Cedric Hardwicke
29 titles
Filmography
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
(1947)Determined to save his destitute family, young Nicholas discovers the meaning of cruelty at the hands of his greedy uncle and a sadistic headmaster.

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.

The Ghost of Frankenstein
(1942)Shepherd Ygor rescues the monster from a sulfur pit and brings him to Dr. Frankenstein's other son.

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 Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)Considered by many as the greatest adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic novel about the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame who rescues beautiful gypsy woman and falls in love with her.

King Solomon's Mines
(1937)A hunter and the son of a murdered chief help a young Irish woman locate her father who has gone missing while searching for diamonds in South Africa.

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.

Peg of Old Drury
(1935)Jilted by her boyfriend, an 18th-century Dublin actress moves to London and finds fame under David Garrick’s guidance at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The Cross of Lorraine
(1943)
Helen of Troy
(1956)The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.

The Green Glove
(1952)A down-on-his-luck World War II vet returns to France to recover a jewel-encrusted holy relic stolen by the Nazis that leads him down a deadly trail.
Tycoon
(1947)Romantic melodrama about an engineer, played by John Wayne, battling to build a railroad in the Andes while trying to save his marriage to the boss's daughter.

Valley of the Sun
(1942)Indian scout Johnny Ware (James Craig) is determined to stop an all-out war plotted by crooked Indian Affairs agent Jim Sawyer (Dean Jagger).

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.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1955)A little known adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.

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