Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "court-of-inquiry"

1. The Crucible (1996)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen

Votes: 40,260 | Gross: $7.34M

2. Trog (1970)

GP | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden

Votes: 3,213

3. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Approved | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara

Votes: 2,945

4. Lord Jim (1965)

Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,269

5. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams

Votes: 2,951

6. Town Without Pity (1961)

Approved | 105 min | Crime, Drama

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine Kaufmann, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 1,987

7. Guru (2007)

Not Rated | 166 min | Drama

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.

Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhavan

Votes: 25,041 | Gross: $2.09M

8. The Crucible (1957)

145 min | Drama, History

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.

Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam

Votes: 791

9. The Crucible (1967 TV Movie)

135 min | Drama, History

In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, ... See full synopsis »

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Fritz Weaver, Henry Jones

Votes: 143

10. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 876

11. The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars

Votes: 711

12. The Crucible (1981 TV Movie)

Drama, History

An adaptation of the famous play concerning the Salem witch trials.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Michael Harbour, Lynn Dearth, Daniel Massey, Eric Porter

Votes: 46

13. Yöjuna (1996)

86 min | Mystery, Thriller

Young Ari Nykänen joins a board of inquiry investigating a mysterious freight train accident which at first seems just a case of vandalism. Ari delves deeper into the case and discovers a ... See full summary »

Director: Arto Lehkamo | Stars: Santeri Kinnunen, Vera Kiiskinen, Minna Soisalo, Åke Lindman

Votes: 215

14. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode: Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I (1985)

171 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This is a true story based on transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah (Vanessa Redgrave) and her two sisters are put on trial for suspicion of witchcraft. While her sisters are hanged,... See full synopsis »

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrick McGoohan

Votes: 284

15. Cimarron Strip (1967–1968)
Episode: The Sound of a Drum (1968)

TV-PG | 70 min | Western

Sergeant Clay Tice a free-wheeling cavalry veteran, clashes with his Sergeant-Major Chambers, a by-the-book disciplinarian. When the Sergeant-Major catches Tyce courting Dulcey at the ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone, Jill Townsend

Votes: 46

16. Waterfront (1954–1956)
Episode: Portia of the Sea (1954)

30 min | Adventure, Crime

When a freighter runs aground on a reef outside San Pedro killing the captain in the process, the skipper's law student daughter enlists Captain Herrick's assistance to prove him innocent of negligence.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Preston Foster, Lois Moran, Margaret Field, James Bell

17. Against the Wind (1978)
Episode: A Question of Guilt (1978)

Drama, History, Western

Mary and Polly survive the sea voyage and are assigned on their arrival in Sydney. Capt Greville still smarting at Mary's rebuke sets out to make her life as difficult as possible

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake

Votes: 14

18. Against the Wind (1978)
Episode: An Agreement Between Officers and Others (1978)

Drama, History, Western

Time passes in the colony. Jonathon begins to have genuine feelings for Mary, thinking of the future he learns to read and write. Greville expands his empire and is prepared to eliminate anyone how gets in his way

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake

Votes: 12