Movies by Leon Ames

Get That Man

Get That Man

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

Uptown New York

Uptown New York

Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max

The Show-Off

The Show-Off

Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.

Alias a Gentleman

Alias a Gentleman

Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.

Fugitive at Large

Fugitive at Large

George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio holds up the company payroll car. And that is because the daring holdup is successful because the gang leader, Tom Farrow, is an exact-double for Storm.

I Was a Convict

I Was a Convict

In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company.

Timber Tramps

Timber Tramps

A tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman likes fighting only slightly less than working.

Song of Revolt

Song of Revolt

This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.

Ship of Wanted Men

Ship of Wanted Men

A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum of the earth, as well as a few honest guys who were framed. Into this den of iniquity swims socialite Dorothy Sebastian, who jumped off a yacht after apparently murdering her lecherous host. To remain on the Island, Sebastian is told that she must pay $5,000 to head honcho Fred Kohler -- and if she hasn't got the money, it is implied, there are other methods of collection.

Code of the Streets

Code of the Streets

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis, Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay is innocent.

Legion of Lost Flyers

Legion of Lost Flyers

A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misadventures, foul-ups, and a bit of treachery tossed in.

The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Marshal Of Mesa City

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

Come On, Leathernecks!

Come On, Leathernecks!

The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.

The Man Who Dared

The Man Who Dared

An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.

I'll Tell the World

I'll Tell the World

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.