List of the best Lester Matthews movies: The Biscuit Eater(1940), Thank You, Jeeves(1936), The Werewolf of London(1935), 15 Maiden Lane(1936), Man in the Attic(1953), The Invisible Man's Revenge(1944), Rulers of the Sea(1939), Flame of the Islands(1955), Lorna Doone(1951), Stars and Stripes Forever(1952), Three Loves Has Nancy(1938), Malaya(1950) ... ...
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Mr. Ames
Billy Lee Cordell Hickman Richard Lane Lester Matthews Helene Millard Fred S. Toones
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is Georgia Boy bred and trained by the boys' ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Elliott Manville
Arthur Treacher David Niven Virginia Field Lester Matthews Colin Tapley John Graham Spacey Ernie Stanton Gene Reynolds Douglas Walton Willie Best Paul McVey
Erudite manservant Jeeves hopes to keep his frivolous employer Bertie out of new harrowing adventures, but a damsel in distress, carrying half of some mysterious plans, intrudes on their ... See full summary »
Horror
1935
75 Minutes
Paul Ames
Henry Hull Warner Oland Valerie Hobson Lester Matthews Lawrence Grant Spring Byington Clark Williams J.M. Kerrigan Charlotte Granville Ethel Griffies Zeffie Tilbury
botanist assistant wife scientist nephew police chief dark frightening melodramatic london laboratory street estate hotel tibet werewolves flowers murder investigation metamorphosis
An Asian werewolf (Warner Oland) bites a botanist (Henry Hull) in Tibet and rivals him for the antidote in London.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Gilbert Lockhart
Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Douglas Fowley Lloyd Nolan Lester Matthews Robert McWade Ralf Harolde Russell Hicks Holmes Herbert
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Mystery & Thriller
1953
82 Minutes
Chief Insp. Melville
Jack Palance Constance Smith Byron Palmer Frances Bavier Rhys Williams Lester Matthews Harry Cording Lisa Daniels
boarder housewife businessman actress prostitute inspector eerie suspenseful sultry london house attic theater dressing room museum serial murders fear manhunt prostitution childhood trauma
A Scotland Yard inspector (Byron Palmer) follows an actress (Constance Smith) to her fellow lodger, Jack the Ripper (Jack Palance).
5.8/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1944
78 Minutes
Sir Jasper Herrick
Jon Hall John Carradine Leon Errol Alan Curtis Evelyn Ankers Gale Sondergaard Lester Matthews Halliwell Hobbes
An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.
6.4/10
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Lieut. Roberts
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1955
90 Minutes
Gus
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Zachary Scott Kurt Kaszner Barbara O'Neil James Arness Frieda Inescort Lester Matthews Donald Curtis Nick Stewart
secretary singer casino owner business partner romantic interest romantic rival intricate engaging passionate nassau, bahamas casino casinos romantic dilemma high society forbidden love love quest rivalry 20th century
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
5.8/10
Adventure
USA
1951
88 Minutes
King Charles II
Barbara Hale Richard Greene Carl Benton Reid William Bishop Ron Randell Sean McClory Onslow Stevens Lester Matthews John Dehner Gloria Petroff Orley Lindgren
Set in 17th century Scotland, a young woman falls in love with a humble villager whose community suffers under the rule of her despotic landowning family.
