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

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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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