Movies by Leon Ames
As part of the cast:
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Jake Speed (1986)
Cast: Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane, Dennis Christopher …
Directed by: Andrew Lane
Jake Speed is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. When a young girl is kidnapped and her sister begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as…
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Testament (1983)
Cast: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris …
Directed by: Lynne Littman
The Wetherly family copes with the news that nuclear bombs have been detonated across the country, and it's only a matter of time before one explodes near their own home. When it does,…
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The Timber Tramps (1975)
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Tab Hunter, Leon Ames …
Directed by: Tay Garnett, Chuck D. Keen
Matt (Claude Akins) is a tough lumberjack who roams Alaska for work with his partner Deacon (Leon Ames). When these "timber tramps" finally find a gig, it's at a logging camp run by…
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When quirky college student Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) realizes that one of his inventions can read minds, he learns that a judge (Leon Ames) is planning a crime. The police think Merlin is…
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Son of Flubber (1963)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
In this sequel to Disney's 1961 film The Absent-Minded Professor, Medfield College's Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is working on his newest invention, dry rain ... but…
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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Fred MacMurray stars in this comedy classic as Professor Brainard, an inventive but forgetful college instructor who uses Flubber -- a chemical that "lifts" anyone who ingests it -- to…
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From the Terrace (1960)
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Paul Newman stars as ambitious Alfred Eaton, whose drive to climb the corporate and social ladders forces him to choose between love and his all-consuming career. Relentless in his pursuit of…
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Peyton Place (1957)
Cast: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Mark Robson
The grand dame of soap operas started as a titillating movie about what really went on behind closed doors (lust, infidelity, rape and lies) in a small -- seemingly proper -- New England…
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray …
Directed by: David Butler
Doris Day and Gordon MacRae reprise their roles as pants-loving tomboy Marjorie Winfield and her beau-next-door Bill Sherman in this popular sequel to the hit musical On Moonlight Bay. This…
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Sabre Jet (1953)
Cast: Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen …
Directed by: Louis King
Robert Stack stars as Col. Gil Manton in this drama about a squadron of jet pilots during the Korean War. While Manton and his cohorts fly dangerous missions during the day, their wives wait…
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Angel Face (1952)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger's noir classic stars Robert Mitchum as an ordinary man who becomes caught in a web of seduction and murder. Wealthy Diane Treymayne (Jean Simmons) has an angelic face that…
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On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray …
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Soon after moving with her dad (Leon Ames) and mom (Rosemary DeCamp) and younger brother (Billy Gray of "Father Knows Best") to a small Midwestern town, certified tomboy Marjorie Winfield…
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Cattle Drive (1951)
Cast: Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Chill Wills …
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
When he finds a spoiled young boy (Dean Stockwell) in the middle of nowhere, rugged cattle driver Mathews (Joel McCrea) reluctantly agrees to help him out. After initially refusing to lift a…
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The Phenix City Story / Dial 1119 (1950)
Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant …
Directed by: Phil Karlson, Gerald Mayer, Andrea King …
Based on real events, The Phenix City Story follows Alabama Attorney General Albert Patterson (John McIntire) as he takes on a city saturated with vice and organized crime. In Dial 1119, an…
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Battleground (1949)
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Director William Wellman dedicated this taut war film to "the battered bastards of Bastogne." The film tells the story of a U.S. Army division that's overrun by the Germans during the…
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Little Women (1949)
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
This 1949 screen version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel is packed with star power. Marmee Marach (Mary Astor) attempts to raise her four teenage daughters in a time of deprivation…
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On an Island with You (1948)
Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Navy Lt. Kingslee (Peter Lawford) is the technical adviser on actress Rosalind Reynolds's (Esther Williams) new movie. He holds fond memories of a show she did for the troops and hopes…
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A Date with Judy (1948)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Robert Stack …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Teenage best pals Judy (Jane Powell) and Carol (Elizabeth Taylor) find their friendship put to the test when they both fall for the same suave fellow (Robert Stack) in this breezy musical…
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Edward Buzzell
In the sixth (and last) entry in the popular Thin Man series, high-class sleuths Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) are called upon to investigate the murder of bandleader Tommy…
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Lady in the Lake (1947)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery
In this inventively filmed detective story, Robert Montgomery (who also directs) plays Philip Marlowe and solves an entire mystery from the camera's point of view; when Marlowe takes a…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway …
Directed by: Tay Garnett
The sexual chemistry between Depression-era drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) and sexy, smoldering roadside café waitress Cora (Lana Turner) is so hot that they'll do anything…
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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly …
Directed by: George Sidney
A four-day shore leave sends sailors Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) skirt-chasing in Tinseltown, but before they even get started, they're shanghaied into…
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They Were Expendable (1945)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed …
Directed by: John Ford, Robert Montgomery
During the bleak days following Pearl Harbor, Navy lieutenants John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) persuade the brass to let them send untried plywood boats against…
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Son of Lassie (1945)
Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart …
Directed by: S. Sylvan Simon
This follow-up to Lassie Come Home takes place years later, with Peter Lawford and June Lockhart portraying the characters previously played by Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. Joe…
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
High-toned sleuths Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) head to Nick's leisurely hometown of Sycamore Springs for a vacation, only to find themselves enmeshed in a string of…
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Judy Garland stars as Esther Smith, who just can't ignore the boy next door (Tom Drake), in director Vincente Minnelli's musical masterpiece about the trials and tribulations of a…
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East Side Kids (1940)
Cast: Hal E. Chester, Harris Berger, Frankie Burke …
Directed by: Robert F. Hill
This early East Side Kids feature stars Little Tough Guys Hal E. Chester and Harris Berger in a story that finds a group of tough-talking boys looking for a murderer in an effort to clear…
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Panama Patrol (1939)
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Adrienne Ames …
Directed by: Charles Lamont
Leon Ames returns as code decipherer Maj. Philip Waring in this sequel to Cipher Bureau. Waring teams with agent Helen Lane (Charlotte Wynters) on a mission to the Panama Canal, where spies…
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Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
Cast: Peter Lorre, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes …
Directed by: Norman Foster
Japanese detective Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) dons an inmate's disguise to help Scotland Yard hunt down a gang of dangerous assassins in the fifth installment of this mystery series…
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1938)
Cast: Peter Lorre, Warren Hymer, Amanda Duff …
Directed by: Herbert I. Leeds
After diamond smugglers in Puerto Rico bump off an investigator, the U.S. government calls in deadpan sleuth Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) to break up the criminal ring. As always, his powers of…
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Pilot X: Murder in the Sky (1936)
Cast: John Carroll, Leon Ames, Huntz Hall …
Directed by: Elmer Clifton
While flying a black plane with a large "X" on its wing, deranged WWI vet Carl Goering (Leon Ames) starts shooting down passenger planes. It's up to a team of renowned pilots to bring…
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Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Cast: Neil Hamilton, Kathleen Burke, Leon Ames …
Directed by: Thomas Atkins
Unable to pay off his enormous gambling debt to a bunch of dangerous and impatient thugs, broke playboy Kent (Neil Hamilton) gets involved in risky a jewel heist, an endeavor that leads to…
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No Greater Sin / The Road to Ruin (1934)
Cast: Leon Ames, Luana Walters, Adele Pearce …
Directed by: William Nigh, Melville Shyer, Dorothy Reid …
Explore life's seamier side with his double feature of exploitation classics. In The Road to Ruin (1934), straitlaced Ann (Helen Foster) gets mixed up with good-time girl Eve (Nell…