7.2/10
Musical, Biography
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Mr. Pickering
Clifton Webb Debra Paget Robert Wagner Ruth Hussey Finlay Currie Benay Venuta Roy Roberts Thomas B. Henry Lester Matthews Maudie Prickett Erno Verebes
composer musician wife girlfriend audience member rousing inspiring washington, d.c. atlanta chicago brooklyn, n.y. stage music patriotism john philip sousa marine life sacrifice transformation 1890s
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd Reginald Owen Cora Witherspoon Emma Dunn Charley Grapewin Lester Matthews
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
6.6/10
War
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Matisson
Spencer Tracy James Stewart Sydney Greenstreet Valentina Cortesa John Hodiak Lionel Barrymore Gilbert Roland Roland Winters Richard Loo Lester Matthews Ian MacDonald
journalist adventurer editor government agent girlfriend old friend gritty tense california alcatraz island ship malay peninsula jungle plantation world war ii secret mission friendship patriotism island life smuggling
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Sir Cloudsley
Errol Flynn Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Mildred Natwick Alice Kelley Robert Warwick Harry Cording John Alderson Phil Tully Lester Matthews Tudor Owen
lieutenant sailor pirate princess chaperone cheeky confident gutsy lighthearted witty pirate ship ship beach pirates captivity rescue escape adventure escape growing up
Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
6.4/10
Adventure
USA
1953
94 Minutes
Gen. Victor Darby
Fernando Lamas Arlene Dahl Patricia Medina Francis L. Sullivan Charles Korvin Tom Drake John Sutton Willard Parker Charles Evans Lester Matthews Roy Gordon
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Western
1950
76 Minutes
George Forsythe
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Douglas Kennedy James Brown Ian MacDonald Charles Irwin Paul E. Burns Tudor Owen Lester Matthews Nacho Galindo
shepherd cattleman cowboy fiancée sheriff thug gritty tense emotional montana wilderness ranch bar land wars immigration love triangle showdown herding rivalry quest
An Australian sheepman (Errol Flynn) tangles with a cattlewoman (Alexis Smith) who does not want sheep on her land.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
89 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Casey Adams Denis O'Dea Richard Allan Don Wilson Lurene Tuttle Russell Collins Will Wright Lester Matthews
husband wife friend lover uneasy suspenseful niagara falls, n.y. cabin wilderness love triangle love-hate relationship jealousy secret plans vacation forbidden love discovery revenge pursuit 1950s
As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
110 Minutes
John Wayne Donna Reed Charles Coburn Tom Tully Sherry Jackson Marie Windsor Tom Helmore Dabbs Greer Leif Erickson Douglas Spencer Lester Matthews
coach daughter ex-wife priest football player social worker melodramatic rousing charming college new york city pool hall courtroom college athletics financial crisis trial custody father/daughter relationship football sports
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1947
116 Minutes
Gregory Peck Alida Valli Charles Laughton Charles Coburn Ann Todd Ethel Barrymore Louis Jourdan Leo G. Carroll Joan Tetzel Isobel Elsom John Goldsworthy
lawyer murderer servant judge police officer hotel manager tense engaging gripping suspenseful brooding london courtroom hotel restaurant home murder trial marriage false accusations
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
6.9/10
War
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan Raymond Massey Nancy Coleman Alan Hale Arthur Kennedy Sig Ruman Patrick O'Moore Ronald Sinclair Louis Arco Charles Irwin
lieutenant enemy sergeant australian officer resistance fighter powerful patriotic suspenseful airplane germany prison camp factory small town world war ii escape air force impersonation sabotage bombing
When the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive.
6.1/10
Drama, History
USA
1955
108 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Charlton Heston Donna Reed Barbara Hale William Demarest Alan Reed Eduardo Noriega Larry Pennell Argentina Brunetti Julia Montoya Ralph Moody
thomas jefferson meriwether lewis william clark sacajawea native american striking thrilling united states wilderness frontier louisiana purchase expedition water route teamwork love triangle daunting task quest discovery adventure 1800s
After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Dan Duryea Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Thomas Louden Aminta Dyne Rita Johnson
spy patient nazi detective psychic girl chilling dark crafty mental institution london fair train espionage world war ii paranoia escape 1940s
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot, and tries to stop it.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1957
113 Minutes
Rock Hudson Dana Wynter Sidney Poitier Wendy Hiller Juano Hernandez William Marshall Robert Beatty Walter Fitzgerald Michael Pate Ivan Dixon Ken Renard
settler wife witch doctor tribal leader revolutionary powerful suspenseful brutal touching kenya plains jail battle race relations repression native people religion rivalry metamorphosis revenge
Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band... See full summary »
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.
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Paula Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny
heir farm girl colonel countess soldier thrilling rousing spirited striking england netherlands countryside barn windmill king charles ii royalty exile unlikely romance conspiracy honor
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
7.9/10
Adventure, Action
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Herbert Mundin Una O'Connor Melville Cooper
robin hood prince king sheriff of nottingham pretty woman outlaw thrilling cheery rousing forest england castle rebellion corruption royalty wealth quest adventure rescue middle ages
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1948
93 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Darryl Hickman Charles Kemper Phil L. Ryan Una O'Connor Arthur Shields Harry Shannon Joe Sawyer Anna Q. Nilsson Donn Gift Myrna Dell
In 1905, a crusading priest tries to help poor newsboys.
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