List of the best Charles Bates movies: Shockproof(1949), San Diego, I Love You(1944), Shadow of a Doubt(1943) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Tommy Marat
Cornel Wilde Patricia Knight John Baragrey Esther Minciotti Howard St. John Russell Collins Charles Bates Gilbert Barnett Frank Jaquet Ann Shoemaker King Donovan
convict parole officer ex-convict love interest elderly person dark melodramatic prison bedroom family home parole prison trust second chance murder temptation forbidden love rivalry 1940s
A Parole Officer falls in-love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Comedy
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Larry McCooley
Jon Hall Louise Allbritton Edward Everett Horton Eric Blore Buster Keaton Irene Ryan Rudy Wissler Gerald Perreau Charles Bates Don Davis Florence Lake
inventor daughter millionaire butler bus driver lighthearted endearing san diego household opposites attract money culture clash family inventions love pursuit quest 1940s
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Roger Newton
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.