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Notorious (1946)
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Ben Hecht, Alfred Hitchcock, John Taintor Foote
Cast Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Plot 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?
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster, Myles Connolly
Cast James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
Plot 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...
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The Invisible Man (1933)
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Director James Whale
Writer H.G. Wells, R.C. Sherriff, Preston Sturges
Cast Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
Plot A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
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Now, Voyager (1942)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer Casey Robinson, Olive Higgins Prouty
Cast Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Plot A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
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The Wolf Man (1941)
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Director George Waggner
Writer Curt Siodmak
Cast Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
Plot Upon his return to his father's estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Howard Koch, Seton I. Miller
Cast Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains
Plot 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.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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Director Alexander Hall
Writer Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller, Harry Segall
Cast Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes
Plot Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
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Director Vincent Sherman
Writer Julius J. Epstein, Elizabeth von Arnim
Cast Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
Plot 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.
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Phantom of the Opera (1943)
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Director Arthur Lubin
Writer Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein, Hans Jacoby
Cast Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains
Plot An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
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Deception (1946)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer John Collier, Joseph Than, Louis Verneuil
Cast Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Plot After marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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The Unsuspected (1947)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Ranald MacDougall, Bess Meredyth, Charlotte Armstrong
Cast Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter
Plot The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
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Passage to Marseille (1944)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Casey Robinson, Jack Moffitt, Charles Nordhoff
Cast Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michele Morgan
Plot Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
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The Passionate Friends (1949)
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Director David Lean
Writer H.G. Wells, Eric Ambler, David Lean
Cast Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains
Plot A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
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Director William Keighley, William Dieterle
Writer Mark Twain, Laird Doyle, Catherine Chisholm Cushing
Cast Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson
Plot 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.
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Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
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Director Archie Mayo
Writer Harry Segall, Roland Kibbee
Cast Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains
Plot The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
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Four Daughters (1938)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Julius J. Epstein, Lenore J. Coffee, Fannie Hurst
Cast Claude Rains, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn
Plot A musician is blessed with four musical prodigies, all girls, and cursed when a troubled young composer enters the lives of his daughters.
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They Won't Forget (1937)
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Director Mervyn LeRoy
Writer Ward Greene, Robert Rossen, Aben Kandel
Cast Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris
Plot A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
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Where Danger Lives (1950)
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Director John Farrow
Writer Charles Bennett, Leo Rosten
Cast Robert Mitchum, Claude Rains, Faith Domergue
Plot A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in her husband's death, and must flee with her to the Mexican border.
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They Made Me a Criminal (1938)
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Director Busby Berkeley
Writer Sig Herzig, Bertram Millhauser, Beulah Marie Dix
Cast John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead End Kids
Plot A champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at an Arizona farm for delinquent youths.
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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
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Director Gabriel Pascal
Writer George Bernard Shaw
Cast Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger
Plot At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
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Rope of Sand (1949)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer Walter Doniger, John Paxton
Cast Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Plot A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
