The best James Stephenson’s movies

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

14/04/1889- 29/07/1941
We present our ranking of the best James Stephenson’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Stephenson.
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The Letter

The Letter
7.5/10
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk
7.6/10
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 06/05/1939
  • Character: British Military Intelligence Agent
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Beau Geste

Beau Geste
7.5/10
Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Ray Milland star along with Robert Preston in the epic adventure Beau Geste. When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, Beau Geste has been universally acclaimed by generations of critics and audiences alike as a true motion picture classic.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
7/10
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld
6.4/10
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent
5.9/10
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/08/1938
  • Character: Major Thompson
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...

The Old Maid

The Old Maid
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/08/1939
  • Character: Jim Ralston
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

When Were You Born

When Were You Born
5.8/10
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police look for the murderer.

Shining Victory

Shining Victory
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/05/1941
  • Character: Dr. Paul Venner
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.

International Squadron

International Squadron
5.4/10
  • Genre: AdventureDramaWar
  • Release: 13/08/1941
  • Character: Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
The true story of the exploits of the RAF's (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's Air Force) during the early months of 1941 during WWII before America officially entered the war at the end of the year when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and Hitler declared war on the United States. The United States then drafted all of their airmen and fighter pilot aces into the United States Air Force for their own combat missions against the Luftwaffe

Flight from Destiny

Flight from Destiny
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/02/1941
  • Character: Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.

Devil's Island

Devil's Island
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 07/01/1939
  • Character: Col. Armand Lucien
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.

Murder in the Air

Murder in the Air
5.5/10
Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a tattoo of a circle and arrow. This is a tattoo for saboteurs for hire and Brass must impersonate the dead man to find out what his orders are. As Steve Coe, he meets with the band of enemy agents in California and everything goes well until the wife of the dead 'Hobo' shows up. Luckily, Gabby is able to save Brass and Brass learns what is his assignment. He is to board the USN airship 'Mason', which is testing the super secret Inertia Projector, and destroy the airship.

Nancy Drew: Detective

Nancy Drew: Detective
6.6/10
Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson solve a kidnapping case of a wealthy elderly lady. Ted has to disguise himself as a nurse while Nancy becomes a "widow" in order to locate the lady they are rescuing.

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 20/05/1939
  • Character: Colonel Tillman
Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/11/1939
  • Character: Sir William Clintock
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
6.9/10
German Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

South of Suez

South of Suez
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 16/11/1940
  • Character: Inspector Thornton
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.

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