List of the best Louis Hayward movies: The Man in the Iron Mask(1939), House by the River(1950), The Duke of West Point(1938), Walk a Crooked Mile(1948), The Saint in New York(1938), Captain Pirate(1953), The Son of Monte Cristo(1940), Fortunes of Captain Blood(1950), The Pirates of Capri(1949), Ladies in Retirement(1941), Repeat Performance(1947), Ruthless(1948) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
King Louis XIV, Philippe of Gascony
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Louis Hayward Jane Wyatt Lee Bowman Dorothy Patrick Ann Shoemaker Jody Gilbert Peter Brocco Howland Chamberlin Margaret Seddon Sarah Padden Kathleen Freeman
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.
Drama
USA
1938
96 Minutes
Steven Earley
An arrogant Cambridge student emigrates to America and enrolls at the West Point.
Action
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Philip `'Scotty'` Grayson
fbi agent scotland yard agent scientist spy cool engaging tense san francisco southern california laboratory espionage nuclear safety investigation national security teamwork discovery pursuit quest 1940s
During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign nuclear spy ring operating in the USA and the UK.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Simon Templar
Louis Hayward Kay Sutton Sig Ruman Jonathan Hale Jack Carson Paul Guilfoyle Frederick Burton Ben Welden
vigilante moll inspector crime boss criminal cool melodramatic gritty new york city south america office house car law enforcement deception impersonation theft murder quest pursuit
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
Adventure
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Capt. Peter Blood
Louis Hayward Patricia Medina John Sutton Charles Irwin Ted de Corsia Rex Evans Malú Gatica George Givot Robert McNeeley
physician fiancée sea captain pirate first mate military official spirited brash west indies ship cell port harbor piracy false accusations devotion impersonation duplicity murder quest
In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set-up.
Adventure
1940
102 Minutes
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett George Sanders Florence Bates Lionel Royce Montagu Love Ian Wolfe Clayton Moore Ralph Byrd Georges Renavent Michael Visaroff
queen general son king guard brash crafty gutsy fictional country royal court royal palace europe royalty power struggle identity schemes adventure rivalry 1860s
A masked swordsman (Louis Hayward) poses as a French banker to save a grand duchess (Joan Bennett) from a dictator (George Sanders).
Adventure
1950
91 Minutes
Capt. Peter Blood
Louis Hayward Patricia Medina George Macready Alfonso Bedoya Dona Drake Lowell Gilmore Wilton Graff Curt Bois
captain pirate beautiful woman slave trader marquis overseer thrilling intense island high seas ship household tavern prison banishment betrayal deception bloodlust slavery pirates
The Spanish send a cruel nobleman (George Macready) to sink an exiled Irish doctor (Louis Hayward) turned pirate.
Adventure
1949
93 Minutes
Neapolitans against Queen Carolina (Binnie Barnes) have an ally in her court, secret swashbuckler Captain Sirocco (Louis Hayward).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Ida Lupino Louis Hayward Evelyn Keyes Elsa Lanchester Edith Barrett Isobel Elsom Emma Dunn Clyde Cook Queenie Leonard
actress retiree housekeeper sister nephew melodramatic chilling england household countryside deception murder family isolation revenge fall 1940s
The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results.
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Drama
USA
1948
104 Minutes
Vic Lambdin
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.
Romance
UK
1935
63 Minutes
John Gregg
Judy Gunn Louis Hayward David Hutcheson Googie Withers Morris Harvey Aubrey Dexter Eve Turner Bernard Miles Jack Knight Gilbert Davies
Mary Lee is the new head of a Chemistry Laboratory. Thompson and his work-mates are resentful of her appointment and try to make her fall in love with John in the hope that this will make ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1956
84 Minutes
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early life--that of Bridey Murphy. Several ... See full summary »
Musical
1940
90 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Louis Hayward Lucille Ball Virginia Field Ralph Bellamy Maria Ouspenskaya Mary Carlisle Katharine Alexander Edward Brophy Walter Abel Harold Huber
A burlesque queen (Lucille Ball) competes with an aspiring ballerina (Maureen O'Hara) for a divorced playboy (Louis Hayward).
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Ephraim Poster
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.
Drama
USA
1940
115 Minutes
Oliver Essex
wealthy man artist son father widower fiancée melodramatic cheeky touching slum manchester, england household city rags to riches father/son relationship deception love triangle world war i family dysfunction sacrifice
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
Comedy
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Bill Duncan
Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer Louis Hayward Helen Broderick Charles Coleman Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker
model advertising executive friend waiter millionaire butler cheery lighthearted new york city office apartment hotel opera house cottage gold digging friendship impersonation modeling jealousy mistaken identity
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Jack Kerry
Ann Harding Herbert Marshall Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Hayward Henry Stephenson Margaret Seddon George Hassell Eily Malyon Claudelle Kaye
Psychiatrist finds herself falling for her patient.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Man With Cream Tarts
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Frank Morgan Reginald Owen Louis Hayward David Holt Virginia Weidler E.E. Clive Walter Kingsford Ivan F. Simpson Tom Moore
prince princess colonel mysterious woman fiancé wealthy man eerie tense london boat zoo scams suicide political intrigue arranged marriage secret society journey discovery mystery rivalry
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel, where he seeks adventure ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
71 Minutes
Gregory Bengard
Lionel Atwill Irene Hervey Raymond Walburn Stuart Erwin Ann Loring Louis Hayward Wallace Ford Bernadene Hayes Harvey Stephens Robert Gleckler J. Carrol Naish
tycoon escaped convict secretary pilot governor reporter tense melodramatic ranch airstrip countryside hostage situation plane crash political intrigue kidnapping prison break escape 1930s
Businessman Gerald Axton goes to his ranch to rest, having had a near-heart-attack due to business worries. But while there (with his female assistant who makes his heart flutter as much as... See full summary »
Western
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Major Benson
Rod Taylor Ernest Borgnine John Mills Luciana Paluzzi James Whitmore Angela Dorian Louis Hayward Michael Cole Hugh Reilly Barry O'Hara Joe Sirola
gunslinger aristocrat niece colonel native american sergeant fiery rousing spectacular fort united states military redemption battle reunion siege violence love transformation 1870s
While Indians besiege a U.S. Army fort in 1876, residents of the fort, a gunfighter, a stagecoach driver, two Mexican women, and a motley company of soldiers, try to come to terms with their pasts.
Romance
USA
1936
140 Minutes
Denis Moore
Fredric March Olivia de Havilland Gale Sondergaard Edmund Gwenn Claude Rains Anita Louise Louis Hayward Steffi Duna Billy Mauch Donald Woods Akim Tamiroff
hero pretty woman father mother grandfather melodramatic emotional passionate italy europe france africa cuba abandonment illegitimate child expedition romance adventure discovery quest
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
Horror
USA
1973
93 Minutes
Tim Fowley
Ray Milland Broderick Crawford Elsa Lanchester Maurice Evans Shani Wallis John Carradine Louis Hayward Patric Knowles Mark W. Edwards Lisa Lu Steven Marlo
The murder of a Wax Museum proprietor and some other strange goings-on in the vicinity prompt a police investigator to determine whether the killer is one of the principles who wants to own... See full summary »