List of the best Leo Carrillo movies: Hotel Haywire(1937), Mister Antonio(1929), Crime, Inc.(1945), Danger in the Pacific(1942), 52nd Street(1937), Love Me Forever(1935), Viva Villa!(1934), The Gay Amigo(1949), 20 Mule Team(1940), Horror Island(1941), Manhattan Merry-Go-Round(1937), Flirting With Fate(1938) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
A couple has an ideal marriage until she finds women's lingerie in his coat pocket. An astrologer advises her to make her husband unhappy. Meanwhile their daughter plans to elope in the same hotel her father has unknowingly moved into.
Comedy
USA
1929
73 Minutes
Antonio Camaradino
Leo Carrillo James Flood Virginia Valli Gareth Hughes Frank Reicher Eugenie Besserer Franklin Lewis
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
82 Minutes
Tony Marlow
Leo Carrillo Tom Neal Martha Tilton
A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city.
Adventure
USA
1942
60 Minutes
Leo Marzell
British Intelligence agent Leo Marzell (Leo Carrillo) persuades scientist-explorer David Lynd (Don Terry) to postpone his wedding to wealthy sportswoman Jane Claymore (Louise Allbritton) to... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Ian Hunter Leo Carrillo Pat Paterson Ella Logan ZaSu Pitts Marla Shelton Collette Lyons Dorothy Peterson
Story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Grace Moore Leo Carrillo Robert Allen Michael Bartlett Spring Byington Thurston Hall Douglas Dumbrille Luis Alberni Gavin Gordon Harry Barris Arthur Kaye
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Drama, History
USA
1934
115 Minutes
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Fay Wray Stuart Erwin Donald Cook George E. Stone Joseph Schildkraut Henry B. Walthall Katherine DeMille David Durand Frank Puglia
bandit overseer reporter politician revolutionary sister brutal disheartening mexico mexico city hillside farm fort el paso, texas pancho villa murder betrayal mexican revolution assassination exile
After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
Western
USA
1949
62 Minutes
The Cisco Kid and Pancho are mistakenly identified as leaders of an outlaw band. While the cavalry runs them down, they must hunt down the real bad guys.
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
61 Minutes
A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
82 Minutes
Tony Gordoni
Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Ann Dvorak Tamara Geva James Gleason Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Smiley Burnette Selmer Jackson Eddie Kane Moroni Olsen
mobster singer opera singer musician secretary mother lighthearted winsome new york city office nightclub theater music industry show business opera mother/son relationship love triangle organized crime quest 1930s
Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
Comedy
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Sancho Ramirez
A show troupe, led by Dan Dixon and traveling in a trailer, is stranded in Paraguay. Dan is all set to be booked in the theatres controlled by Don Luis Garcia until the latter discovers Dan... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Richard Dix Leo Carrillo Preston Foster Frances Gifford Robert Barrat Jack LaRue Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Cliff Edwards Merrill Rodin Chris-Pin Martin Richard Webb
friend partner cattleman wife son sister gritty dense texas river boat ranch town house greed ranchers gunfight land claim accidental death new life
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Musical, Comedy, Romance
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Gus Borelli
Allan Jones Kitty Carlisle Hart Leo Carrillo William Frawley Gus Schilling Lee Patrick Samuel S. Hinds Sig Arno Alvino Rey
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.
Romance
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Mike Rossini
automobile executive cook gangster butler fiancée amusing melodramatic new york city manor restaurant park wedding unemployment impersonation kidnapping engagement arrest unlikely romance love quest
An executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Pablo Braganza
Nino Martini Ida Lupino Leo Carrillo Harold Huber James Blakeley Stanley Fields Mischa Auer
gangster singer henchman kidnapper heiress manager frenetic madcap outlandish movie theater radio station mexico opera house movies kidnapping idolization performance radio quest adventure
Chivo, a singer who works in a movie theater providing live entertainment, is and apprehended by a music-loving Mexican bandit Braganza who wants to make Chivo part of his band. Braganza, who admires American gangsters, also kidnaps Jane and her rich boyfriend, Bill. to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Gino D'Acosta
Chester Morris Madge Evans Leo Carrillo Frank McHugh Benita Hume Grant Mitchell Katharine Alexander J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner Duncan Renaldo Leonard Ceeley
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Adventure
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Lucien Argandeau
Victor Mature Louise Platt Leo Carrillo
captain daughter sailor first mate british soldier traitor spectacular suspenseful amusing emotional ship high seas france port war of 1812 betrayal seafaring civilian deaths transportation revenge
When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Romance
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Cesare
Charles Boyer Jean Arthur Colin Clive Leo Carrillo Ivan Lebedeff George Meeker Lucien Prival George Davis
magnate wife waiter chef chauffeur love interest dark playful uneasy paris hotel room car restaurant office ship frame-ups murder infidelity romance sadism
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Comedy
USA
1938
105 Minutes
Joselito `'José'` Estanza
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Johnny Hines Virginia Weidler
journalist pilot filmmaker assistant boss lighthearted witty charming shanghai new york city amazon airplane love triangle aviation chase journalism adventure rescue love 1930s
Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
Musical
USA
1938
120 Minutes
Mosquito
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Buddy Ebsen Leonard Penn Priscilla Lawson Bob Murphy Olin Howland Cliff Edwards Billy Bevan
singer bandit priest sheriff girlfriend saloon owner cheery amusing tender california mountain saloon stagecoach romance impersonation outlaws old west rivalry pursuit discovery
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Crime, Drama
1934
93 Minutes
Father Joe
Clark Gable William Powell Myrna Loy Leo Carrillo Isabel Jewell Mickey Rooney Nat Pendleton
casino owner politician love interest priest engaging gripping thrilling touching melodramatic new york city casino friendship new love self-sacrifice loyalty political campaign immortality sacrifice rise growing up
A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
Drama
1947
104 Minutes
A Chief of Police
Henry Fonda Dolores del Río Pedro Armendáriz Ward Bond Leo Carrillo J. Carrol Naish Robert Armstrong John Qualen Fortunio Bonanova Chris-Pin Martin Miguel Inclán
priest peasant criminal police chief police officer informant dark tense somber village church pier faith persecution betrayal small-town life religion fall escape sacrifice
Musical
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Tony Pastor
Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda Edward Arnold Warren William Leo Carrillo Helen Westley Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex Nigel Bruce Lynn Bari
opera singer political candidate mother husband composer spirited uplifting melodramatic new york city music hall iowa show business rags to riches love performance romance ambition transformation underdog love
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Senor Escobar
Allan Jones Nancy Kelly Bob Cummings Mary Boland Bud Abbott Lou Costello Peggy Moran William Frawley Leo Carrillo Don Alvarado
Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if ... See full summary »