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Leon Ames has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1980s.
1945
Crime · Mystery
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir. Richard Thorpe · With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Dir. Tay Garnett · With John Garfield, Lana Turner, Cecil Kellaway
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Dir. Edward Buzzell · With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
Dir. Robert Stevenson · With Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
Dir. Robert Florey · With Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Dir. John Ford · With Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
Dir. Lynne Littman · With Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
Dir. Robert Montgomery · With Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
