Cast: Sheldon Leonard
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sheldon Leonard. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Crime, Inc.
1945 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Leo Carrillo · Tom Neal · Martha Tilton · Lionel Atwill
Plot Mobster Bugs Kelley stubbornly refuses to become part of the syndicate that rules organized crime like a business in the city. He further antagonizes "Crime Inc." by kidnapping Tony Marlowe,...
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Street of Chance
1942 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Jack B. Hively
Cast Burgess Meredith · Claire Trevor · Louise Platt · Sheldon Leonard
Plot Frank Thompson (Burgess Meredith), awakens in the middle of the street, after wreckage falling from a building in New York City hits him in the head. Frank soon discovers that...
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The Diamond Queen
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Arlene Dahl · Fernando Lamas · Gilbert Roland · Sheldon Leonard
Plot In 1659, jeweler Gabriel Tavernier miscuts a diamond meant to surmount the coronation crown of Louis XIV. He's thrown into prison and his son, Jean, is sent to India, along...
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The Last Crooked Mile
1946 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Philip Ford
Cast Don 'Red' Barry · Ann Savage · Adele Mara · Tom Powers
Plot The notorious Jarvis gang robs a bank, one member is killed in the subsequent shootout, they ditch the getaway car, but are recognized at a roadblock as they take it...
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Gambler's Choice
1944 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Frank McDonald
Cast Chester Morris · Nancy Kelly · Russell Hayden · Lee Patrick
Plot The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley's main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon. McGlennon, now...
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The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast George Montgomery · Brenda Marshall · Glenn Langan · Paul Cavanagh
Plot Hawkeye, an American scout, helps the British side in the French and Indian War, aided by his Indian blood brother Sagamore.
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Klondike Kate
1943 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction William Castle
Cast Ann Savage · Tom Neal · Glenda Farrell · Constance Worth
Plot Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and "entertainers", sent for by saloon owner "Sometime" Smith, arrive in a Klondike mining town by train. Smith is out of town and...
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Open Secret
1948 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction John Reinhardt
Cast John Ireland · Jane Randolph · Sheldon Leonard · Roman Bohnen
Plot Newlyweds come to visit groom's friend, only to discover him missing; and their investigation uncovers evidence of a ring of anti-semites terrorizing the neighborhood.
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Rise and Shine
1941 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Jack Oakie · George Murphy · Linda Darnell · Walter Brennan
Plot Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
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Lucky Jordan
1942 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tuttle
Cast Alan Ladd · Helen Walker · Sheldon Leonard · Mabel Paige
Plot Lucky Jordan, cynical gambler and racketeer, finds one thing his luck and connections can't fix: the draft board. In the army, he fits like the proverbial square peg, and deserts...to...
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Bowery Bombshell
1946 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Leo Gorcey · Huntz Hall · Bobby Jordan · William 'Billy' Benedict
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My Dream Is Yours
1949 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Jack Carson · Doris Day · Lee Bowman · Adolphe Menjou
Plot A talent scout turns a young unknown into a radio singing star.
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Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction William Berke
Cast Lola Lane · Sheldon Leonard · Pamela Blake · Elisha Cook Jr.
Plot Diana Leslie (Pamela Blake) is rescued from drowning by reporter Chris Williams (Sheldon Leonard). The latter believes it is an attempted murder rather than the suicide indicated by a note,...
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Taxi, Mister
1943 · Movie · 46 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast William Bendix · Grace Bradley · Joe Sawyer · Sheldon Leonard
Plot Its is NYC in 1928 and taxi-cab owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett are making a hard-scrabble living with the one tumbledown cab they have between them, and take shifts...
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Her Kind of Man
1946 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Dane Clark · Janis Paige · Zachary Scott · Faye Emerson
Plot A nightclub singer (Janis Paige) is caught between a big-time gangster (Zachary Scott) and a tough Broadway columnist (Dane Clark).
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Breakdown
1952 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Edmond Angelo
Cast Ann Richards · William Bishop · Anne Gwynne · Sheldon Leonard
Plot Framed for murder, heavyweight boxer Terry Williams is sent to prison, but is released after a few years on good behavior. He becomes a championship contender and then, on the...
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Hit the Ice
1943 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Ginny Simms · Patric Knowles
Plot 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...
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If You Knew Susie
1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast Eddie Cantor · Joan Davis · Allyn Joslyn · Charles Dingle
Plot In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by...
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Ouanga / Drums of the Jungle / Love Wanga
1936 · Movie · 56 min. · United States
Direction George Terwilliger
Cast Fredi Washington · Philip Brandon · Marie Paxton · Sheldon Leonard
Plot In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white woman over her for...
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Violence
1947 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Jack Bernhard
Cast Nancy Coleman · Michael O'Shea · Sheldon Leonard · Peter Whitney
Plot Undersover magazine reporter Ann Mason is able to infiltrate a neo-facist organization that recruits disgruntled war veterans with a paranoiac populist message that views both labor and management as enemies....
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