Movies starring Claude Rains

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

102 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

It may be over 70 years old, the action may be fake and overly choreographed but still "The Adventures of Robin Hood" remains one of the best of a large number of Robin Hood movies. There is something about this old fashioned...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

129 mins     Drama      

1939 was a very impressive year when it came to movies; there was "The Wizard of Oz", "Goodbye Mr. Chips", "Gone With The Wind" and probably one of my favourite movies from that era "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". An extremel...

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

94 mins     Comedy, Fantasy, Romance      

I first became aware of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" back in around 2002, and like others I would imagine that they learnt about it because they saw Chris Rock's remake "Down to Earth". I also became a wear at the same time of War...

Casablanca (1942)

102 mins     Drama, Romance      

It's widely accepted that "Casablanca" is a great movie, as of writing it happily sits in the top 20 of the imdb top 250 movie list and has had page after page written about it, be it the actual movie or what went on behind t...

Now, Voyager (1942)

113 mins     Drama, Romance      

Now, Voyager: Bette Davis stars as ugly duckling Charlotte Vale who is repressed due to her domineering mother but breaks free thanks to a doctor and transforms into a confident an attractive woman...

Notorious (1946)

101 mins     Romance, Thriller      

The first time I watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Notorious" I thought good movie but what's all the fuss about, why do so many people rate it as one of Hitchcock's best. It forced me into watching it again to try and work out why...

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

100 mins     Comedy, Fantasy, Romance      

Harry Segall lived from 1892 to 1975 and in that time he wrote various stories and plays, he was the man who wrote "Monkey Business" which starred Marilyn Monroe. But Segall also wrote the play "Heaven Can Wait" which in 1941...

The White Tower (1950)

98 mins     Adventure      

"The White Tower" is a case of a good cast a reasonable premise but ultimately a remarkably dull movie. You see "The White Tower" is a mountain climbing movie, one where we follow a group of 6 climbers trying to scale the nev...

Sealed Cargo (1951)

90 mins     Drama, War      

Like so many movies from the 50s "Sealed Cargo" is both entertaining and seriously flawed. It is entertaining because we have a movie of two halves, a first half thriller and a second half action adventure movie with both wor...

The Lost World (1960)

97 mins     Adventure , Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

The biggest compliment I can pay "The Lost World", the 1960 version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, is that it ends up a lot of fun. But in saying it is fun it is as much for what works as it is for what doesn't. And in be...