List of the best George Sanders movies: The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945), Death of a Scoundrel(1956), Summer Storm(1944), A Scandal in Paris(1946), The Private Affairs of Bel Ami(1947), The Moon and Sixpence(1942), A Date With the Falcon(1941), The Saint's Double Trouble(1940), The Saint Takes Over(1940), The Falcon Takes Over(1942), Quiet Please, Murder(1943), They Came to Blow Up America(1943) ... ...
Horror
USA
1945
110 Minutes
Lord Henry Wotton
George Sanders Hurd Hatfield Angela Lansbury Donna Reed Lowell Gilmore Peter Lawford Richard Fraser Lydia Bilbrook Morton Lowry Douglas Walton Mary Forbes
wealthy man painter lord enemy lover creepy disturbing sad london tavern parlor theater street attic youth beauty blackmail morality vanity suicide
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
119 Minutes
George Sanders Yvonne De Carlo Zsa Zsa Gabor Victor Jory Nancy Gates Coleen Gray John Hoyt Lisa Ferraday Tom Conway Celia Lovsky Werner Klemperer
murder victim social climber thief lover secretary brother dark intricate sultry new york city czechoslovakia port office apartment doctor's office theft deception murder investigation seduction infidelity
The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.
Drama
USA
1944
105 Minutes
Fedor Mikhailovich Petroff
George Sanders Linda Darnell Anna Lee Edward Everett Horton Hugo Haas Lori Lahner Sig Ruman John Philliber
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Vidocq
George Sanders Signe Hasso Carole Landis Akim Tamiroff Gene Lockhart Jo Ann Marlowe Alma Kruger Alan Napier Vladimir Sokoloff Pedro de Cordoba Leona Maricle
petty criminal friend marquis police officer sweetheart cheeky gripping melodramatic france paris marseilles, france jail bank crime theft blackmail impersonation nobility abandonment quest
Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
89 Minutes
Charles Strickland
George Sanders Herbert Marshall Doris Dudley Steven Geray Eric Blore Albert Basserman
writer artist painter wife friend solemn hedonistic powerful london paris tahiti apartment studio art egoism morality suicide misogyny loyalty rise
Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Gay Lawrence, The Falcon
George Sanders Wendy Barrie James Gleason Allen Jenkins Mona Maris Victor Kilian Frank Moran Russ Clark Ed Gargan Eddie Dunn Alec Craig
private detective fiancée police officer scientist twin thug suspenseful thrilling emotional taxi hotel room apartment nightclub new york city street missing persons wrongfully accused schemes marriage investigation
Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Simon Templar aka The Saint, 'Boss' Duke Bates
George Sanders Helene Whitney Bela Lugosi Thomas W. Ross
crime boss the saint archaeologist police detective partner thug crafty intricate suspenseful cairo philadelphia house yard street corner diamond smuggling doppelganger murder investigation wrongfully accused theft false accusations
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
69 Minutes
Simon Templar, The Saint
the saint gambler police officers criminal detective love interest dark cool thrilling new york city ocean liner blackmail gangsters horse racing murder gambling vindication mystery quest revenge
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Gay Lawrence
George Sanders Lynn Bari James Gleason Allen Jenkins Helen Gilbert Ward Bond Anne Revere Hans Conried
detective escaped convict inspector sidekick ex-girlfriend reporter melodramatic thrilling suspenseful new york city office club graveyard street murder investigation blackmail deception missing persons ransom unlikely allies
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Jim Fleg
Book thief/forger sells a fake book to a Nazi through a female agent. A detective tries to uncover who the forger is and gets in the middle of a three way struggle for rare books and revenge in a public library.
