

1940 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction William Wyler

Cast Bette Davis · Herbert Marshall · James Stephenson · Frieda Inescort

Synopsis The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband is certainly without doubt; so is the district officer; while...

7.6

5K votes

7.6

5K votes

Beau Geste

1939 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Gary Cooper · Ray Milland · Robert Preston · Brian Donlevy

Synopsis BEAU GESTE begins with a framed scene of a mounted column approaching Fort Zinderneuf in the desert of French Morocco. No one answers Colonel de Beaujolais's signal. Someone fires shots at his feet. When he points out that the troopers...

7.5

4K votes

7.5

4K 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

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Francis Lederer · George Sanders · Paul Lukas

Synopsis Ed Renard is a G-Man investigating a huge Nazi spy ring in the United States. Contacts are discovered and arrested in U.S.A.

6.4

136 votes

6.4

136 votes

We Are Not Alone

1939 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Edmund Goulding

Cast Paul Muni · Jane Bryan · Flora Robson · Raymond Severn

Synopsis Dr. David Newcome (Paul Muni) lives with his wife Jessica (Flora Robson) and son Gerald (Raymond Severn)in the small English town of Calderbury. Jessica, conventional and somewhat stupid, is unable to understand the sinsitive little boy and her stern, unsympathetic...

6.4

44 votes

6.4

44 votes

King of the Underworld

1939 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Kay Francis · James Stephenson · John Eldredge

Synopsis Niles and Carol Nelson are married doctors who save one of ganglord Gurney's men. Gurney exploits them, then kills Niles leaving Carol to take the fall. He next kidnaps writer Bill Forrest to write his biography. Knowing Bill will be...

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6.1

137 votes

6.1

137 votes

Espionage Agent

1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Joel McCrea · Brenda Marshall · Jeffrey Lynn · George Bancroft

Synopsis When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

5.3

22 votes

5.3

22 votes

Flight from Destiny

1941 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Geraldine Fitzgerald · Thomas Mitchell · Jeffrey Lynn · James Stephenson

Synopsis After philosophy Professor Todhunter is told he has 6 months left to live, he is barred from teaching by his college so there won't be a scandal if he drops dead in class. Discussing a hypothetical man with 6 months...

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Heart of the North

1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Dick Foran · Gloria Dickson · Gale Page · Allen Jenkins

Synopsis Cpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Six men hold up the boat when they stop for wood and gun down Jim in front of his daughter. The new...

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Calling Philo Vance

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction William Clemens

Cast James Stephenson · Margot Stevenson · Henry O'Neill · Edward Brophy

Synopsis Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes...

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On Trial

1939 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Terry O. Morse

Cast Margaret Lindsay · John Litel · Edward Norris · Janet Chapman

Synopsis A husband is put on trial for murder and he is ready to take the rap, for he is trying to shield his wife from scandal, along with their six-year-old daughter. But the smart young attorney appointed by the court...

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White Banners

1938 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Edmund Goulding

Cast Claude Rains · Fay Bainter · Jackie Cooper · Bonita Granville

Synopsis A homeless woman named Hannah (Fay Bainter) drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real...

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River's End

1940 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Dennis Morgan · Elizabeth Earl · George Tobias · Victor Jory

Synopsis Convicted murderer John Keith (Dennis Morgan), escapes from his guards, and is pursued by Sergeant Conniston (Dennis Morgan, of the Royal Canadian Mouted Police. After a two year hunt, Conniston almost dies of the cold and is rescued by Keith....

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Devil's Island

1939 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction William Clemens

Cast Boris Karloff · Nedda Harrigan · James Stephenson · Adia Kuznetzoff

Synopsis For treating a wounded revolutionary, respected brain surgeon Dr. Gaudet is sentenced to the hellish French penal colony on Devil's Island. There, he rebels against the inhuman conditions and incurs the wrath of the brutal commander, Colonel Lucien. When Lucien's...

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Murder in the Air

1940 · Movie · 55 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Ronald Reagan · John Litel · Lya Lys · James Stephenson

Synopsis Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a tattoo of a circle and arrow. This is a tattoo...

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International Squadron

1941 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler · Lothar Mendes

Cast Ronald Reagan · Olympe Bradna · James Stephenson · William Lundigan

Synopsis In 1941, an American flyer volunteers for the British RAF but must learn to be an obedient team-player rather than a risky thrill-seeking individualist.

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Sons of Liberty (S)

1939 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Claude Rains · Gale Sondergaard · Donald Crisp · Montagu Love

Synopsis Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.

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South of Suez

1940 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast George Brent · George Tobias · Brenda Marshall · James Stephenson

Synopsis Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on...

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown

1939 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine

Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Tom Kennedy · Henry O'Neill

Synopsis Newspaper reporter "Torchy" Blaine and police detective Steve McBride are on the trail of an Oriental gang that has committed three murders. Also on hand is a fabricated Scotland Yard operative who is a phony, and has two others assisting...

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