Murray Leonard

Bring Your Smile Along (1955)

Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Frankie Laine  •  Keefe Brasselle  •  Constance Towers  •  Lucy Marlow

Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Frankie Laine  •  Keefe Brasselle  •  Constance Towers  •  Lucy Marlow

Night Editor (1946)

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Janis Carter  •  Jeff Donnell  •  Coulter Irwin

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Janis Carter  •  Jeff Donnell  •  Coulter Irwin

White Heat (1949)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Phil Silvers  •  Cornel Wilde  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Adele Jergens

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Phil Silvers  •  Cornel Wilde  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Adele Jergens

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marjorie Main  •  Audrey Young

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marjorie Main  •  Audrey Young

In Society (1944)

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marion Hutton  •  Kirby Grant

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marion Hutton  •  Kirby Grant

Queen of Burlesque (1946)

Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a burlesque theatre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Evelyn Ankers  •  Carleton Young  •  Marion Martin  •  Alice Fleming

Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a burlesque theatre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Evelyn Ankers  •  Carleton Young  •  Marion Martin  •  Alice Fleming

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  John Conte

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  John Conte

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Le Borg
CAST:  Joe Kirkwood Jr.  •  Leon Errol  •  Elyse Knox  •  John Hubbard

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Le Borg
CAST:  Joe Kirkwood Jr.  •  Leon Errol  •  Elyse Knox  •  John Hubbard

Love Nest (1951)

Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  June Haver  •  William Lundigan  •  Frank Fay  •  Marilyn Monroe

Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  June Haver  •  William Lundigan  •  Frank Fay  •  Marilyn Monroe