Movies: Leon Ames

  • 1947
    The Amazing Mr. Nordill

    The Amazing Mr. Nordill (1947)

    The Amazing Mr. Nordill

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    This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterfeiting exploits of Everett Nordill, one of the cleverest counterfeiters who ever baffled the agents of the U.S. Treasury department....

    The Amazing Mr. Nordill
  • 1946
    No Leave, No Love

    No Leave, No Love (1946)

    No Leave, No Love

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    A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover his fiancee has married someone else. However, he falls in love with a woman at the hotel at which he is staying....

    No Leave, No Love
  • 1932
    Uptown New York

    Uptown New York (1932)

    Uptown New York

    5.81932HD

    Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in...

    Uptown New York
  • 1939
    I Was a Convict

    I Was a Convict (1939)

    I Was a Convict

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    In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company....

    I Was a Convict
  • 1938
    Secrets of a Nurse

    Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

    Secrets of a Nurse

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    This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true incident, in which a gangster "returned from the dead" to save an innocent young man from the electric...

    Secrets of a Nurse
  • 1956
    Engagement Party

    Engagement Party (1956)

    Engagement Party

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    Fresh from "business college" a young man learns a little about relationships and a lot about "S & H Green Stamps."...

    Engagement Party
  • 1948
    Alias a Gentleman

    Alias a Gentleman (1948)

    Alias a Gentleman

    6.51948HD

    Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters....

    Alias a Gentleman
  • 1933
    Ship of Wanted Men

    Ship of Wanted Men (1933)

    Ship of Wanted Men

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    A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum of the earth, as well as a few honest guys who were framed. Into this den of iniquity swims socialite Dorothy Se...

    Ship of Wanted Men
  • 1937
    Soak the Poor

    Soak the Poor (1937)

    Soak the Poor

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    This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight....

    Soak the Poor
  • 1933
    Alimony Madness

    Alimony Madness (1933)

    Alimony Madness

    01933HD

    A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife....

    Alimony Madness
  • 1939
    Legion of Lost Flyers

    Legion of Lost Flyers (1939)

    Legion of Lost Flyers

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    A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misa...

    Legion of Lost Flyers
  • 1943
    The Iron Major

    The Iron Major (1943)

    The Iron Major

    5.81943HD

    William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero. After the war he went back to coaching where he ended up having one of the best winning percentages in football history....

    The Iron Major
  • 1946
    The Cockeyed Miracle

    The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

    The Cockeyed Miracle

    6.71946HD

    A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their family from the hereafter....

    The Cockeyed Miracle
  • 1938
    Come On, Leathernecks!

    Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)

    Come On, Leathernecks!

    51938HD

    The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines....

    Come On, Leathernecks!
  • 1935
    Mutiny Ahead

    Mutiny Ahead (1935)

    Mutiny Ahead

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    A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure....

    Mutiny Ahead
  • 1932
    Stowaway

    Stowaway (1932)

    Stowaway

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    On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the advances of first mate Groder. On the street and being pursued by a Policeman who thinks she is a prostitute, Mary seeks shelter on an old freighter. S...

    Stowaway
  • 1973
    Brother of the Wind

    Brother of the Wind (1973)

    Brother of the Wind

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    A man raises four wolf pups, hoping to release them back into the wild....

    Brother of the Wind
  • 1939
    Calling All Marines

    Calling All Marines (1939)

    Calling All Marines

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    Gang members Blackie Cross and Snooker try to pick up Judy Fox and her friend Pat as they welcome home Judy's brother, Marine Sergeant Marvin Fox....

    Calling All Marines
  • 1932
    That's My Boy

    That's My Boy (1932)

    That's My Boy

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    Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members....

    That's My Boy
  • 1939
    Help Wanted

    Help Wanted (1939)

    Help Wanted

    71939HD

    A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket...

    Help Wanted