List of the best Leslie Banks movies: The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934), The Arsenal Stadium Mystery(1939), Sons of the Sea(1939), Chamber of Horrors(1940), Went the Day Well?(1942), Cottage to Let(1941), Transatlantic Tunnel(1935), Ships With Wings(1941), Sanders of the River(1936), Farewell Again(1937), I Am Suzanne!(1933), The Most Dangerous Game(1932) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1934
75 Minutes
Leslie Banks Peter Lorre Edna Best Frank Vosper Hugh Wakefield Nova Pilbeam Pierre Fresnay Cicely Oates D.A. Clarke-Smith George Curzon Henry Oscar
mother father daughter spy assassin tense suspenseful thrilling st. moritz england hotel london albert hall government secrets espionage kidnapping family murder adventure pursuit
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
Crime, Drama
UK
1939
84 Minutes
Inspector Anthony Slade
Leslie Banks Greta Gynt Ian MacLean
During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses. When he dies, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard ... See full summary »
Drama, War
UK
1939
82 Minutes
Capt. Hyde
Leslie Banks Mackenzie Ward Kay Walsh Simon Lack Cecil Parker Ellen Pollock
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son ... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1940
80 Minutes
Dr. Manetta
Leslie Banks Lilli Palmer Romilly Lunge Gina Malo Richard Bird Cathleen Nesbitt
A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
Drama
1942
96 Minutes
Oliver Wilsford
Leslie Banks Mervyn Johns Marie Lohr C.V. France Valerie Taylor Basil Sydney
villager soldiers german german officer german soldier thrilling tense suspenseful village small town england trust captivity disguise soldiers british life world war ii rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Residents of an English village unwittingly welcome Nazi soldiers who intend to take over their town.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, War
1941
90 Minutes
John Barrington
Leslie Banks Alastair Sim John Mills Michael Wilding Carla Lehman Catherine Lacey George Cole Jeanne de Casalis Frank Cellier Muriel Aked Wally Patch
evacuee pilot tenant inventor butler wife playful engaging quirky london scotland village laboratory cottage street world war ii suspicion espionage inventions military intelligence
A British agent (Alastair Sim) foils a Nazi plot to steal an inventor's (Leslie Banks) design for a bombsight.
Sci-Fi
UK
1935
94 Minutes
A team of international scientists and engineers attempts to build a tunnel under the ocean.
War
UK
1941
89 Minutes
John Clements Leslie Banks Jane Baxter Ann Todd Basil Sydney Edward Chapman Hugh Williams Frank Pettingell Michael Wilding Michael Rennie Frank Cellier
pilot naval officer nazi british soldier brash tense gripping aircraft carrier airplane mediterranean sea ocean liner island world war ii navy battle redemption airplane crash adventure transformation rise
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1936
98 Minutes
Commissioner R.G. Sanders
Paul Robeson Leslie Banks Nina Mae McKinney Robert Cochran Martin Walker Richard M. Grey Allan Jeayes Orlando Martins Eric Maturin Charles Carson Marquis de Portago
british government official tribal leader rebel wife officer engaging patriotic tense nigeria river village headquarters hospital native people colonialism tribal life rebellion kidnapping murder adventure
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Drama
1937
83 Minutes
Flora Robson Leslie Banks Sebastian Shaw Patricia Hilliard Robert Newton
colonel captain orderly wife nurse girlfriend emotional patriotic england docks ship military life marriage shore leave death suspicion duty love sacrifice 1930s
A British colonel (Leslie Banks), his ailing wife (Flora Robson) and his men have a few hours before the troopship leaves again.
Musical, Romance
USA
1933
98 Minutes
Adolpe 'Baron' Herring
Lilian Harvey Gene Raymond Leslie Banks Georgia Caine Murray Kinnell Geneva Mitchell Halliwell Hobbes Edward Keane
Tony Malatini, a puppeteer, at Paris' Theatre des Marionettes notices that his audience consists of only 7 people. He visits his successful competitor on the corner to see why people are ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Count Zaroff
Ernest B. Schoedsack Joel McCrea Fay Wray Leslie Banks Robert Armstrong Noble Johnson Steve Clemento Hale Hamilton
hunter passenger count russian brother sister tense shocking island shipwreck jungle mansion hunting shipwreck survival insanity game escape underdog 1930s
An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.
Adventure
UK
1939
99 Minutes
Joss Merlyn
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Leslie Banks Emlyn Williams Robert Newton Wylie Watson Marie Ney Morland Graham Stephen Haggard Mervyn Johns
young woman gentleman aunt uncle peddler lawyer dark bleak tense cornwall, england road inn ship coast pirates family impersonation kidnapping dark secrets police work
In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Crime, Drama
UK
1950
104 Minutes
Col. Roger Summerfield
Robert Montgomery Felix Aylmer Leslie Banks Patricia Wayne Andrew Cruickshank Harcourt Williams Jenny Laird Michael Ripper Ann Stephens Wylie Watson James Hayter
lawyer defendant witness friend suspenseful engaging new york city england courtroom crime friendship murder mystery pursuit 1950s
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
Drama
UK
1939
72 Minutes
Keith Durrant
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before the trial and if the ... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1937
89 Minutes
Lord Clontarf
Henry Fonda Glenn Tryon Annabella Leslie Banks Stewart Rome Irene Vanbrugh Harry Tate Helen Haye Edward Underdown
nobleman gypsy horse trainer grandmother granddaughter love interest confident emotional intricate ireland horse track spain horse racing gypsy culture forbidden love disguise relocation accident forbidden love quest
First Technicolor movie shot in the British Isles, features Gypsies, horse racing, singing and romance.
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Chorus
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Drama, History
UK
1937
89 Minutes
Robert Dudley
Laurence Olivier Flora Robson Vivien Leigh Leslie Banks Raymond Massey Tamara Desni Morton Selten Robert Newton Donald Calthrop
queen elizabeth i naval officer king philip ii engaging gripping amusing patriotic melodramatic england spain ship war romance dangerous assignment jealousy royalty adventure escape rescue quest
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Drama
1950
101 Minutes
James Smith
Ann Todd Norman Wooland Ivan Desny Leslie Banks Edward Chapman Barbara Everest Andre Morell
suspect lover father wealthy man lawyer judge melodramatic gripping family home courtroom scotland trial murder class distinctions scandal forbidden love mystery 1850s
Upper-class Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd) stands trial for killing her French lover (Ivan Desny) in Victorian Scotland.
Drama
1949
106 Minutes
Col. A.K. Holland
Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Kathleen Byron Jack Hawkins Anthony Bushell Michael Gough Leslie Banks Robert Morley Cyril Cusack Renee Asherson
scientist assistant military officer alcoholic girlfriend patriotic emotional laboratory london office world war ii bomb daunting task alcoholism workplace romance quest transformation 1940s
Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.