List of the best Leon Ames movies: East Side Kids(1940), No Greater Sin(1941), Panama Patrol(1939), Timber Tramps(1977), Claws(1977), Meet Me in St. Louis(1944), By the Light of the Silvery Moon(1953), The Misadventures of Merlin Jones(1964), Merton of the Movies(1947), The Monkey's Uncle(1965), Mutiny Ahead(1935), The Meal(1975) ... ...
5.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
62 Minutes
Pat O'Day
Leon Ames Denny Meadows Joyce Bryant Hal E. Chester Harris Berger Frankie Burke Vince Barnett Dave O'Brien Ted Adams Maxine Leslie Robert Fiske
A young street kid grows up and becomes a cop when he realizes that crime doesn't pay. One of his childhood friends is in prison for a murder he didn't commit, and the cop looks for ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Drama
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
Leon Ames Luana Walters Adele Pearce Bud McTaggart Guy Usher Bodil Rosing John Gallaudet Henry Roquemore Frank Jaquet Tristram Coffin Lee Shumway
A local health official tries to stop the spread of VD in a town.
5.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
67 Minutes
Maj. Phillip Waring
The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With... See full summary »
Adventure
1977
115 Minutes
A rough-and-tumble logger assembles his crew to help save a widow's lumber camp from unscrupulous competitors.
Mystery & Thriller
1977
100 Minutes
Ben Jones
Leon Ames Jason Evers Carla Layton
A logger (Jason Evers), a game commissioner (Leon Ames), a scoutmaster and an Indian hunt a 14-foot grizzly bear in Alaska.
7.5/10
Musical
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Mr. Alonzo Smith
Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien Leon Ames Lucille Bremer Tom Drake Mary Astor Marjorie Main June Lockhart Harry Davenport Joan Carroll Hugh Marlowe
sister mother father boy grandfather tailor airy charming spirited endearing heartwarming st. louis household love love triangle ball world's fair metamorphosis rivalry transformation
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
102 Minutes
George Winfield
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Leon Ames Rosemary DeCamp Billy Gray Mary Wickes Russell Arms Maria Palmer Walter Flannery Geraldine Wall John Maxwell
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
6.4/10
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Judge Holmsby, Lex Fortas
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Leon Ames Stuart Erwin Alan Hewitt Connie Gilchrist Dal McKennon Norman Grabowski Kelly Thordsen Michael Fox Burt Mustin
judge scientist hypnotist girl student monkey quirky amusing college courtroom laboratory massachusetts house inventions hypnosis kidnapping crime extrasensory perception writing discovery
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Lawrence Rupert
Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Leon Ames Gloria Grahame Alan Mowbray Hugo Haas
usher stuntwoman movie star actress actor hero charming madcap lighthearted kansas small town movie theater movie set club hollywood, calif. film industry aspirations robbery friendship romance
A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
6.1/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Judge Holmsby
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Leon Ames Frank Faylen Arthur O'Connell Leon Tyler Norman Grabowski Alan Hewitt Connie Gilchrist Cheryl Miller Gage Clarke
inventor girlfriend jock college student teacher chimpanzee madcap lighthearted positive library classroom courtroom party dorm hijinks college inventions competition exam college athletics
Midvale College is in fear of losing its college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter ... See full summary »
Adventure
1935
65 Minutes
McMurtrie
Neil Hamilton Kathleen Burke Leon Ames Reginald Barlow Noel Francis Paul Fix Dick Curtis Ray Turner Katherine Jackson Maidel Turner
Drama
1975
90 Minutes
Kroger
Dina Merrill Carl Betz Leon Ames Susan Logan Vicki Powers Steve Potter
A woman invites a group of her influential friends to a banquet, where sordid details of their lives are revealed.
8.1/10
Comedy
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Samuel H. Stover, Sr.
