List of the best Dennis Hoey movies: Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear(1945), The Pearl of Death(1944), Terror by Night(1946), The Battle of Gallipoli(1931), Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman(1944), Golden Earrings(1947), Phantom Ship(1935), She-Wolf of London(1946), A Thousand and One Nights(1945), Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon(1942), Anna and the King of Siam(1946), Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman(1943) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1945
69 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Dennis Hoey Aubrey Mather Paul Cavanagh Holmes Herbert Gavin Muir
detective sidekick wealthy man butler sherlock holmes crafty thrilling confident castle office dinner party murder mystery insurance dining investigation mystery temptation 1890s
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) go to Scotland to check on mortality at a heavily insured club.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Evelyn Ankers Dennis Hoey Miles Mander Ian Wolfe Charles Francis Richard Nugent Mary Gordon Rondo Hatton Leslie Denison
sherlock holmes doctor watson police detective thief thug gripping intricate suspenseful london museum house theft investigation murder impersonation pursuit quest 1940s
When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey Mary Forbes Billy Bevan Frederick Worlock Leland Hodgson Geoffrey Steele Boyd Davis
sherlock holmes doctor watson major son lady villain suspenseful crafty london train station train compartment car jewelry theft murder false accusations impersonation mother/son relationship investigation mystery
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Drama, War
UK
1931
80 Minutes
Fay Compton Tony Bruce Carl Harbord Dennis Hoey C.M. Hallard Gerald Rawlinson Frederick Lloyd Sam Wilkinson Wally Patch Hubert Harben
Two friends enlist in the British army during World War 1 and take part in the Gallipoli campaign.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
63 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Dennis Hoey Mary Gordon Arthur Hohl Alec Craig Vernon Downing Lydia Bilbrook John Burton Harry Cording
sherlock holmes doctor watson villain inspector detective assistant crafty intricate suspenseful engaging london gambling house fair house murder suicide insurance poison detective work seduction
Holmes (Basil Rathbone) poses as a foreigner to bait the woman (Gale Sondergaard) behind so-called "pajama suicides."
Drama
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Marlene Dietrich Murvyn Vye Bruce Lester Dennis Hoey Reinhold Schünzel Ivan Triesault Hermine Sterler Eric Feldary Gisela Werbiseck Larry Simms
On the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
80 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Shirley Grey Arthur Margetson Edmund Willard Dennis Hoey George Mozart Johnnie Schofield Gunner Moir Ben Welden Gibson Gowland
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Horror
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Don Porter June Lockhart Sara Haden Jan Wiley Dennis Hoey Lloyd Corrigan Eily Malyon Martin Kosleck Clara Blandick
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
Fantasy
USA
1945
93 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele Jergens Dusty Anderson Dennis Hoey Philip Van Zandt Gus Schilling Nestor Paiva Rex Ingram Richard Hale
aladdin genie princess sultan sidekick amusing playful baghdad palace romance magic class distinctions jealousy sabotage adventure pursuit love transformation unknown era
Tongue-in-cheek fantasy film set in Baghdad and loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights medieval story.
Mystery & Thriller
1942
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Lionel Atwill Kaaren Verne William Post Jr. Dennis Hoey Mary Gordon Holmes Herbert Henry Victor Paul Fix Rudolph Anders
sherlock holmes doctor watson scientist wife government official professor moriarty intense crafty zurich london flat whitehall apartment operating room world war ii inventions kidnapping disguise secret codes torture
An Englishman (Basil Rathbone) sneaks a bombsight inventor out of Zurich, then loses him to Nazi agent Moriarty (Lionel Atwill).
