List of the best Robert Coote movies: Prudence and the Pill(1968), You Can't Fool Your Wife(1940), Merry Andrew(1958), Stairway to Heaven(1946), Othello(1952), Berlin Express(1948), Vigil in the Night(1940), The Golden Head(1964), The Cool Ones(1967), The Elusive Pimpernel(1950), The Exile(1948), Mr. Moto's Last Warning(1939) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1968
92 Minutes
Henry Hardcastle
Deborah Kerr Ronald Neame David Niven Robert Coote Irina Demick Joyce Redman Judy Geeson Keith Michell
The conflicting and comical attempts by a wealthy London banker and his mistress, together with four other couples, to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills.
Comedy
1940
68 Minutes
"Batty" Battincourt
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Robert Coote Virginia Vale Emma Dunn Elaine Shepard William Halligan Oscar O'Shea Norman Mayes Patsy O'Byrne Dell Henderson
wife husband mother playboy seductress lighthearted amusing household nightclub apartment office party marriage separation seduction impersonation mistaken identity in-laws temptation rivalry
An outcast husband (James Ellison) flirts with another woman who turns out to be his wife (Lucille Ball).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Dudley Larabee
Danny Kaye Pier Angeli Noel Purcell Robert Coote Salvatore Baccaloni
teacher clown fiancée acrobat farmer amusing lighthearted sussex circus england archaeology entertainment love triangle discovery love 1950s
Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).
Fantasy
1946
104 Minutes
Bob
David Niven Michael Powell Kim Hunter Raymond Massey Robert Coote Kathleen Byron Richard Attenborough Bonar Colleano Joan Maude Marius Goring Roger Livesey
pilot conductor radio operator doctor judge angel airy charming dreamy quirky patriotic england heaven airplane world war ii afterlife death love love rescue
A British airman escapes death by mistake and resists the messenger who keeps summoning him to the beyond.
Drama
1952
92 Minutes
Roderigo
Orson Welles Micheál MacLiammóir Suzanne Cloutier Robert Coote Hilton Edwards Michael Lawrence Fay Compton Nicholas Bruce Jean Davis Joan Fontaine Joseph Cotten
othello senator iago desdemona servant wastrel chilling intense powerful brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy schemes doomed romance interracial relationship
Shakespeare's Iago (Micheál MacLiammóir) tells the jealous Moor of Venice (Orson Welles) that his wife, Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), has been unfaithful.
Drama
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Sterling
Merle Oberon Robert Ryan Charles Korvin Paul Lukas Robert Coote Reinhold Schünzel Roman Toporow Peter von Zerneck Otto Waldis Fritz Kortner Michael Harvey
passenger assassin doctor diplomat activist soldier thrilling uneasy france train germany world war ii nazis murder peace deception sabotage quest pursuit mystery
A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Dr. Caley
Carole Lombard Brian Aherne Dawn O'Day Julien Mitchell Robert Coote Brenda Forbes Rita Page Peter Cushing Ethel Griffies Doris Lloyd Emily Fitzroy
nurse doctor boss nun sister engaging emotional touching london hospital medicine love guilt sexual harassment redemption pursuit rise sacrifice 1940s
A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made; she is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
102 Minutes
Braithwaite
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1967
95 Minutes
Stanley Krum
Roddy McDowall Debbie Watson Gil Peterson Phil Harris Robert Coote Nita Talbot George Furth Jim Begg
A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance show by teaming up an ambitious go-go dancer and a has-been pop star and presenting them to the public as a new romantic pair.