Dean Stockwell Darryl Hickman Scotty Beckett Leon Ames Margalo Gillmore Leo G. Carroll Donn Gift Peter Thompson Jerry Mickelsen Alan Dinehart David Bair
schoolboy headmaster bully father uplifting heartwarming boarding school new jersey father/son relationship coming of age boarding-school life friendship education growing up rivalry transformation 1950s
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
7.1/10
Romance
USA
1951
95 Minutes
George "Father" Winfield
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Jack Smith Leon Ames Rosemary DeCamp Mary Wickes Ellen Corby Billy Gray Esther Dale Eddie Marr Sig Arno
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
67 Minutes
Hinge Jackson
George Murphy Dorothea Kent Edward Ciannelli Leon Ames El Brendel Richard Tucker Frances Robinson John Wray Arthur Loft Pierre Watkin Grant Richards
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Napoleon III - Emperor of France
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Annabella Leon Ames J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Sidney Blackmer
nobleman lover napoleon iii native beautiful woman melodramatic spectacular egypt france desert palace imperialism construction romance exile suez canal quest sacrifice love rivalry
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1947
90 Minutes
Amor aka Willis Farnes
Ann Sothern Barry Nelson Mark Daniels Leon Ames Clinton Sundberg Dick Simmons Charles D. Brown Gloria Holden
Streetwise but kind-hearted Maisie Ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. Trying to get to New York for a job, she ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Grantland D. Farns
Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Ann Miller Leon Ames Pamela Britton Richard Rober Richard Wessel Jacqueline Duval Paula Drew Georgia Pelham
shopkeeper grandfather heiress banker thug model engaging hilarious store town docks lumberyard greenhouse train debt generosity filmmaking seduction aspirations scam
A cameraman helps a heiress to get rid off her finacial adviser, who wants to get her money.
5.6/10
Biography
USA
1943
85 Minutes
Robert "Bob" Stewart
Pat O'Brien Ruth Warrick Robert Ryan Leon Ames Russell Wade Bruce Edwards Richard Martin Robert Bice Virginia Brissac Lew Harvey Bud Geary
football coach soldier war hero son wife priest patriotic rousing worcester, mass. college europe battlefield duty world war i football family sports frank cavanaugh quest transformation
Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
Action
1936
69 Minutes
Carl Goering
Lona Andre John Carroll Henry Hall Leon Ames Wheeler Oakman Reed Howes Pat Somerset Gaston Glass Hans Joby Willard Kent John Elliott
The main suspects involved with planes being shot down are invited to an old, dark mansion for the weekend.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Fred Barrett
Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Mona Freeman Herbert Marshall Leon Ames Barbara O'Neil Kenneth Tobey Raymond Greenleaf Griff Barnett Robert Gist Morgan Farley
beautiful woman love interest father stepmother sister young man disturbing intense beverly hills, calif. mansion murder manipulation cover-up double life obsessive love jealousy revenge quest transformation 1950s
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Gordon Dunning
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1960
144 Minutes
Samuel Eaton
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Myrna Loy Ina Balin Leon Ames Elizabeth Allen Barbara Eden George Grizzard Patrick O'Neal Felix Aylmer Raymond Greenleaf
careerist socialite sweetheart financier magnate business partner melodramatic passionate fiery gripping new york city pennsylvania mansion bedroom park social climbing adultery scandal career vs. love ethics
An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Earl
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Derace Kingsby
Robert Montgomery Audrey Totter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully Leon Ames Jayne Meadows Morris Ankrum Lila Leeds Ellen Ross William Roberts Kathleen Lockhart
private detective editor publisher wife boss philip marlowe suspenseful offbeat melodramatic los angeles publishing house office cottage car lake detective work missing persons marital problems conspiracy murder
The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Capt. A.C. Forster
Van Johnson Arlene Dahl Gloria DeHaven Tom Drake Leon Ames John McIntire Donald Woods Norman Lloyd
police detective wife killer stripper captain dark suspenseful tense los angeles police station household nightclub crime ring murder case investigation marital problems deception mystery pursuit revenge
While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1950
82 Minutes
Carl Bellcap
Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Percy Waram Fay Holden Leon Ames Edgar Buchanan Selena Royle Gene Lockhart Rosemary DeCamp Philip Ahn Gordon Richards
lawyer alcoholic psychoanalyst judge prosecutor tenant lighthearted charming new york city courtroom party alcoholism psychosomatic illness court battles eviction romance love transformation 1950s
A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.