Drama
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Carl Steelman, Ernst Reiter
George Sanders Anna Sten Ward Bond Poldy Dur
german-american spy double agent nazi father wife patriotic intricate suspenseful tense new york city hamburg, germany hotel jail submarine courtroom working undercover dangerous mission world war ii deception
An FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi sabotage school in Germany where men are trained for strategic destruction inside American borders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Keith Wilson
George Sanders Marguerite Chapman Onslow Stevens Gale Sondergaard Alan Napier Jack Lee H.P. Sanders Don Douglas Alec Craig Leonard Mudie Frederick Worlock
A former RAF officer is enlisted in the British secret service. Germany recruits him for propaganda broadcasts to England. He uses codes in his broadcasts. When his cover is blown, he and his German girlfriend must try to escape.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
66 Minutes
Simon Templar
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Paul Guilfoyle Jonathan Hale Linda Hayes Ferris Taylor Harry Shannon Eddie Dunn
detective tennis player thief partner police chief friend suspenseful tense thrilling palm springs, calif. resort bungalow new york city hotel train stamps smuggling theft murder protection
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
Michael Gordon
George Sanders Virginia Bruce Lenore Aubert Gene Lockhart Robert Armstrong H.B. Warner Alan Napier Marcel Dalio Michael Ansara
reporter secret agent beautiful woman nazi informant suspenseful spirited damascus market syria hotel espionage world war ii investigation murder dangerous assignment impersonation mystery quest 1940s
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
102 Minutes
George Sanders Buddy Hackett Jess Conrad Lorraine Power Robert Coote Denis Gilmore Cecília Esztergályos Douglas Wilmer Sandor Pecsi Zoltán Makláry
In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1968
91 Minutes
Gen. Armstrong
George Sanders Maurice Evans Patrick Allen Neil Connery Hilary Heath Robert Flemyng
alien alien abductee paratrooper investigator eerie disturbing tense great britain sky plane aliens alien abduction disappearance investigation search mystery discovery 1960s
In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-beam of alien origin.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
72 Minutes
George Sanders Sally Gray David Burns Gordon McLeod Henry Oscar Ralph Truman Carl Jaffe Ben Williams John Abbott
private detective scotland yard agent gambler pickpocket socialite counterfeiter thrilling tense intricate london party house hotel room counterfeit money investigation murder espionage kidnapping false accusations pursuit
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) and his sidekicks (Sally Gray, David Burns) catch counterfeiters for Scotland Yard.
Mystery & Thriller
1959
90 Minutes
Henri Landru
Paris antiques dealer Landru (George Sanders) woos, weds and kills rich women to keep his greedy girlfriend (Corinne Calvet) happy.
Mystery & Thriller
1945
80 Minutes
Harry Melville Quincey
George Sanders Geraldine Fitzgerald Ella Raines Sara Allgood Moyna Magill Samuel S. Hinds Harry von Zell Judy Clark
Mad Harry (George Sanders) poisons his bad sister's (Geraldine Fitzgerald) cocoa; his good sister drinks it.
Mystery & Thriller
1941
67 Minutes
Gay Lawrence, The Falcon
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Allen Jenkins Nina Vale Gladys Cooper Edward Brophy Arthur Shields Damian O'Flynn Turhan Bey Eddie Dunn Lucile Gleason
detective thief socialite sidekick pretty woman the falcon crafty playful suspenseful new york city apartment building office nightclub morgue bar robbery murder secret identity fraud investigation
The first in the "Falcon" series finds the amateur detective and ladies' man on the trail of jewel thieves.
Crime, Drama
1963
92 Minutes
George Sanders Richard Johnson Faten Hamama John Meillon Eric Pohlmann Walter Rilla
A criminal mastermind (George Sanders) comes to Egypt and forms a gang to steal King Tut's jewels from a museum.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
67 Minutes
The Saint, Simon Templar
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Jonathan Hale Jerome Cowan Neil Hamilton Barry Fitzgerald Robert Elliott Russell Hopton Ed Gargan Robert Strange Gilbert Emery
detective police officer daughter gangster crime boss the saint suspenseful cool san francisco nightclub police station vindication corruption crime ring gangsters money romance quest pursuit mystery
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) helps a wayward San Franciscan (Wendy Barrie) clear her framed father's name.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
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.
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.
