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Tag Archives: Herbert I. Leeds
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog (1946) Herbert I. Leeds, Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Margo Woode
Reporter Henry Barton, just out of the Army, is chagrined to be made Science Editor Read More »
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941) Herbert I. Leeds, Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison, Lynne Roberts
Wealthy and respected rancher Don Fernando de Vega fears for the future Read More »
Manila Calling (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde
When the Japanese capture the principal radio station of the American Radio Communications Company in the Philippines Read More »
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939) Herbert I. Leeds, Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Chris-Pin Martin
Just as Harbison kills a miner, Cisco and Gordito arrive and the dying miner rips his map into three pieces. Read More »
Bunco Squad (1950) Herbert I. Leeds, Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez
Told in semi-documentary style, this film deals with a little-known section Read More »
Blue, White and Perfect (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice Read More »
Just Off Broadway (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers
Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. Read More »
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) Herbert I. Leeds, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Puerto Rico has become the back door by which a criminal syndicate smuggles inexpensive contraband diamonds from South America into the United States Read More »
Time to Kill (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Doris Merrick, Film-Noir, Mystery
A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from its owner by her son, who used it to pay off a blackmailer. Read More »
Five of a Kind (1938) Herbert I. Leeds, The Dionne Quintuplets, Yvonne Dionne, Cecile Dionne, Comedy, Drama
Hot on the trail of a missing heiress, ace New York reporter Duke Lester outwits his rival, Christine Nelson, and causes her to lose her job. Read More »
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Crime, Mystery
In the shadows of the night Dudley Wolff (Paul Harvey), his secretary Alfred Dunning (Robert Emmett Keane), and his doctor, Haggard (Henry Wilcoxon), bury a body in the estate cemetery. At the house, Wolff’s daughter Catherine (Marjorie Weaver) arrives unexpectedly and tells her step-mother Anne Wolff (Helene Reynolds that she has just been married to Roger Blake (Richard Derr) who will be along in a few days. Cathy retires and is awakened by a mysterious assailant who fires a shot at her, but her parents tell her she was just dreaming. Wolff goes to the cemetery and finds the body missing. The scared Cathy calls in fast-talking private detective Mike Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) and, since her father doesn’t like detectives, she introduces him as her husband. That evening Shayne hears a shot and finds that Haggard has been killed. While the police are questioning the family, the lights go out and a shot is fired from outside.
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