Drama
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Irene Dunne Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Lee J. Cobb Gale Sondergaard Mikhail Rasumny Dennis Hoey Tito Renaldo
king teacher wife son daughter engaging spirited thailand bangkok royal palace school culture clash friendship jealousy social change westernization discovery transformation 1860s
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Horror
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Lon Chaney Bela Lugosi Ilona Massey Patric Knowles Lionel Atwill Maria Ouspenskaya Dennis Hoey Don Barclay Rex Evans Dwight Frye Harry Stubbs
frankenstein's monster werewolf baroness doctor police officer mayor frightening thrilling cemetery castle europe village resurrection battle supernatural monsters quest rivalry transformation 1940s
The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Hillary Brooke Milburn Stone Arthur Margetson Halliwell Hobbes Dennis Hoey Minna Phillips Gavin Muir Gerald Hamer Vernon Downing
sherlock holmes doctor watson inspector sister brother doctor engaging crafty intricate suspenseful estate london england hospital family feud ritual murder detective work land claim world war ii greed
Watson (Nigel Bruce) brings in Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on a case of ritual murder at the old Musgrave estate.
War
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Jean Sullivan Lucile Watson Faye Emerson James Flavin Douglas Dumbrille Dennis Hoey Sheldon Leonard Odette Myrtil Francis Pierlot
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Nazis.
Drama
USA
1948
104 Minutes
Zachary Scott Louis Hayward Diana Lynn Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Lucille Bremer Edith Barrett Dennis Hoey Raymond Burr Joyce Arling Charles Evans
millionaire childhood friend childhood sweetheart father love interest businessman bleak tense striking family home boston office new york city mansion social climbing betrayal jealousy love triangle wealth murder
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
Drama, History
USA
1951
116 Minutes
Gregory Peck Susan Hayward Raymond Massey Kieron Moore James Robertson Justice Jayne Meadows John Sutton Dennis Hoey Walter Talun Paula Morgan Francis X. Bushman
king beautiful woman prophet monster passionate powerful israel royal court adultery royalty religion forbidden love transformation 10th century b.c.
After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Louis Hayward Gene Lockhart Hillary Brooke Rhys Williams June Storey Moroni Olsen Olive Blakeney Dennis Hoey Alan Napier
manipulative woman businessman college student husband wife best friend dark engaging melodramatic tense bangor, maine woods cabin romantic dilemma murder plot infidelity manipulation betrayal forbidden love temptation
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Action
USA
1948
106 Minutes
John Wayne Gail Russell Gig Young Adele Mara Luther Adler Eduard Franz Grant Withers Henry Daniell Paul Fix Dennis Hoey Jeff Corey
ship captain first mate love interest shipping magnate crew member niece brooding confident dreamy ocean boat grudge sailing determination revenge love triangle rivalry sacrifice quest revenge
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
Drama
1934
67 Minutes
Tod Slaughter Sophie Stewart D.J. Williams Clare Greet Eric Portman Gerrard Tyrell Ann Trevor Antonia Brough Quentin McPherson Dennis Hoey
An English squire (Tod Slaughter) preys on a Victorian farmer's (D.J. Williams) daughter (Sophie Stewart).
Musical, Comedy
1942
101 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Robert Young Ethel Waters Reginald Owen Grant Mitchell Lionel Atwill Edward Ciannelli Mitchell Lewis Larry Nunn Dennis Hoey Mona Barrie
A torpedoed newsman (Robert Young) foils Nazi spies in Cairo with a Hollywood singer (Jeanette MacDonald) and her maid (Ethel Waters).
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
invalid orphan father son housekeeper uncle endearing uplifting sad england garden mansion abandonment maturing acceptance grief healing secret growing up transformation
A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Romance
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Deborah Kerr Angela Lansbury Binnie Barnes Janet Leigh Dame May Whitty Rene Ray Virginia Kelley Reginald Owen John Abbott Rhys Williams
writer wife widow pregnant woman townsperson ex-lover melodramatic powerful touching small town england publishing house front lines house small-town life world war ii scandal rumors suicide false accusations
It's 1939 in the small English town of Penny Green, and events in Poland are about to change lives. Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), a writer of school text books, has married Mabel (Dame ... See full summary »
War
USA
1942
110 Minutes
Tyrone Power Joan Fontaine Thomas Mitchell Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Gladys Cooper Philip Merivale Sara Allgood Alexander Knox Queenie Leonard Melville Cooper
aristocratic lady soldier aunt best friend hotel owner father intense patriotic moving england manor military base village dover hotel desertion patriotism class distinctions english society romance
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.