List of the best Oscar Homolka movies: Code of Scotland Yard(1947), Mr. Sardonicus(1961), The House of the Arrow(1953), Ebb Tide(1937), Sabotage(1936), Funeral in Berlin(1967), Rhodes(1936), Comrade X(1940), Mission to Moscow(1943), Ball of Fire(1941), Billion Dollar Brain(1967), The Executioner(1970) ... ...
Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Desius Heiss
Oscar Homolka Derek Farr Muriel Pavlow Kenneth Griffith Manning Whiley Kathleen Harrison Diana Dors
antique dealer blackmailer violinist frenchman refugee murderer bleak chilling melodramatic intense powerful uneasy antique shop london blackmail murder father/daughter relationship antiques crime protection
In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.
Horror
USA
1961
89 Minutes
Oscar Homolka Ronald Lewis Audrey Dalton Guy Rolfe Vladimir Sokoloff Erika Peters Tina Woodward Constance Cavendish Mavis Neal Lorna Hanson James Forrest
baron father wife doctor butler old flame eerie suspenseful shocking melodramatic graveyard mansion train station mountain london village disfigurement medicine greed medical experiments
A mysterious and cruel Baron, whose face has become frozen in a horrifying grin, demands that a prominent London physician apply experimental treatments on him to restore his face.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
73 Minutes
A rich old lady dies in bed and leaves all of her money to her recently adopted daughter, who is quickly accused and exonerated of her murder. But that most British of questions remains. Who dunnit? (1953; B&W)
Adventure
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Capt. Jakob Therbecke
Oscar Homolka Frances Farmer Ray Milland Lloyd Nolan Barry Fitzgerald David Torrence
Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic (Lloyd Nolan) who has set himself up as the local god.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1936
76 Minutes
Karl Anton Verloc
Sylvia Sidney Oscar Homolka Desmond Tester John Loder Joyce Barbour Matthew Boulton S.J. Warmington William Dewhurst Austin Trevor Torin Thatcher Aubrey Mather
saboteur detective wife brother professor dark intense suspenseful london movie theater sabotage terrorism lie bomb working undercover mystery discovery 1930s
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1967
102 Minutes
Michael Caine Oscar Homolka Eva Renzi Paul Hubschmid Guy Doleman Rachel Gurney Hugh Burden Thomas Holtzmann Günter Meisner Heinz Schubert Marthe Keller
secret agent colonel intelligence officer spy love interest criminal bleak dark dense disheartening melodramatic suspenseful berlin germany east germany east berlin london spying relationships international chase
A British Agent is sent to East Berlin to receive a Communist defector, but the true situation turns out to be rather more complicated.
Biography
1936
94 Minutes
Walter Huston Oscar Homolka Basil Sydney Frank Cellier Peggy Ashcroft Renee De Vaux Bernard Lee Lewis Casson Ndanisa Kumalo Glennis Lorimer
adventurer president mother partner king sweetheart confident patriotic spirited england south africa mine city office ambition diamonds prospecting mining political unrest wealth
Englishman Cecil John Rhodes (Walter Huston) finds diamonds in 1870s South Africa and builds an empire.
Romance
USA
1940
90 Minutes
Commissar Vasiliev
Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr Oscar Homolka Felix Bressart Eve Arden Sig Ruman Natasha Lytess Vladimir Sokoloff Edgar Barrier John Piccori Mikhail Rasumny
journalist streetcar driver valet lighthearted playful patriotic moscow father/daughter relationship communism censorship love marriage love escape transformation 1940s
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
Drama, History
USA
1943
123 Minutes
Maxim Litvinov
Walter Huston Ann Harding Oscar Homolka George Tobias Gene Lockhart Frieda Inescort Eleanor Parker Richard Travis Helmut Dantine Victor Francen Henry Daniell
ambassador joseph e. davies joseph stalin franklin delano roosevelt communist patriotic spirited dense soviet union united states propaganda soviet union communism foreign relations quest 1930s
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Comedy
USA
1941
111 Minutes
Prof. Gurkakoff (Mathematics)
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Dana Andrews Oscar Homolka Dan Duryea S.Z. Sakall Richard Haydn Henry Travers Tully Marshall Gene Krupa
professor burlesque dancer mobster police officers garbage collector hysterical cheeky sultry thrilling library nightclub house new york city church love language crime class distinctions forbidden love rivalry
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Drama
UK
1967
111 Minutes
Col. Stok
Michael Caine Karl Malden Ed Begley Oscar Homolka Françoise Dorléac Guy Doleman Vladek Sheybal Milo Sperber
private investigator secret service agent oil baron friend intricate gripping thrilling england helsinki espionage conspiracy cold war mystery discovery quest 1960s
A former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1970
107 Minutes
George Peppard Joan Collins Judy Geeson Oscar Homolka Charles Gray Nigel Patrick Keith Michell George Baker Alexander Scourby Peter Bull Ernest Clark
spy secretary double agent wife scientist kgb agent suspenseful gritty london athens, greece istanbul espionage betrayal cold war love triangle defection mystery quest 1970s
A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
War
USA
1954
80 Minutes
Col. Nikita I. Biroshilov
Ronald Reagan Steve Forrest Dewey Martin Oscar Homolka Robert Horton Paul Stewart Harry Morgan Stephen Bekassy Leonard Strong Darryl Hickman Ralph Ahn
army officer captain prisoner of war sadist commander guard disturbing intense inspiring pow camp north korea korean war undercover operations torture violence brainwashing communism discovery escape rescue
During the Korean War, an American officer is tasked with infiltrating a Communist-run POW camp in order to investigate the treatment of American prisoners by the enemy.