5.8/10
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Dr. Philip Abbott
Robert Walker Joan Leslie Edward Arnold Spring Byington Leon Ames Jan Sterling Anthony Ross Paul Harvey Kathryn Card Tommy Myers Rudy Lee
When a naval officer's wife breaks her ankle and is laid up, her husband takes over running the household by employing military regimentation and discipline, which leads to a number of amusing situations.
5.3/10
Adventure
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Pop
Wayne Crawford Dennis Christopher Karen Kopins John Hurt Leon Ames Roy London Donna Pescow Barry Primus Monte Markham
In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Kyle Sackett
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Commissioner Madero
Peter Lorre Jean Hersholt Warren Hymer Amanda Duff Richard Lane Leon Ames Douglas Dumbrille Robert Lowery
The U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
6.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
62 Minutes
Paul Brissac
Peter Lorre Mary Maguire Henry Wilcoxon Erik Rhodes Harold Huber Leon Ames Forrester Harvey
Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil's Island so he can help his cellmate escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Anton
Peter Lawford Donald Crisp June Lockhart Nigel Bruce William Severn Leon Ames Donald Curtis Nils Asther Robert Lewis Fay Helm
dog nazi soldier pet owner pet prisoner of war heartwarming touching thrilling positive norway airplane training camp england countryside world war ii behind enemy lines injury human-animal friendship survival
Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?
6.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
107 Minutes
Commander Harrison
Esther Williams Peter Lawford Ricardo Montalban Jimmy Durante Cyd Charisse Leon Ames Kathryn Beaumont Dick Simmons Marie Windsor Arthur Walsh Nina Ross
movie star lieutenant assistant director actor dancing girl orchestra conductor winsome playful rousing hawaii movie set deserted island romantic dilemma filmmaking dancing kidnapping love triangle dream vs. reality pursuit rivalry
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
6.0/10
Musical
USA
1945
108 Minutes
Mr. Candle
Fred Astaire Lucille Bremer Frank Morgan Mildred Natwick Mary Nash Leon Ames
con artist partner heiress aunt guardian angel hilarious frenetic heartwarming latin america convent inheritance swindling opposites attract religion deception change of heart love transformation quest 1940s
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Al Williams
Richard Cromwell Dorothy Jordan Mae Marsh Arthur Stone Douglas Dumbrille Leon Ames Russell Saunders Sumner Getchell Otis Harlan
Tommy Scott goes to a Connecticut college to become a doctor, but is soon discovered to be a prodigious football talent. He becomes a national star and falls in love, but fame and ill-advised financial deals threaten to ruin his future.
Comedy, Kids & Family
1961
97 Minutes
President Rufus Daggett
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Ed Wynn Leon Ames Elliott Reid Edward Andrews
professor girlfriend basketball player criminal amusing lighthearted laboratory family home inventions crime love discovery transformation 1960s
The professor's (Fred MacMurray) latest lab explosion creates "flubber," glop that makes things bounce sky-high.
6.1/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1963
100 Minutes
President Rufus Daggett
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Elliott Reid Joanna Moore Leon Ames Ed Wynn Charles Ruggles Paul Lynde
professor scientist wife student loan shark government official amusing lighthearted outlandish emotional college classroom house laboratory football field inventions weird science government secrets marriage debt
When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.
Western
1949
89 Minutes
Maj. C.E. Breverly
Robert Taylor John Hodiak Arlene Dahl Don Taylor Jean Hagen Bruce Cowling Leon Ames John McIntire Pat Moriarity Charles Stevens Chief Thundercloud
prospector beautiful woman soldier cavalry captain apache thrilling tense arizona territory apache lands desert mountain kidnapping journey ambush love triangle native americans quest rescue rivalry love
A scout (Robert Taylor) woos an Army captain's (John Hodiak) sweetheart (Arlene Dahl) while looking for her sister, kidnapped by Apaches.
Comedy
1946
83 Minutes
Frank Harlin
Red Skelton Marilyn Maxwell Marjorie Main Virginia O'Brien Eddie Anderson George Cleveland Leon Ames Marshall Thompson Jacqueline White Wilson Wood Lila Leeds
clerk love interest mother father sister braggart amusing playful madcap house family home united states ambition tall tales unlikely romance social climbing love relationships rise transformation
A windbag (Red Skelton) tries to impress his fiancee (Marilyn Maxwell) and her family with false accounts of his success.
