Biography: Anna Lee |
Born Joanna Winnifrith, Anna Lee was a petite, charming, blond British actress. At age 14 she ran away from home to join a circus. After brief stage experience she began appearing in British films in 1932, playing leads and supporting roles; in 1940... more
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My Name Is Bertolt Brecht - Exile in U.S.A. (1989)
Length: 95min
Bertholt Brecht (1898-1956) was a groundbreaking German playwright, movie-maker, and poet. Among his well-known works are the musical drama ~The Threepenny Opera (which originated the famous song &Mack the Knife in collaboration with composer Kurt...
Cast: Jerry Goldsmith Lee J. Cobb James Coburn
Tags: Glamorized Spy Film Comedy Spy Film Action Comedy
Length: 107min
Derek Flint (James Coburn) is back in this James Bond-styled spy spoof sequel to Our Man Flint. Flint's boss Cramden (Lee J. Cobb) assigns him to stop a group of felonious females on the Virgin Islands who hope to take over the world; the bad femmes...
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Cast: Joan Crawford Bette Davis Robert Aldrich
Tags: Thriller Psychological Thriller
Length: 132min
As a child, "Baby Jane" Hudson was the toast of vaudeville. As an adult, however, Baby Jane was overshadowed by her more talented sister, Blanche, who became a top movie star. Then, one night in the early '30s, came the accident, which crippled...
Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Cast: John Ford Jack Hawkins Billie Whitelaw Anna Massey
Tags: Drama Crime Police Detective Film
Length: 91min
Director John Ford traveled to England to film this adaptation of the novel by J.J. Maraca, which details a typical day in the busy life of a detective for Scotland Yard. Inspector George Gideon (Jack Hawkins) begins his working day by confronting one...
Cast: Edgar Buchanan
Tags: Romantic Comedy Drama
Length: 73min
Edgar Buchanan stars as a man who abruptly leaves his wife (Anna Lee) to "find himself". When he returns, he discovers that wifey has divorced him and has married stuffy Robert Shayne (later "Inspector Henderson" on the Superman TV series). Buchanan...
Cast: Boris Karloff
Tags: Drama Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 79min
Bedlam is one of the costlier psychological-horror efforts from RKO producer Val (Curse of the Cat People) Lewton. Boris Karloff stars as the supervisor of the notorious 18th century British insane asylum St. Mary's of Bethlehem, better known as...
Cast: Samuel Fuller
Tags: Police Detective Film Thriller Mystery Romantic Mystery
Length: 84min
Crimson Kimono stars Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta as Korean War army buddies, working side by side with the LA homicide squad. When stripper Gloria Pall is murdered, Corbett and Shigeta are sent to investigate. Both are smitten by the lovely...
Cast: Linda Darnell Edward Everett Horton George Sanders Douglas Sirk
Tags: Drama Crime Historical Film Romance
Length: 105min
Summer Storm is a remarkably effective Hollywood filmization of Anton Chekhov's -The Shooting Party. Linda Darnell stars as the young and beautiful wife of a middle-aged Russian civil servant (Hugo Haas). Darnell becomes the object of the affections...
Cast: Fritz Lang Walter Brennan
Tags: Resistance Film War War Drama
Length: 131min
Hangmen Also Die is set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. Czech loyalist Brian Donlevy assassinates the vicious Gestapo leader Heydrich, then goes into hiding. The wounded patriot is sheltered by history professor Walter Brennan, who is...
Cast: Harlan Warde
Tags: Prison Film Drama Crime
Length: 62min
Warner Baxter plays the title role in Columbia's Prison Warden. A well-known reformer, Victor Burnell (Baxter) is put in charge of a prison in dire need of reforming. Meanwhile, Victor's faithless wife Elisa (played by future General Hospital star...
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