Claude Rains

Claude Rains

November 10, 1889

Claude Rains was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 47 years; he later held American citizenship. He was known for many roles in Hollywood films, among them the title role in The Invisible Man (1933), a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and, perhaps his most…

Known For

25 titles
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Casablanca

Casablanca

1943 · 1h 42m · Movie

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

8.5
2
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · 3h 47m · Movie

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

8.3
3
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · 2h 9m · Movie

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his c...

8.1
4
Notorious

Notorious

1946 · 1h 42m · Movie

The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

7.9
5
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938 · 1h 42m · Movie

When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.

7.9
6
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

1933 · 1h 11m · Movie

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

7.6
7
The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

1941 · 1h 10m · Movie

Upon his return to his father's estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.

7.2
8
Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager

1942 · 1h 57m · Movie

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.

7.9
9
The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940 · 2h 7m · Movie

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.

7.6
10
Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera

1943 · 1h 32m · Movie

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.

6.4
11
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941 · 1h 34m · Movie

Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.

7.5
12
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944 · 2h 26m · Movie

Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis enters into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.

7.6
13
Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944 · 1h 49m · Movie

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

6.8
14
Kings Row

Kings Row

1942 · 2h 7m · Movie

The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.

7.5
15
The Lost World

The Lost World

1960 · 1h 37m · Movie

Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.

5.5
16
Deception

Deception

1946 · 1h 55m · Movie

After marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

7.0
17
The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.

7.2
18
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1937 · 1h 58m · Movie

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

7.2
19
Moontide

Moontide

1942 · 1h 34m · Movie

In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.

6.8
20
Four Daughters

Four Daughters

1938 · 1h 30m · Movie

A musician is blessed with four musical prodigies, all girls, and cursed when a troubled young composer enters the lives of his daughters.

6.9
21
Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

1936 · 2h 21m · Movie

In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.

6.3
22
The Paris Express

The Paris Express

1952 · 1h 22m · Movie

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of...

6.3
23
Lisbon

Lisbon

1956 · 1h 30m · Movie

High stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal. A smuggler is hired to kidnap the rich husband of an American woman who's just arrived in Lisbon.

5.9
24
Mystery of Edwin Drood

Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 · 1h 27m · Movie

An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.

6.4
25
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940 · 1h 42m · Movie

After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming up with one useless invention after anothe...

6.4