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Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester

Bruce Lester appeared in films from the 1930s into the 1950s, mainly in supporting roles. He was born Bruce Lister in Johannesburg, South Africa and later resided in England. After studying at Brighton College, he began his career on the London Stage and made his big screen debut in 1934. Lester's co-stars included Ronald Colman, Boris Karloff, ... more

Bruce Lester appeared in films from the 1930s into the 1950s, mainly in supporting roles. He was born Bruce Lister in Johannesburg, South Africa and later resided in England. After studying at Brighton College, he began his career on the London Stage and made his big screen debut in 1934. Lester's co-stars included Ronald Colman, Boris Karloff, James Cagney, Ray Milland and Joan Crawford. His film credits include, "To Be a Lady" (1934), "The Third Clue" (1934), "Boy Meets Girl" (1938), "The Witness Vanishes" (1939), "British Intelligence" (1940), "Pride and Prejudice" (1940), "The Letter" (1940, "Above Suspicion" (1943), "Golden Earrings" (1947), "The Fool and the Princess" (1948) and "Tarzan and the Trappers" (1958).

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The Letter
(1940)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
William Wyler
Cast:
Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard
7.6
100%
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Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Drama, Romance
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happin...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast:
Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Edward Ashley, Marten Lamont, E.E. Clive
7.4
100%
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Man Hunt
(1941)
Drama, Thriller, War
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Fritz Lang
Cast:
Walter Pidgeon, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
7.3
92%
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The Invisible Man Returns
(1940)
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Joe May, Phil Karlson
Cast:
Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton, Cecil Kellaway
6.5
82%
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Above Suspicion
(1943)
Drama, Thriller
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen
6.4
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Golden Earrings
(1947)
Adventure, Romance
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Cast:
Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester, Dennis Hoey
6.7
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If I Were King
(1938)
Adventure, History
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a love...
Runtime:
101 min
7.3
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Shining Victory
(1941)
Drama
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate tragic relationship.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Irving Rapper
Cast:
James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil, Montagu Love
7.7
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British Intelligence
(1940)
Action, Adventure
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
Runtime:
61 min
Director:
Terry O. Morse
Cast:
Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert
6.0
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King Richard and the Crusaders
(1954)
Adventure, Drama, History
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
David Butler
Cast:
Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas
5.7
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The Mysterious Doctor
(1943)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
Runtime:
57 min
5.9
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Shadows on the Stairs
(1941)
Mystery, Thriller
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Runtime:
64 min
Director:
D. Ross Lederman
Cast:
Frieda Inescort, Turhan Bey, Miles Mander, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel
5.7
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My Son, My Son!
(1940)
Drama, Romance
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Charles Vidor
Cast:
Madeleine Carroll, Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward
6.5
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The Witness Vanishes
(1939)
Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually...
Runtime:
66 min
Director:
Otis Garrett
Cast:
Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Bruce Lester, Forrester Harvey, Walter Kingsford
6.1
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Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
(1949)
A private detective (Bruce Lester) and an aspiring actress (Hy Hazell) join forces to thwart a man's scheme to murder his wealthy--and much older--wife. British thriller, directed by Francis Searle.
Runtime:
64 min
Director:
Francis Searle
Cast:
Hy Hazell, Bruce Lester, John Bailey
6.3
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A Star Fell from Heaven
(1936)
In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs slips out and suddenly he finds that he himself has become a star. Unfortunately he soon encounters unanticipated problems. He is especially concerned about his girl friend who dumped him i...
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
Paul Merzbach
Cast:
Joseph Schmidt, Florine McKinney, Billy Milton, W.H. Berry, George Graves
6.1
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