Direction: Robert Z. Leonard
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Greer Garson · Laurence Olivier · Mary Boland · Edna May Oliver
Plot Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy...
6.7
639 votes
6.7
639 votes
The Bribe
1949 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Robert Taylor · Ava Gardner · Charles Laughton · Vincent Price
Plot In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief suspect Hintten and his wife Elizabeth, a sultry cafe singer; and is watched by...
6.6
177 votes
6.6
177 votes
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Movie · 176 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Luise Rainer · Frank Morgan
Plot At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout...
6.5
687 votes
6.5
687 votes
When Ladies Meet
1941 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Joan Crawford · Robert Taylor · Greer Garson · Herbert Marshall
Plot Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the...
6.5
54 votes
6.5
54 votes
The Divorcee
1930 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Norma Shearer · Chester Morris · Conrad Nagel · Robert Montgomery
Plot Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York 'in-crowd'. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Distraught Paul gets drunk and wrecks his...
6.4
157 votes
6.4
157 votes
Dancing Lady
1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Fred Astaire
Plot Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a...
6.4
179 votes
6.4
179 votes
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Charles Coburn · Van Heflin · Richard Hart
Plot Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton (Charles Coburn). She is about to marry the man of her dreams, attorney Robert Tasmin (Richard Hart),...
6.3
59 votes
6.3
59 votes
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Greta Garbo · Clark Gable · Jean Hersholt · John Miljan
Plot A farm girl runs from her abusive father to a series of affairs in the big city.
6.3
133 votes
6.3
133 votes
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard · Buster Keaton
Cast Judy Garland · Van Johnson · S.Z. Sakall · Spring Byington
Plot It's turn of the century America when Andrew and Veronica first meet - by crashing into each other. They develop an instant and mutual dislike which intensifies when, later on,...
6.3
60 votes
6.3
60 votes
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast James Stewart · Judy Garland · Hedy Lamarr · Lana Turner
Plot Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer...
6.2
133 votes
6.2
133 votes
When Ladies Meet
1933 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Harry Beaumont · Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Ann Harding · Robert Montgomery · Myrna Loy · Alice Brady
Plot Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the...
6.0
24 votes
6.0
24 votes
The King's Thief
1955 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Ann Blyth · Edmund Purdom · David Niven · George Sanders
Plot Lady Mary's father is innocently accused of treason and is executed. It is the king's evil chancellor, the duke of Brompton, who has found a way of getting rich by...
5.8
115 votes
5.8
115 votes
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Ginger Rogers · Lana Turner · Walter Pidgeon · Van Johnson
Plot Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that...
5.7
42 votes
5.7
42 votes
Small Town Girl
1936 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman · Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Janet Gaynor · Robert Taylor · Binnie Barnes · Andy Devine
Plot Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin,...
5.7
53 votes
5.7
53 votes
Duchess of Idaho
1950 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Esther Williams · Van Johnson · John Lund · Paula Raymond
Plot Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in,...
5.6
22 votes
5.6
22 votes
Strange Interlude
1932 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Norma Shearer · Clark Gable · Alexander Kirkland · Ralph Morgan
Plot The thoughts that people think are never the same as the words they speak - and in this movie, we can hear the thoughts. Gordon Shaw was a flyer who...
5.4
28 votes
5.4
28 votes
Naughty Marietta
1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard · W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Jeanette MacDonald · Nelson Eddy · Frank Morgan · Douglass Dumbrille
Plot Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain is a beautiful, young, sophisticated French princess of 23, who finds more worth in true love than a title. On the eve of...
5.3
27 votes
5.3
27 votes
The World's Most Beautiful Woman
1955 · Movie · 107 min. · Italy
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Gina Lollobrigida · Vittorio Gassman · Robert Alda · Anne Vernon
5.3
119 votes
5.3
119 votes
The Firefly
1937 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Jeanette MacDonald · Allan Jones · Warren William · Billy Gilbert
Plot Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers, in order for them to reveal Napolean's...
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The Restless Sex
1920 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Leon D'Usseau · Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Marion Davies · Ralph Kellard · Carlyle Blackwell Productions · Charles Lane
Plot A young woman is torn between two men, her childhood sweetheart and a handsome art student.
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