Comedy
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Sir Charles Brewer
Tony Hancock George Sanders Paul Massie Margit Saad Gregoire Aslan Dennis Price Irene Handl
clerk british man artist frenchman love interest engaging hilarious amusing charming witty heartwarming england france paris boredom corporate office life new life artistic struggle creative process adventure
An aspiring musician who arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
83 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck George Sanders Gary Merrill Jesse White Harry Shannon Claire Carleton Lewis Martin Dick Elliott
witness murderer lieutenant sergeant suspenseful chilling dark beverly hills, calif. apartment murder witness cover-up insanity frame-ups nazism fear pursuit discovery 1950s
A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
84 Minutes
Baron Kurt von Rohback, Lt. Michael Bruce
lieutenant baron spy secret police singer major brash intricate thrilling england germany switzerland espionage impersonation undercover operations world war i adventure escape transformation 1910s
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Adventure
USA
1938
75 Minutes
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Guv'nor
Charlie Drake George Sanders Dennis Price Nyree Dawn Porter Eddie Byrne Finlay Currie Percy Herbert Geoffrey Keen George A. Cooper Christopher Rhodes Norman Bird
con artist locksmith wrongly accused burglar police officer gangster amusing engaging madcap offbeat crime scene prison safe wrongful conviction manipulation imprisonment escape crime deception adventure
A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1958
100 Minutes
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.
Action
1955
89 Minutes
Stewart Granger George Sanders Joan Greenwood Viveca Lindfors Jon Whiteley Liliane Montevecchi Melville Cooper Sean McClory Alan Napier John Hoyt Donna Corcoran
buccaneer smuggler orphan nobleman pirate rousing england port village graveyard boat treasure hunting unlikely allies inheritance bootlegging secret identity father figure adventure growing up rivalry
In the 18th century, British youngster John Mohune is shipped off to live with Jeremy Fox, a gentleman who moonlights as a bootlegger, after his mother's death.
Drama
USA
1943
103 Minutes
George Lambert
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara George Sanders Walter Slezak Kent Smith Una O'Connor Philip Merivale Thurston Hall George Coulouris Nancy Gates Ivan F. Simpson
schoolmaster mother beautiful woman resistance fighter nazi inspiring touching solemn prison europe school nazi occupation collaboration courage false accusations transformation temptation sacrifice 1940s
A mild-mannered school-teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during W.W.II finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1964
101 Minutes
Benjamin Ballon
Peter Sellers Elke Sommer George Sanders Herbert Lom Tracy Reed Graham Stark André Maranne Douglas Wilmer Vanda Godsell Maurice Kaufman Ann Lynn
murderer housekeeper detective sexy woman lover madcap lighthearted playful car household theater france investigation murder injustice poison bomb mystery pursuit love
Inspector Jacques Clouseau investigates the murder of Mr. Benjamin Ballon's driver at a country estate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
77 Minutes
Dr. Allan Middleton
Laird Cregar Linda Darnell George Sanders Glenn Langan Faye Marlowe Alan Napier Frederick Worlock J.W. Austin Leland Hodgson Clifford Brooke John Goldsworthy
composer friend father doctor singer love interest dark suspenseful london apartment music hall mental illness violence jealousy blackouts music transformation fall 1890s
A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Major Quive-Smith
Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett George Sanders John Carradine Roddy McDowall Ludwig Stossel Heather Thatcher Frederick Worlock
hunter nazi con artist secret agent police officer gripping germany forest ship london adolf hitler assassination identity theft hunting world war ii pursuit escape 1940s
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Drama
USA
1949
128 Minutes
The Saran of Gaza
Hedy Lamarr Victor Mature George Sanders Angela Lansbury Henry Wilcoxon Olive Deering Fay Holden Julia Faye Russ Tamblyn William Farnum Lane Chandler
hero traitor soldiers brutal melodramatic sultry israel middle east religion blindness god superhuman abilities battle love forbidden love rivalry pursuit 10th century b.c.
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
102 Minutes
Franz Schlager
Edward G. Robinson Francis Lederer George Sanders Paul Lukas Henry O'Neill Lya Lys Grace Stafford James Stephenson Sig Ruman Frederic Tozere Dorothy Tree
fbi agent nazi spy doctor melodramatic patriotic chilling united states europe germany new york state fbi espionage nazism confession pursuit wretched excess 1930s
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Comedy
UK|USA
1960
93 Minutes
Sir Charles Holland
James Mason Vera Miles George Sanders Oliver Johnston William Kendall Duncan Lamont
naval officer gentleman fiancée criminal admiral amusing cheery engaging hedonistic lighthearted playful witty london love high society navy treason hoax fraud adventure
British Commander Max Easton fakes his defection to the Soviets in order to sue the slandering newspapers for the money he needs to woo a fancy American woman.
