List of the best Sydney Greenstreet movies: The Mask of Dimitrios(1944), The Verdict(1946), Three Strangers(1946), Christmas in Connecticut(1945), Conflict(1945), Across the Pacific(1942), Malaya(1950), The Woman in White(1948), The Conspirators(1944), That Way With Women(1947), Flamingo Road(1949), The Velvet Touch(1948) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
86 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Joan Lorring George Coulouris Rosalind Ivan Paul Cavanagh Arthur Shields Morton Lowry Holmes Herbert Art Foster Clyde Cook
superintendent successor artist nephew politician crafty engaging thrilling scotland yard london rooming house courtroom wrongful execution murder investigation redemption teamwork police work writing rivalry discovery
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
Comedy, Other
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Alexander Yardley
Barbara Stanwyck Dennis Morgan Sydney Greenstreet Reginald Gardiner S.Z. Sakall Robert Shayne Una O'Connor Frank Jenks Joyce Compton Dick Elliott Betty Alexander
writer soldier chef editor publisher nurse lighthearted cheery new york city apartment connecticut farm kitchen barn christmas deception country life babies war heroes engagement
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
86 Minutes
Dr. Mark Hamilton
Humphrey Bogart Alexis Smith Sydney Greenstreet Rose Hobart Charles Drake Grant Mitchell
engineer wife psychologist sister-in-law gripping frightful california mountain marriage murder morality infatuation mystery fall 1940s
An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.
Adventure
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Dr. Lorenz
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Sydney Greenstreet Victor Sen Yung Keye Luke Richard Loo
military officer professor pretty woman engaging tense ship ocean new york city espionage shady dealings dangerous assignment world war ii mystery adventure discovery 1940s
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
War
USA
1950
98 Minutes
The Dutchman
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
109 Minutes
Count Fosco
Eleanor Parker Alexis Smith Sydney Greenstreet Gig Young Agnes Moorehead John Abbott John Emery
painter count niece guest beautiful woman creepy intricate england village castle deception art dark secrets discovery mystery 1860s
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
101 Minutes
Ricardo Quintanilla
Hedy Lamarr Paul Henreid Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Victor Francen Joseph Calleia Carol Thurston Vladimir Sokoloff Edward Ciannelli Steven Geray Kurt Katch
During WW2, in neutral Portugal, a Dutch resistance fighter is attempting to find passage to England while trying to avoid Nazi spies and Portuguese policemen.
Drama
USA
1947
84 Minutes
James P. Alden
Dane Clark Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Alan Hale Craig Stevens Barbara Brown Don McGuire John Ridgely Richard Erdman Herb Anderson Howard Freeman
A bored automobile industry tycoon assumes a false identity, buys a half interest in a gas station, and plays matchmaker for his daughter.
Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Sheriff Titus Semple
Joan Crawford Zachary Scott Sydney Greenstreet David Brian Gladys George Virginia Huston Fred Clark Gertrude Michael Alice White Sam McDaniel Tito Vuolo
dancer deputy sheriff political boss politician socialite melodramatic dark united states boldon city diner carnival carnivals alcoholism political corruption love triangle suicide revenge sacrifice 1940s
A small-town Florida sheriff (Sydney Greenstreet) frames his political pawn's (Zachary Scott) dancer girlfriend (Joan Crawford) for prostitution.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Captain Danbury
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Biography
USA
1946
107 Minutes
William Makepeace Thackeray
Ida Lupino Paul Henreid Olivia de Havilland Sydney Greenstreet Nancy Coleman Arthur Kennedy Dame May Whitty Victor Francen Montagu Love Ethel Griffies Odette Myrtil
author artist sister brother melodramatic emotional england household writing romance emily bronte charlotte bronte anne bronte love 19th century
Genius authors Emily and Charlotte Bronte fall in love with their curate as they seek to get their work published.
Fantasy
1944
112 Minutes
Reverend Tim Thompson
John Garfield Paul Henreid Eleanor Parker Sydney Greenstreet Faye Emerson Sara Allgood Isobel Elsom George Tobias Edmund Gwenn
pianist wife steward reporter reverend sailor bleak dreamy emotional london apartment limbo ship world war ii air raids death suicide judgment supernatural discovery
A ship sails on with a cynical newsman (John Garfield), a suicidal couple (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker) and others who are dead but don't know it.
Drama
USA
1948
104 Minutes
Buck Mansfield
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.
War
USA
1944
110 Minutes
Maj. Duval
Humphrey Bogart Michèle Morgan Claude Rains Philip Dorn Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre George Tobias Victor Francen Helmut Dantine John Loder Konstantin Shayne
captain prisoner leader major convict gripping spirited thrilling ship prison marseilles, france world war ii prison break patriotism blackmail murder redemption sacrifice escape 1930s
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Kasper Gutman
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Peter Lorre Gladys George Barton MacLane Sydney Greenstreet Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr. James Burke
detective femme fatale criminal police officer secretary dark gritty brooding intricate san francisco hotel office dangerous assignment shady dealings deception murder greed mystery pursuit temptation
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Drama
USA
1942
102 Minutes
Signor Ferrari
Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet Dooley Wilson Marcel Dalio S.Z. Sakall Joy Page
expatriates nightclub owner resistance fighter nazi spy sad cool gripping casablanca paris nightclub airport world war ii rebellion virtue love triangle sacrifice 1940s
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Arthur Kennedy Charley Grapewin Gene Lockhart Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Sydney Greenstreet Regis Toomey Hattie McDaniel
general wife american indian chief father soldier thrilling spectacular confident patriotic battlefield military academy montana gen. george armstrong custer american civil war military life leadership indian wars sacrifice quest 1870s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.