Cedric Hardwicke
17 titles
Filmography
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Tom Brown's School Days
(1940)In the 19th Century, a young man is sent to a boarding school for rugby players and comes under attack from a rival who wants him to fail.

Richard III
(1955)Olivier’s performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges Richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother Edward’s crown through a murderous set of machinations.

On Borrowed Time
(1939)A young boy, Pud, is orphaned and cared for by his grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are completely inseparable, but Gramps is concerned for the boy's future - particularly the custody intentions of advancing relatives. In this fantastic tale, "death" arrives as Mr. Brink, to take Gramps away. Gramps however, manages to trick death to become stuck in the top of an apple tree, allowing h...

The Winslow Boy
(1948)In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

The Ghoul
(1933)After an anonymous robber takes his jewel, an Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

Suspicion
(1941)Classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a timid heiress who becomes convinced that her husband is trying to kill her.

Helen of Troy
(1956)The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.

The Howards of Virginia
(1940)With a backdrop of such historical milestones as the Stamp Act Riots, Valley Forge and the Boston Tea Party, THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA (based on Elizabeth Page's epic novel "The Tree of Liberty") follows the romance of a backwoodsman (Cary Grant) and a wealthy conservative reactionary's daughter (Martha Scott).

Becky Sharp
(1935)In the time before the Battle of Waterloo, a cash-strapped woman uses her rich best friend to climb the social ladder without a conscience or care.

Five Weeks in a Balloon
(1962)Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
Caribbean
(1952)Set in the 18th century, the film stars John Payne as adventurer Dick Lindsay, hired by pirate leader Charles Barclay (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) to pose as the long-lost nephew of wealthy slave-trader Andrew McAllister (Francis L. Sullivan). It's all pa.

Rope
(1948)Alfred Hitchcock directs James Stewart in this macabre spellbinder about two friends who strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends.

Commandos Strike at Dawn
(1942)Dynamic performances by Paul Muni and Anna Lee highlight this action drama set in WWII Norway. Muniis a Norwegian fisherman whose taken on the extremely dangerous job of helping British commandos attack occupying Nazis.

Jew Süss
(1934)Conrad Veidt plays a Jewish man seeking power in the British version of Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel, later adapted by the Nazis

Lured
(1947)British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

Things to Come
(1936)After a global war followed by a pandemic that leaves what’s left of civilization living underground, a mysterious stranger brings hope for renewal.

Salome
(1953)Salome tries to save John the Baptist from losing his head to the sword of King Herod, reversing the story that she was responsible for his death.