Drama
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Captain Robert Adams
Robert Stack Dorothy Malone George Sanders Edmond O'Brien Woody Strode Jack Kruschen Tammy Marihugh Marshall Kent
husband wife captain sailor daughter engineer gripping uneasy melodramatic pacific ocean cruise ship boiler room sinking ship disaster race against time family leadership seafaring escape rescue
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1962
100 Minutes
Thomas Ayerton
Maurice Chevalier Hayley Mills George Sanders Wilfrid Hyde-White Michael Anderson Jr. Antonio Cifariello Keith Hamshere Wilfrid Brambell Jack Gwillim Ronald Fraser Inia Wiata
teen girl professor shipping magnate brother father villain thrilling endearing heartwarming confident ship glasgow, scotland andes mountains australia new zealand missing persons expedition betrayal wildlife black market
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Drama
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Lord Robert Darlington
Jeanne Crain Madeleine Carroll George Sanders Richard Greene Martita Hunt John Sutton Hugh Dempster Richard Ney Virginia McDowall Hugh Murray
Lord Windermere appears to all -including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1951
91 Minutes
J.F. Noble
Susan Hayward Dan Dailey George Sanders Sam Jaffe Randy Stuart Marvin Kaplan Harry von Zell Barbara Whiting Vicki Cummings Ross Elliot Richard Lane
model designer businessman partner salesman love interest melodramatic spirited new york city business fashion betrayal ambition deception regret quest wretched excess love 1950s
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.
Drama, History
USA
1939
97 Minutes
Capt. Heinrichs
Anna Neagle Edna May Oliver George Sanders May Robson ZaSu Pitts H.B. Warner Sophie Stewart Mary Howard Robert Coote Martin Kosleck Gui Ignon
nurse patient soldier prisoner spy engaging disheartening bleak belgium hospital pow camp courtroom prisoners of war bravery world war i imprisonment prison break escape rescue underdog
English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Victor
Rock Hudson Cornell Borchers George Sanders Ray Collins David Janssen Shelley Fabares Helen Wallace John Wengraf Robert F. Simon Raymond Greenleaf Frank Wilcox
doctor friend estranged wife pianist daughter emotional uplifting new york city vienna california hospital presumed dead jealousy family history car accident reconciliation recovery love transformation escape
In 1945 Vienna, an American doctor marries an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit there, forcing everyone to presume her dead.
Adventure
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Capt. Swanson
John Wayne Claire Trevor George Sanders Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Moroni Olsen Chill Wills Wilfrid Lawson John Hamilton Eddie Quillan Ian Wolfe
soldier professor trader captain love interest general patriotic rousing charming fiery pennsylvania small town trading post philadelphia jail treason battle native americans abuse of power false accusations
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Drama
USA
1957
94 Minutes
Tim Waddington
Eleanor Parker Bill Travers George Sanders Jean-Pierre Aumont Francoise Rosay Ellen Corby
doctor wife husband lover servant emotional moving hong kong house village social standing infidelity love marital problems love triangle difficult decision transformation love rescue discovery
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
Drama, History
USA
1959
139 Minutes
Adonijah
Yul Brynner Gina Lollobrigida George Sanders David Farrar Marisa Pavan John Crawford Laurence Naismith José Nieto Alejandro Rey Harry Andrews Julio Peña
king queen son brother pharaoh daughter sultry spectacular somber israel temple palace religion war seduction father/son relationship fall forbidden love 10th century b.c.
After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.
Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Nicholas Strang
reporter editor government agent spy prisoner tense engaging paris newsroom government building hungary hideout border espionage mistaken identity double-cross reporting cold war communism adventure
Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary.
Comedy
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Tony Barling
Norma Shearer Robert Taylor George Sanders Frank McHugh Elizabeth Patterson Chill Wills
wealthy woman songwriter ex-boyfriend partner maid judge charming madcap tender palm beach, fla. casino house bedroom courtroom love triangle servitude gambling unrequited love change of heart deception
A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. The ... See full summary »