List of the best Laird Cregar movies: Hangover Square(1945), The Lodger(1944), The Black Swan(1942), This Gun for Hire(1942), I Wake Up Screaming(1941), Joan of Paris(1942), Ten Gentlemen From West Point(1942), Heaven Can Wait(1943), Hello, Frisco, Hello(1943), Blood and Sand(1941) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
77 Minutes
George Harvey Bone
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
1944
84 Minutes
Mr. Slade
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.
Adventure
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Capt. Sir Henry Morgan
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Laird Cregar Thomas Mitchell George Sanders Anthony Quinn George Zucco Edward Ashley Fortunio Bonanova Stuart Robertson Charles McNaughton
pirate governor damsel in distress english gentleman thrilling passionate amusing jamaica island pirate ship tavern fort pirates love adventure 17th century
An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love-hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Willard Gates
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Robert Preston Laird Cregar Tully Marshall Mikhail Rasumny Marc Lawrence Adele Pearce Harry Shannon Frank Ferguson Bernadene Hayes
hit man nightclub owner wealthy man beautiful woman police officer chemist dark brutal cool san francisco nightclub train los angeles hideout double-cross contract killing manhunt unlikely friendship reform revenge
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Ed Cornell
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
War
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Herr Funk
Michèle Morgan Paul Henreid Thomas Mitchell Laird Cregar May Robson Alan Ladd Jack Briggs Richard Fraser Alexander Granach Paul Weigel John Abbott
pilot love interest priest nazi emotional suspenseful paris france fugitives world war ii romance survival resistance love pursuit sacrifice 1940s
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.
Adventure
USA
1942
105 Minutes
Maj. Sam Carter
George Montgomery Maureen O'Hara John Sutton Laird Cregar Shepperd Strudwick Victor Francen Harry Davenport Ward Bond Douglas Dumbrille Ralph Byrd Joe Brown Jr.
cadet major socialite congressman military officer fiancée gripping rousing melodramatic west point, n.y. military academy barracks congress military military school training patriotism honor love interest sacrifice
In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
His Excellency
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Sam Weaver
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Drama
USA
1941
120 Minutes
Natalio Curro
Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Rita Hayworth Alla Nazimova Anthony Quinn J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Lynn Bari Laird Cregar Vicente Gomez William Montague
matador sweetheart temptress best friend critic mother sultry emotional seville, spain madrid bullring apartment church bullfighting fame redemption infidelity loyalty disillusionment rise
Illiterate peasant Juan Gallardo rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena only to sow the seeds of his own fall.