Adventure
UK|Yugoslavia
1964
125 Minutes
Krok
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Rosanna Schiaffino Russ Tamblyn Oscar Homolka Colin Blakely Edward Judd Lionel Jeffries Beba Loncar Clifford Evans Gordon Jackson
viking moor wife king crew member explorer engaging spirited tense africa sea city chapel ship expedition treasure hunting race relations sailing competition unlikely allies
A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Blackie
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Comedy
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Dr. Brubaker
Marilyn Monroe Tom Ewell Evelyn Keyes Sonny Tufts Victor Moore Oscar Homolka Carolyn Jones Doro Merande
husband wife beautiful woman model son psychiatrist amusing playful new york city apartment building street infidelity marriage adultery fantasy temptation forbidden love 1950s
When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbbor.
Fantasy
1962
129 Minutes
The Duke
Laurence Harvey Karl Boehm Claire Bloom Walter Slezak Barbara Eden Oscar Homolka Arnold Stang Martita Hunt Betty Garde Bryan Russell
writer brother duke child old woman cobbler creative winsome intricate positive germany small town the brothers grimm fairy tales writing imagination dreams determination discovery quest
The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves," "The Singing Bone."
Comedy
USA
1969
132 Minutes
The Commissar
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer Claude Dauphin Edith Evans John Gavin Paul Henreid Oscar Homolka Margaret Leighton Giulietta Masina Nanette Newman Richard Chamberlain
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Romance
USA
1957
150 Minutes
Dr. Emerich
Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones Vittorio De Sica Alberto Sordi Mercedes McCambridge Elaine Stritch Oscar Homolka Kurt Kaszner
american nurse friend german soldier italian lieutenant emotional dark italy switzerland world war i romance pregnancy execution war injury tragic death love rescue escape 1910s
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
Crime, Drama
1968
102 Minutes
Inspector Ruff
Patrick O'Neal Joan Hackett John Gielgud Herbert Lom Eric Portman Peter Van Eyck Oscar Homolka Leon Greene
An insurance sleuth (Patrick O'Neal) goes to Switzerland to learn why a shipping tycoon's (John Gielgud) ships are sinking.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Sam
Anthony Quinn George Maharis Faye Dunaway Michael Parks Robert Walker Martha Hyer Milton Berle Oscar Homolka Jack Kruschen Clifton James John Randolph Kuhl
hippie flower girl bum wealthy man mafia boss amusing lighthearted madcap miami kidnapping ransom blackmail mistaken identity revenge pursuit 1960s
Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.
Biography
1970
142 Minutes
Engstrand
Toralv Maurstad Florence Henderson Christina Schollin Frank Porretta Harry Secombe Robert Morley Edward G. Robinson Oscar Homolka Henry Gilbert Richard Wordsworth Bernard Archard
Edvard Grieg (Toralv Maurstad) marries his cousin (Florence Henderson) and composes beautiful pieces in the spirit of Norway's folk music.
Comedy
1962
112 Minutes
Dr. Prokosch
Kim Novak James Garner Tony Randall Howard Duff Janet Blair Patti Page Jessie Royce Landis Oscar Homolka Howard Morris Anne Jeffreys Zsa Zsa Gabor
husband bachelor student wife mother private investigator amusing charming new york city apartment train greenwich, conn. household infidelity deception research marriage sex forbidden love quest
Would-be swingers Fred (James Garner), George (Tony Randall), Doug and Howard share a sexy blonde (Kim Novak) who's secretly doing a thesis on men.