The best Robert Barrat’s drama movies on Google Play Movies

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

10/07/1889- 08/01/1970
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Baby Face

Baby Face
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1933
  • Character: Nick Powers
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 02/10/1937
  • Character: Major Walsin-Esterhazy
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 25/04/1947
  • Character: Judge Seth White
A St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 07/12/1945
  • Character: The General
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
7.3/10
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland
6.3/10
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 24/06/1933
  • Character: Fred Smith
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Black Legion

Black Legion
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/01/1937
  • Character: Brown (uncredited)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade
7/10
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage
7/10
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/10/1933
  • Character: Judge R.H. White
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school Sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 08/11/1950
  • Character: Gen. Douglas MacArthur
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer
6.6/10
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain
7.1/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 03/05/1944
  • Character: Horace E. Bixby, Riverboat Captain
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.

From Headquarters

From Headquarters
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 06/11/1933
  • Character: Anderzian
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.

The Silk Express

The Silk Express
6.1/10
As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald Kilgore imports $3 million worth of silk to Seattle and accompanies it by special train to New York. But when his secretary is found murdered, Kilgore soon discovers Myton has planted three killers on board with orders to stop the express and its passengers dead in their tracks.

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