Adventure
1950
109 Minutes
Sir Andrew ffoulkes
David Niven Emeric Pressburger Margaret Leighton Cyril Cusack Jack Hawkins Robert Coote Edmond Audran Danielle Godet Arlette Marchal Charles Victor David Hutcheson
aristocrat hero revolutionary englishman prisoner brother-in-law spectacular brash gutsy paris london court english channel inn prison rescue french revolution secret identity heroism scarlet pimpernel
London dandy Sir Percy (David Niven) dons disguises to rescue French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Pinner
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1939
71 Minutes
Rollo Venables
Peter Lorre Ricardo Cortez Virginia Field John Carradine George Sanders Robert Coote John Davidson
The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) foils a spy's (Ricardo Cortez) Suez Canal plot to blow up the French fleet.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
115 Minutes
Bunny Warren
Jack Hawkins Nigel Patrick Richard Attenborough Roger Livesey Bryan Forbes Kieron Moore Robert Coote Terence Alexander Melissa Stribling Norman Bird Nanette Newman
military officer retiree friend bank robber amusing suspenseful england london bank apartment bank robbery disillusionment schemes teamwork military service revenge quest 1960s
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Horror, Comedy
UK
1973
104 Minutes
Oliver Larding
Vincent Price Diana Rigg Robert Morley Ian Hendry Harry Andrews Coral Browne Robert Coote Jack Hawkins Michael Hordern Arthur Lowe Dennis Price
actor critic daughter bum eerie gory witty offbeat theater london vengeance murder william shakespeare criticism revenge quest 1970s
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Adventure
USA
1952
111 Minutes
Gaston Binet
Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker Janet Leigh Mel Ferrer Henry Wilcoxon Nina Foch Richard Anderson Robert Coote Lewis Stone Elisabeth Risdon Howard Freeman
marquis peasant damsel in distress instructor love interest swordsman charming thrilling spirited france theater palace revenge betrayal acting murder royalty love quest rescue
In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.
Adventure
USA
1952
100 Minutes
Fritz von Tarlenheim
Stewart Granger Deborah Kerr James Mason Jane Greer Louis Calhern Lewis Stone Robert Douglas Robert Coote
prince princess brother fiancée king impersonator suspenseful engaging thrilling ruritania palace royal life conspiracy kidnapping identity deception adventure mystery escape 19th century
An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
Adventure
USA
1939
117 Minutes
Bertie Higginbotham
Cary Grant Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Victor McLaglen Joan Fontaine Sam Jaffe Edward Ciannelli Montagu Love Abner Biberman Robert Coote
soldier military officer native guru henchman pretty woman confident inspiring india military base temple abduction racism military escape pursuit underdog 1880s
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Drama, History
USA
1939
97 Minutes
Bungey
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 »
Romance
USA
1949
119 Minutes
Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock
Walter Pidgeon Ethel Barrymore Peter Lawford Angela Lansbury Janet Leigh Louis Calhern Francis L. Sullivan Melville Cooper Robert Coote Alan Napier Roman Toporow
colonel mother superior major aide ballerina private tense emotional vienna convent train station rome repatriation communism faith romance duty suicide quest escape
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
105 Minutes
Marquis De Crillon
Lana Turner Fernando Lamas Una Merkel Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez John Abbott Marcel Dalio King Donovan Robert Coote Lisa Ferraday Shepard Menken
widow count king ambassador baron winsome amusing marshovia royal court dance hall palace royal life national security love courtship financial crisis love pursuit 1900s
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Comedy
1955
84 Minutes
Jack Carter
Rex Harrison Margaret Leighton Kay Kendall Cecil Parker Nicole Maurey George Cole Raymond Huntley Michael Hordern Robert Coote Eric Pohlmann
man wife specialist doctor charming emotional airy amusing hilarious wales hotel room doctor's office london amnesia fake identity marriage humor love forbidden love quest
An amnesiac (Rex Harrison) wakes up one morning in Wales and learns, through a psychiatrist, he has seven wives.
Comedy
UK
1938
100 Minutes
Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Griffith Jones Vivien Leigh Edmund Gwenn C.V. France Edward Rigby Morton Selten Claude Gillingwater Tully Marshall
aristocrat student professor administrator amusing spirited oxford, england oxford university college honor romance sports culture clash growing up transformation rivalry love 1930s
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
106 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lilli Palmer Robert Alda Vladimir Sokoloff J. Edward Bromberg Marjorie Hoshelle Ludwig Stossel Helene Thimig Dan Seymour Marc Lawrence James Flavin
traitor secret agent undercover agent boy spy imaginary friend airplane switzerland escape pursuit escape rescue
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.