List of the best Carl Esmond movies: Ministry of Fear(1944), Address Unknown(1944), First Comes Courage(1943), Her Highness and the Bellboy(1945), The World in His Arms(1952), The Navy Comes Through(1942), Thunder in the Sun(1959), Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman(1947), Liebelei(1933), The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944), The Master Race(1944), Little Men(1940) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Willi Hilfe, Mr. Macklin
Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Dan Duryea Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Thomas Louden Aminta Dyne Rita Johnson
spy patient nazi detective psychic girl chilling dark crafty mental institution london fair train espionage world war ii paranoia escape 1940s
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot, and tries to stop it.
Drama
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Baron von Friesche
Paul Lukas K.T. Stevens Carl Esmond Mady Christians Morris Carnovsky Peter Van Eyck
art dealer partner daughter actress nazi son emotional tense germany san francisco art gallery betrayal nazism anti-semitism ambition family fall revenge transformation 1930s
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
War
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Maj. Paul Dichter
beautiful woman nazi british soldier doctor secret agent old flame melodramatic emotional norway small town love triangle espionage resistance deception romance world war ii quest sacrifice love 1940s
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
Romance
USA
1945
112 Minutes
Baron Zoltan Faludi
Hedy Lamarr Robert Walker June Allyson Carl Esmond Agnes Moorehead Rags Ragland Ludwig Stossel George Cleveland Warner Anderson Konstantin Shayne Tom Trout
A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Prince Semyon
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
War
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Richard "Dutch" Kroner
Pat O'Brien George Murphy Jane Wyatt Jackie Cooper Carl Esmond Max Baer Desi Arnaz Ray Collins Lee Bonnell Frank Jenks John Maguire
gunner sailor ex-girlfriend violinist nazi patriotic rousing ship naval base world war ii navy naval warfare redemption love pursuit adventure transformation 1940s
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Western
USA
1959
81 Minutes
Andre Dauphin
Susan Hayward Jeff Chandler Jacques Bergerac Blanche Yurka Carl Esmond Fortunio Bonanova Bertrand Castelli Veda Ann Borg Pedro de Córdoba Felix Locher
immigrant homesteader winemaker farmer native american warrior scout gripping melodramatic suspenseful wagon train mountain wild west missouri california old west pioneering love triangle native americans immigrants journey
1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
Drama
1947
103 Minutes
Dr. Lorenz
Susan Hayward Lee Bowman Marsha Hunt Eddie Albert Carl Esmond Carleton Young Charles D. Brown Janet Murdoch Sharyn Payne Robert Shayne
singer songwriter secretary daughter agent pianist emotional melodramatic nightclub radio station hospital hotel apartment alcoholism custody kidnapping marital problems fall transformation wretched excess
A nightclub singer (Susan Hayward) turns alcoholic after quitting her career to marry a rising singer (Lee Bowman).
Romance
1933
88 Minutes
Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser
Magda Schneider Wolfgang Liebeneiner Luise Ulrich Olga Tschechowa Carl Esmond Gustaf Gründgens Paul Hoerbiger Paul Otto
An Austrian lieutenant (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) engaged in a sexual affair with a baron's wife falls in love with a young woman (Magda Schneider).
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Lt. Dirk Van Daal
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Dr. Andrei Krystoff
George Coulouris Stanley Ridges Osa Massen Nancy Gates Lloyd Bridges Carl Esmond Morris Carnovsky Eric Feldary Helen Beverly Gavin Muir Paul Guilfoyle
In the dying days of WW2, a Nazi agent infiltrates a recently liberated Belgian town. His aim is to turn them against their Allied liberators.
Drama
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Professor Bhaer
Kay Francis Jack Oakie Jimmy Lydon George Bancroft Ann Gillis Carl Esmond William Demarest Richard Nichols Casey Johnson Francesca Santoro Johnny Burke
headmistress teacher child con artist bank robber cheery spirited boarding school boarding-school life childhood foreclosure sacrifice underdog growing up 1870s
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1958
100 Minutes
Jules Verne
Joseph Cotten George Sanders Debra Paget Don Dubbins Patric Knowles Carl Esmond Henry Daniell Melville Cooper Ludwig Stossel Morris Ankrum
tycoon inventor rival scientist assistant daughter thrilling gutsy wild spaceship office mountain washington, d.c. munitions space travel moon forbidden love technology exploration rivalry
Industrial rivals (Joseph Cotten, George Sanders), a crewman and a stowaway girl (Debra Paget) ride a rocket launched by cannon in 1868 Florida.
War, Drama
USA
1938
103 Minutes
Von Mueller
Errol Flynn David Niven Basil Rathbone Donald Crisp Melville Cooper Barry Fitzgerald Carl Esmond Peter Willes Morton Lowater Michael Brooke James Burke
commander military officer pilot brutal rousing france military base horrors of war dangerous job air force friendship death world war i sacrifice transformation rivalry 1910s
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
Musical
1942
79 Minutes
Lucas Kefler
Ann Sothern Red Skelton Rags Ragland Ben Blue Marsha Hunt Virginia O'Brien Alan Mowbray Dan Dailey Jackie Horner Carl Esmond The Berry Brothers
hotel owner sailor wealthy man rich girl friend amusing winsome hotel panama music hall romance class distinctions world war ii espionage jealousy love pursuit 1940s
War
USA
1941
134 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Joan Leslie George Tobias Stanley Ridges Margaret Wycherly Ward Bond Noah Beery Jr. June Lockhart Dickie Moore Clem Bevans
war hero military officer mother pastor girlfriend marksman endearing patriotic inspiring small town army base battlefield france tennessee war the bible pacifism murder sacrifice rise
A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.