Search results for "Sheldon Leonard"
Take One False Step

Take One False Step

Take One False Step
IMDb: 6.4
94

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she’s presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he’s a prime suspect and should investigate before…

Daughter of the Jungle

Daughter of the Jungle

Daughter of the Jungle
IMDb: 4.6
69

An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by savage natives by a white woman…

Genre: Adventure
Frontier Gal

Frontier Gal

Frontier Gal
IMDb: 5.8
92

Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a…

Genre: Romance, Western
Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan
IMDb: 6.4
84

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he’s drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

Street of Chance
IMDb: 6.3
74

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man’s memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a…

Klondike Kate

Klondike Kate

Klondike Kate
IMDb: 5.9
64

A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.

Passport to Suez

Passport to Suez

Passport to Suez
IMDb: 6.3
72

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England’s war effort.

The Gangster

The Gangster

The Gangster
IMDb: 6.6
84

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment
IMDb: 7.3
80

From Amos ‘n’ Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows…

Genre: Documentary
Zombies on Broadway

Zombies on Broadway

Zombies on Broadway
IMDb: 5.3
69

Hiring real zombies for a broadway show proves difficult.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Decoy

Decoy

Decoy
IMDb: 6.8
76

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Jinx Money

Jinx Money

Jinx Money
IMDb: 6.3
68

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was…

Genre: Comedy
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls
IMDb: 7.2
150

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
The Brink’s Job

The Brink’s Job

The Brink’s Job
IMDb: 6.5
104

In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino (Peter Falk), a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles
IMDb: 7.2
136

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much a part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Money from Home

Money from Home

Money from Home
IMDb: 6.3
100

Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he’ll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his…

Genre: Comedy, Music
To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not
IMDb: 7.8
100

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat
IMDb: 6.2
105

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night
IMDb: 7.1
110

George Taylor returns from the WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a…

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
IMDb: 6.8
82

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor
IMDb: 6.2
116

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his…

Genre: Adventure
Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Bombshell
IMDb: 6.4
65

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous…

Genre: Comedy
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
IMDb: 7.4
103

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory
IMDb: 7.1
102

A French playboy gets serious when his country is threatened during World War II.

Breakdown

Breakdown

Breakdown
IMDb: 6
76

A boxer (William Bishop) jailed for murder proves his girlfriend’s (Ann Richards) wealthy father and a ward boss framed him.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Violence

Violence

Violence
IMDb: 5.5
72

Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice
IMDb: 6.8
82

Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott…

Genre: Comedy
My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours
IMDb: 6.6
101

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile
IMDb: 6.2
67

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young Man with Ideas

Young Man with Ideas

Young Man with Ideas
IMDb: 6
84

A Montana lawyer (Glenn Ford) gets distracted after moving to California with his wife (Ruth Roman) and children.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man
IMDb: 6
78

A singer can’t choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.

Genre: Drama
The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Hollywood
IMDb: 6.5
67

Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence–aka Michael Arlen’s literary hero The Falcon–arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery