List of the best Cedric Hardwicke movies: On Borrowed Time(1939), The Desert Fox(1951), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(1947), The Ghoul(1933), The Winslow Boy(1948), The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939), Suspicion(1941), Richard III(1955), Baby Face Nelson(1957), The Green Glove(1952), Helen of Troy(1955), The Pumpkin Eater(1964) ... ...
Fantasy
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore Cedric Hardwicke Beulah Bondi Una Merkel Bobs Watson Nat Pendleton Henry Travers Grant Mitchell Eily Malyon James Burke Charles Waldron
grandfather grandchild aunt death doctor amusing cheeky emotional heartwarming house tree united states death old age family discovery sacrifice 1930s
A cantankerous old man takes in his beloved, orphaned grandson, whom he must protect at all costs, including from an agent of Death with the help of a magical apple tree.
War, Drama
USA
1951
88 Minutes
James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Jessica Tandy Luther Adler Everett Sloane Leo G. Carroll George Macready Richard Boone Eduard Franz
general doctor wife adolf hitler gritty rousing north africa military base germany field marshal erwin rommel conspiracy honor world war ii assassination fall quest sacrifice revenge 1940s
The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
Drama
UK
1947
108 Minutes
Derek Bond Cedric Hardwicke Sybil Thorndike Alfred Drayton Cyril Fletcher Bernard Miles Sally Ann Howes Mary Merrall Vera Pearce Cathleen Nesbitt Athene Seyler
young man sister uncle headmaster love interest charming england london school reunion separation family honor class distinctions poverty adventure growing up underdog love victorian era
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Horror
UK
1933
73 Minutes
Boris Karloff Cedric Hardwicke Ernest Thesiger Dorothy Hyson Anthony Bushell Kathleen Harrison Harold Huth D.A. Clarke-Smith Ralph Richardson Jack Raine
egyptologist professor assistant lawyer impostor ghost creepy suspenseful eerie england country house resurrection afterlife supernatural magic transformation mystery revenge 1930s
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Drama
1948
117 Minutes
Robert Donat Cedric Hardwicke Margaret Leighton Basil Radford Kathleen Harrison Francis L. Sullivan Marie Lohr Jack Watling Frank Lawton Neil North Walter Fitzgerald
father son sister mother lawyer emotional spirited england courtroom school court battles lawsuit family justice school quest sacrifice 1900s
The plight of a young boy unjustly accused of stealing touches off a massive lawsuit for defamation of character.
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Frollo
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
99 Minutes
General McLaidlaw (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Cary Grant Joan Fontaine Cedric Hardwicke Nigel Bruce Dame May Whitty Isabel Jeans Heather Angel Leo G. Carroll
wife husband best friend father chilling creative family home highway mansion hotel death wealth marriage mystery pursuit 1940s
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
King Edward IV of England
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
85 Minutes
Doc Saunders
Mickey Rooney Carolyn Jones Cedric Hardwicke Leo Gordon Anthony Caruso Jack Elam John Hoyt Ted de Corsia
George "Babyface" Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger.
Crime, Drama
France|USA
1952
88 Minutes
Father Goron
Glenn Ford Geraldine Brooks Cedric Hardwicke George Macready Gaby Andre Jany Holt Roger Treville Georges Tabet Meg Lemonnier Paul Bonifas Juliette Gréco
software designer toulouse-lautrec nazi collaborator enemy spotter countess dark intense melodramatic thrilling france church chateau eiffel tower theft espionage treasure world war ii redemption integrity
An ex-soldier and his new girlfriend comb France for a valuable relic...which others are willing to kill for.
Adventure
USA
1955
118 Minutes
Priam
Rossana Podestà Jack Sernas Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis Nora Swinburne Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Harry Andrews Janette Scott Ronald Lewis
helen of troy greek god brash brutal engaging gory intense melodramatic powerful spirited thrilling troy rescue trojan wars rescue love ancient times
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Drama
UK
1964
110 Minutes
Mr. James
Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Alan Webb Richard Johnson Maggie Smith Eric Porter
wife husband friend ex-husband psychiatrist father-in-law raw brooding emotional london windmill house psychiatrist's office hospital street marriage divorce infidelity mental illness parenthood
Londoner Jo and her third husband Jake live with six of her children but the marriage is strained by numerous factors. Her doctor thinks Jo uses childbirth as a rationale for sex. Jo's issues leave her in a fragile mental state.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Robert Bonting
Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar Cedric Hardwicke Sara Allgood Aubrey Mather Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd David Clyde Helena Pickard Lumsden Hare
serial killer inspector singer maid lodger chilling suspenseful disturbing london attic music hall hospital serial murders mystery investigation unusual behavior jack the ripper mystery discovery pursuit
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Sci-Fi
UK
1936
95 Minutes
Theotocopulos
Raymond Massey Ralph Richardson Margueretta Scott Cedric Hardwicke Maurice Braddell Edward Chapman Ann Todd
businessman doctor war lord daughter pilot sculptor intricate campy creative outlandish city everytown nuclear weapons technology war dystopia fall rise transformation future
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
80 Minutes
Mr. Kentley (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
James Stewart John Dall Farley Granger Joan Chandler Cedric Hardwicke Constance Collier Edith Evanson Douglas Dick Dick Hogan
murderer best friend guest girlfriend professor dark creative offbeat tense apartment manhattan big city murder philosophy nihilism evil party evil plot quest wretched excess
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
War
USA
1944
97 Minutes
Admiral
Don Ameche Dana Andrews William Eythe Charles Bickford Cedric Hardwicke Oscar O'Shea Richard Jaeckel Harry Morgan Richard Crane Glenn Langan Renny McEvoy
naval officer pilot actor ensign captain lieutenant commander rousing frenetic inspiring pacific ocean aircraft carrier plane world war ii naval warfare duty patriotism adventure quest sacrifice 1940s
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Bernand
Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Marjorie Main Barry Sullivan Cedric Hardwicke Debbie Reynolds Ann Codee Giacomo Spadoni Chick Chandler Joseph Vitale
actress prince prime minister landlady niece love interest tender moving italy hotel california world war ii romance political coup exile reunion royalty love sacrifice 1950s
A beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent prince
Biography
1944
154 Minutes
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
Alexander Knox Charles Coburn Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Cedric Hardwicke Vincent Price William Eythe Mary Anderson Ruth Ford Sidney Blackmer
woodrow wilson politician wife military officer opponent patriotic confident princeton, n.j. washington, d.c. white house politics ambition love marriage world war i rise rivalry 1910s
Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) goes from Princeton to the White House and promotes the League of Nations.
Drama, History
USA
1956
220 Minutes
Sethi (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Edward G. Robinson Anne Baxter Yvonne De Carlo Debra Paget John Derek Cedric Hardwicke Nina Foch Martha Scott Judith Anderson
prophet slave god jew ruler moses inspiring spectacular emotional profound melodramatic egypt red sea desert redemption religion exile escape sacrifice rise
Moses, an Egyptian Prince, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.