Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he’s unhappy with his work Read More »
Tag Archives: Leslie Banks
Wings of the Morning (1937) Harold D. Schuster, Glenn Tryon, Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks
In 1889, A gypsy princess, Young Marie (Annabella), loses her aristocratic husband when his is killed in an accident. Read More »
Went the Day Well? (1942) Alberto Cavalcanti, Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them. Read More »
I Am Suzanne! (1933) Rowland V. Lee, Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond, Leslie Banks
Tony Malatini, a puppeteer, at Paris’ Theatre des Marionettes notices that his audience consists of only 7 people. Read More »
21 Days (1940) Basil Dean, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Read More »
The Tunnel (1935) Maurice Elvey, Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans
Engineers Richard McAllan and Frederick Robinson manage to get financial backing for a gigantic project to build a tunnel from England to America. Read More »
Cottage to Let (1941) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis
A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention Read More »
Red Ensign (1934) Michael Powell, Leslie Banks, Carol Goodner, Frank Vosper
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard (when we still built ships). Read More »
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940) Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe, Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks
Lord Peter Wimsey is an amateur detective. He is to be married to Harriet Vane, who writes crime novels, at a big Society wedding. Read More »
Your Witness (1950) Robert Montgomery, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Adam Hayward (Robert Montgomery), a successful New York City defense lawyer Read More »
Ships with Wings (1941) Sergei Nolbandov, John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. Read More »
Henry V (1944) Laurence Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Biography, Drama, History
In the motivated Olivier notion, Shakespeare’s drama begins as a function at the Globe Theatre Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Following their luxury cabin cruiser crashes onto a sea, Bob Rainsford finds himself washed ashore on a remote island. Read More »
Sons of the Sea (1939) Maurice Elvey, Leslie Banks, Mackenzie Ward, Kay Walsh, Drama, War
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. Read More »
Sanders of the River (1935) Zoltan Korda, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Adventure, Drama
British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930’s rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
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