Leslie Banks

Leslie Banks

June 9, 1890

Leslie Banks, CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Banks, licensed under CC-BY-SA…

Known For

14 titles
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The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934 · 1h 15m · Movie

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.

6.7
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The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

1932 · 1h 3m · Movie

A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.

7.1
3
Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

1939 · 1h 38m · Movie

In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

6.3
4
Henry V

Henry V

1944 · 2h 17m · Movie

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

7.0
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Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

1942 · 1h 32m · Movie

An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.

7.5
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Hour of Glory

Hour of Glory

1949 · 1h 46m · Movie

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

7.1
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Madeleine

Madeleine

1950 · 1h 41m · Movie

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.

6.9
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Fire Over England

Fire Over England

1937 · 1h 32m · Movie

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.

6.5
9
Bombsight Stolen

Bombsight Stolen

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.

6.7
10
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939 · 1h 25m · Movie

After a star player drops dead during a charity football match between Arsenal and amateur side the Trojans, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime.

6.2
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Chamber of Horrors

Chamber of Horrors

1940 · 1h 19m · Movie

A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.

5.5
12
Sanders of the River

Sanders of the River

1935 · 1h 25m · Movie

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.

5.4
13
Wings of the Morning

Wings of the Morning

1937 · 1h 27m · Movie

In 1889, A gypsy princess, Young Marie (Annabella), loses her aristocratic husband after his is killed in an accident. Nearly a half-century later, her granddaughter Maria (Annabella) falls in love with a Canadian horse trainer, K...

5.7
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The Murder Party

The Murder Party

1934 · 1h 1m · Movie

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the Inspector isn't so sure ...

5.8