List of the best Leslie Howard movies: Pygmalion(1938), The Petrified Forest(1936), The Scarlet Pimpernel(1935), Of Human Bondage(1934), Spitfire(1942), Stand-In(1937), Intermezzo(1939), Outward Bound(1930), Berkeley Square(1933), The Gentle Sex(1943), Never the Twain Shall Meet(1931), Pimpernel Smith(1941) ... ...
7.7/10
Romance
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller Wilfrid Lawson Marie Lohr David Tree Scott Sunderland Jean Cadell Everley Gregg Leueen MacGrath Esme Percy
flower girl professor socialite father charming endearing witty london party household class distinctions love culture clash transformation love 1910s
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1936
83 Minutes
Alan Squier
Leslie Howard Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Genevieve Tobin Charley Grapewin Porter Hall
drifter writer waitress gangster criminal bleak intense diner arizona the petrified forest ambition dreams hostages death escape sacrifice 1930s
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
7.4/10
Adventure
UK
1935
95 Minutes
Sir Percy Blakeney, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Raymond Massey Nigel Bruce Bramwell Fletcher Anthony Bushell Joan Gardner Melville Cooper
nobleman wife agent ambassador gripping melodramatic paris revolution espionage romance adventure rescue mystery 18th century
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Philip Carey
Leslie Howard Bette Davis Frances Dee Kay Johnson Reginald Denny Alan Hale Reginald Owen
student waitress friend daughter bleak intense passionate london café apartment paris obsession abuse infidelity unrequited love aspirations love temptation fall 1930s
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
7.0/10
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Atterbury Dodd
Leslie Howard Joan Blondell Humphrey Bogart Alan Mowbray Marla Shelton C. Henry Gordon Jack Carson Tully Marshall J.C. Nugent William V. Mong
A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Holger
Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman Edna Best John Halliday Cecil Kellaway Enid Bennett Ann E. Todd Douglas Scott Eleanor Wesselhoeft Marie Flynn
pianist daughter wife son violinist engaging melodramatic stockholm new york city affair music family love triangle forbidden love temptation 1930s
A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher/Ingrid Bergman play and asks her to play on his next int'l tour. They fall in love.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Tom Prior
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Alec B. Francis Alison Skipworth Lyonel Watts Montagu Love Dudley Digges Walter Kingsford
socialite industrialist mother lover reverend steward brooding dark tender suspenseful boat limbo house afterlife suicide purgatory death the past second chance discovery
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
6.5/10
Romance, Fantasy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Peter Standish
Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor Irene Browne Beryl Mercer Colin Keith-Johnston Alan Mowbray Juliette Compton Betty Lawford Ferdinand Gottschalk Samuel S. Hinds
wealthy man relative fiancée cousin suitor ambassador cheeky creative engaging england manor street garden household time travel family romance inheritance diary social customs
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
6.2/10
Comedy, War
UK
1943
92 Minutes
Director
Lilli Palmer Rosamund John Joan Gates Jean Gillie Joan Greenwood Joyce Howard
volunteer army officer corporal captain army colonel refugee amusing lighthearted witty winsome cheeky charming england army camp world war iii women during wartime war effort propaganda military life romance
This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.
Comedy
1931
79 Minutes
Dan Pritchard
Leslie Howard Conchita Montenegro C. Aubrey Smith Karen Morley Mitchell Lewis Hale Hamilton Clyde Cook Bob Gilbert Joan Standing Eulalie Jensen
A San Francisco importer (Leslie Howard) inherits custody of a Polynesian beauty (Conchita Montenegro).
Mystery & Thriller
1941
122 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard Mary Morris Francis L. Sullivan Hugh McDermott Raymond Huntley Manning Whiley Peter Gawthorne Allan Jeayes Dennis Arundell Joan Kemp-Welch Philip Friend
father nazi archaeologist political prisoner student spy lighthearted thrilling suspenseful amusing germany concentration camp archaeological dig persecution nazis holocaust undercover operations father/daughter relationship unlikely allies escape
A British archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) smuggles refugees past a Gestapo chief (Francis Sullivan) near the Swiss border.
War
1933
72 Minutes
Captain Fred Allison
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Paul Lukas Margaret Lindsay Arthur Hohl Robert Barrat John Bleifer Phillip Faversham Frank Reicher Joyce Coad William LeMaire
british soldier best friend frenchman wife guard brooding tense germany prison camp england love triangle prisoners of war betrayal military life world war i forbidden love escape rivalry 1910s
Two World War I soldiers (Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) land in a German prison camp run by one's friend (Paul Lukas) from Oxford.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Tom Collier
publisher socialite mistress butler witty engaging tense connecticut new york city love triangle marriage class distinctions adultery deception forbidden love transformation 1930s
Based on a play by Philip Barry, this sophisticated comedy is about a man trying to justify his love for both his wife and his mistress.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Berry Rhodes
Marion Davies Leslie Howard Irene Rich Richard Bennett Douglass Montgomery Mary Duncan Lee Beranger Arthur Housman George Irving Halliwell Hobbes Charles Giblyn
After her businessman father moves her family from Kansas City to New York, a woman falls in love with an engaged man.
6.2/10
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Romance
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Ann Harding Leslie Howard Robert Williams O.P. Heggie Louise Closser Hale Dudley Digges Alison Skipworth Olive Tell Doris Lloyd Ruth Weston Joan Carr
The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself, and takes a job as governess to his son. Adapted from ... See full summary »
8.1/10
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Ashley Wilkes
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1941
107 Minutes
Philip Armstrong Scott
Eric Portman Laurence Olivier Anton Walbrook Leslie Howard Raymond Massey Glynis Johns Niall MacGinnis Finlay Currie
nazi soldier trapper inuit native american priest patriotic melodramatic offbeat train canada hudson bay trading post countryside world war ii nazism war politics pursuit 1940s
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Dwight Winthrop, Jan's Fiancee
Norma Shearer Lionel Barrymore Clark Gable Leslie Howard James Gleason
lawyer mobster daughter fiancé judge emotional melodramatic courtroom family home trial love triangle murder pursuit sacrifice 1930s
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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