7.2/10
War
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Maj. James Morton
Robert Montgomery John Wayne Donna Reed Jack Holt Ward Bond Marshall Thompson Paul Langton Leon Ames Arthur Walsh Donald Curtis
lieutenant naval officer sailor general gripping spirited rousing boat philippines naval base bataan corregidor world war ii pt boat general douglas macarthur revenge rescue underdog 1940s
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
7.1/10
Musical
USA
1945
143 Minutes
Commander (Admiral's Aide)
Frank Sinatra Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson Dean Stockwell Carlos Ramírez Henry O'Neill Leon Ames Rags Ragland Edgar Kennedy Pamela Britton Henry Armetta
sailor admiral girlfriend singer boy amusing charming spirited los angeles vacation romance u.s. navy adventure discovery love 1940s
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1983
89 Minutes
Henry Abhart
Jane Alexander William Devane Roxana Zal Rossie Harris Lukas Haas Philip Anglim Lilia Skala Leon Ames Lurene Tuttle Rebecca De Mornay Kevin Costner
mother father son daughter neighbor disturbing dark intense california small town nuclear attack survival family apocalypse rescue sacrifice 1980s
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Lucien T. Pringle
Wallace Beery Jane Powell Elizabeth Taylor Carmen Miranda Robert Stack Selena Royle Scotty Beckett Leon Ames George Cleveland Lloyd Corrigan Clinton Sundberg
teen girl best friend sweetheart father dance instructor brother lighthearted amusing school dance santa barbara, calif. high school friendship teen romance dance suspicion love triangle discovery growing up 1940s
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
War
1944
138 Minutes
Lieut. Jurika
Spencer Tracy Van Johnson Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Scott McKay Robert Mitchum Don DeFore Stephen McNally Louis Jean Heydt Leon Ames Paul Langton
colonel captain lieutenant pilot wife patriotic rousing tense japan china ship naval base air raids survival world war ii stranded heroism bombing quest rivalry
Lt. Col. James Doolittle (Spencer Tracy) leads B-25s off the USS Hornet's deck on a 1942 mission to bomb Japan.
7.4/10
War
USA
1949
118 Minutes
Van Johnson John Hodiak Ricardo Montalban George Murphy Marshall Thompson Jerome Courtland Don Taylor Bruce Cowling James Whitmore Douglas Fowley Leon Ames
mexican-american soldier general nazi chaplain inspiring patriotic thrilling europe belgium battlefield world war ii military bravery battle of the bulge underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1949
112 Minutes
Clark Gable Alexis Smith Mary Astor Wendell Corey Audrey Totter Lewis Stone Marjorie Rambeau Frank Morgan Barry Sullivan Edgar Buchanan Leon Ames
casino owner wife son sister-in-law husband gambler engaging tense tender cool casino family home country club work vs. family gambling family feud scam disease robbery transformation
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
Comedy, Drama
1944
100 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Lucile Watson Gloria DeHaven Anne Revere Harry Davenport Helen Vinson Lloyd Corrigan Donald Meek Edward Brophy Leon Ames
detective wife mother father spy artist cheeky engaging suspenseful new york city small town store apartment household investigation family espionage small-town life murder art
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit his hometown, sober, and link art and corpses to a spy ring.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1957
157 Minutes
Lana Turner Hope Lange Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Lee Philips Terry Moore Russ Tamblyn Betty Field David Nelson Mildred Dunnock Diane Varsi
stranger widow drunk daughter friend doctor melodramatic passionate intense new england small town forest lake courtroom mother/daughter relationship small-town life sex rape friendship trials
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1970
129 Minutes
Barbra Streisand Yves Montand Bob Newhart Larry Blyden Simon Oakland Jack Nicholson John Richardson Pamela Brown Irene Handl Roy Kinnear Peter Crowcroft
fiancé psychiatrist heavy smoker coquette amusing creative new york city classroom office hypnosis past life regression love triangle discovery transformation 1970s
A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.
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