A Laird Cregar top seven (he only made 13 or so films)
1) Hangover Square (1945) - a brilliant noir, Cregar is superb as a killer composer, and George Sanders and Linda Darnell are v good too - great Bernard Herrmann score
2) The Lodger (1944) - Cregars other lead role, a remake of the 1927 Hitchcock - I felt he’s a little OTT to be honest, I prefer Hangover square, but there’s some great moments
3) This Gun for Hire (1942) - Alan Ladd is electric in his first star part and Veronica Lake charismatic but Cregar is also extremely good
4) The Black Swan (1943) - one of the most fun pirate movies ever - Cregar is great as Sir Henry Morgan
5) I Wake Up Screaming (1941) - a brilliant noir with Betty Grable, Carole Landis, Victor Mature and most of all Cregar as a stalker cop
6) Joan of Paris (1942) - Every character actor had to play a Nazi in the 40s this was Cregars turn
7) Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Cregar plays the devil in this unexpectedly moving Lubitsch comedy
2) The Lodger (1944) - Cregars other lead role, a remake of the 1927 Hitchcock - I felt he’s a little OTT to be honest, I prefer Hangover square, but there’s some great moments
3) This Gun for Hire (1942) - Alan Ladd is electric in his first star part and Veronica Lake charismatic but Cregar is also extremely good
4) The Black Swan (1943) - one of the most fun pirate movies ever - Cregar is great as Sir Henry Morgan
5) I Wake Up Screaming (1941) - a brilliant noir with Betty Grable, Carole Landis, Victor Mature and most of all Cregar as a stalker cop
6) Joan of Paris (1942) - Every character actor had to play a Nazi in the 40s this was Cregars turn
7) Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Cregar plays the devil in this unexpectedly moving Lubitsch comedy
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