List of the best William Leslie movies: The Night the World Exploded(1957), Bring Your Smile Along(1955), Hellcats of the Navy(1957), Up Periscope(1959), The Long Gray Line(1955), Operation Mad Ball(1957), Taza, Son of Cochise(1954), The Last Hurrah(1958) ... ...
Sci-Fi
1957
65 Minutes
Earthquake experts (Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tristram Coffin) find trouble at the core, something shaky called E-112.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
83 Minutes
Frankie Laine Constance Towers Keefe Brasselle Lucy Marlow William Leslie Mario Siletti
music teacher fiancé science teacher singer songwriter publisher hilarious melodramatic uplifting campus new england new york city apartment office restaurant songwriting creative process collaboration relocation long-distance relationship
Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and ... See full summary »
War
1957
82 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Nancy Davis Arthur Franz Bob Arthur William Leslie Wm. "Bill" Phillips Harry Lauter Joe Turkel Michael Garth Don Keefer Selmer Jackson
captain lieutenant diver nurse emotional patriotic melodramatic submarine pacific ocean love triangle world war ii dangerous assignment submarine love quest rivalry 1940s
A submarine commander (Ronald Reagan) enters the Sea of Japan with a frogman who had flirted with his girlfriend (Nancy Davis).
War
USA
1959
111 Minutes
James Garner Edmond O'Brien Andra Martin Alan Hale Jr. Carleton Carpenter Frank Gifford William Leslie Richard Bakalyan Edd Byrnes Sean Garrison Henry Kulky
In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.
Biography
USA
1955
138 Minutes
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Robert Francis Donald Crisp Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey William Leslie Harry Carey Jr. Patrick Wayne Sean McClory
athletic director wife mentor immigrant soldier dwight d. eisenhower endearing patriotic military academy gym family home west point, n.y. football marriage education military life relationships swimming rise underdog
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
Comedy
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Kathryn Grant Ernie Kovacs Arthur O'Connell Mickey Rooney Dick York James Darren Roger Smith William Leslie Sheridan Comerate L.Q. Jones
private nurse captain corporal sergeant colonel hilarious madcap france hospital countryside inn secret ball deception rules and regulations world war ii romance love quest
In post-WW2 France, U.S. Army hospital private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit one another on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances and influencing their C.O.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Gregg Palmer Rex Reason Morris Ankrum Ian MacDonald Richard Cutting Joe Sawyer Robert Burton Eugene Iglesias Lance Fuller
chief brother geronimo military officer cavalryman beautiful woman melodramatic passionate rousing striking arizona village desert battlefield indian reservation frontier chief taza siblings war father/son relationship
When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
Drama
USA
1958
121 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Jeffrey Hunter James Gleason Dianne Foster Pat O'Brien Basil Rathbone Donald Crisp Edward Brophy John Carradine Willis Bouchey Basil Ruysdael
mayor political consultant politician nephew passionate spirited united states city city hall political campaign political corruption politics showdown aging competition underdog 1950s
Marshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.