Jeffrey Sayre films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films on Boxlist

Known for North by Northwest, Notorious and The Big Sleep.

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Starring Jeffrey Sayre

North by Northwest
1959 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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Notorious
1946 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the...
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The Big Sleep
1946 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of...
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White Heat
1949 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Out of the Past
1947 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, CA. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return...
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Mildred Pierce
1945 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.
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The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor...
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy...
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Imitation of Life
1959 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Lora Meredith, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson, a black single mother. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Susie, while Lora pursues her stage career. Both women deal...
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Gun Crazy
1950 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon...
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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a...
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High Society
1956 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by...
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An Affair to Remember
1957 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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Saboteur
1942 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
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