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Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1940s
2.7751
23
total ranking of 2.7751
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Sydney Greenstreet is ranked overall as 2.6851 of of 4 stars2.6851

Sydney Greenstreet Movie Rankings

1
Sydney Greenstreet starring in Casablanca
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 3.9536 out of 4 stars for Casablanca3.9536
Expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine is faced with the decision to help an old girlfriend's resistance-fighter husband escape the Nazis at the beginning of WWII. ...more about Casablanca
2
Sydney Greenstreet starring in Maltese Falcon
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 3.5377 out of 4 stars for Maltese Falcon3.5377
Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed whilst tailing a man. ...more about Maltese Falcon
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
3
Sydney Greenstreet starring in Mask of Dimitrios
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 3.0744 out of 4 stars for Mask of Dimitrios3.0744
A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, to learn more about the man. ...more about Mask of Dimitrios
  • Not Available on DVD
4
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.8167 out of 4 stars for Christmas in Connecticut2.8167
Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. ...more about Christmas in Connecticut
5
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.8136 out of 4 stars for They Died with Their Boots On2.8136
This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War, and finally to his death at Little Big Horn. ...more about They Died with Their Boots On
6
Across the Pacific (1942)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.6468 out of 4 stars for Across the Pacific2.6468
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. ...more about Across the Pacific
7
Devotion (1946)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.6391 out of 4 stars for Devotion2.6391
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. ...more about Devotion
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Between Two Worlds (1944)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.5630 out of 4 stars for Between Two Worlds2.5630
Several people are killed in a London air raid. They each awake aboard a strange ship which will deliver each of them either to heaven or hell. Their lives and stories are revealed as they individually begin to realize where they are. ...more about Between Two Worlds
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Velvet Touch, The (1948)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.5113 out of 4 stars for Velvet Touch2.5113
Broadway star Valerie Stanton, breaking up with her producer-lover Gordon Dunning, unintentionally kills him. In flashback, she recalls meeting new flame Michael Morrell, and Dunning's machinations leading to the fatal argument. ...more about Velvet Touch
  • Not Available on DVD
10
Three Strangers (1946)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.4382 out of 4 stars for Three Strangers2.4382
According to a legend, if three strangers gather before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny) on the night of the Chinese New Year and make a common wish, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her heart and grant the wish. ...more about Three Strangers
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Background to Danger (1943)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.1278 out of 4 stars for Background to Danger2.1278
Ankara in neutral Turkey : World War Two. A town of intrigue and of provocateurs. The Germans are planning to leak maps apparently proving that the Russians are about to invade the country. ...more about Background to Danger
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Flamingo Road (1949)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.1186 out of 4 stars for Flamingo Road2.1186
Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple. Lane becomes romantically involved with sheriff Fielding Carlisle, a weakling whose career is being driven by Titus. ...more about Flamingo Road
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Conflict (1945)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 2.1095 out of 4 stars for Conflict2.1095
Richard Mason is slightly injured in a car accident but pretends greater hurt so that he cannot accompany his wife Kathryn on a trip to the mountains. He does, however, kill her on a lonely mountain road. ...more about Conflict
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Conspirators, The (1944)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 1.9862 out of 4 stars for Conspirators1.9862
Vincent Van Der Lyn, a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is forced to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. There he meets a small band of underground conspirators. ...more about Conspirators
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Hucksters, The (1947)
Sydney Greenstreet scores a combined 1.5981 out of 4 stars for Hucksters1.5981
Victor Norman is just out of the Service and is looking for a job in advertizing. By playing hard to get, he figures that he can get a good job and a large salary. ...more about Hucksters
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
No Reviews Available
Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. ...more about Hollywood Canteen
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Malaya (1949)
No Reviews Available
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by stealing it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help. While taking out the last load Royer is killed and Carnahan, wounded, must finish the job. ...more about Malaya
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Passage to Marseille (1944)
No Reviews Available
As French bomber crews prepare an air raid from a base in England, we learn the story of Matrac, a French journalist who opposed the Munich Pact. Framed for murder and sent to Devil's Island, he and four others escape. ...more about Passage to Marseille
19
Pillow to Post (1945)
No Reviews Available
With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. ...more about Pillow to Post
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Ruthless (1948)
No Reviews Available
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. ...more about Ruthless
  • Not Available on DVD
21
That Way with Women (1947)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Verdict, The (1946)
No Reviews Available
Mr. Grodman was a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard until a mistake in an investigation caused the execution of an innocent man. He takes the blame and is dismissed, replaced by the obnoxious, gloating Buckley. ...more about Verdict
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Woman in White, The (1948)
No Reviews Available
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. ...more about Woman in White
  • Not Available on DVD