Leslie Banks
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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Bob LawrenceWhile vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination...
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The Most Dangerous Game
as Count ZaroffWhen legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a...
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Jamaica Inn
as Joss MerlynIn coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to...
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The Small Back Room
as Col. A. K. HollandAt the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on...
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Henry V
as ChorusIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the...
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Went the Day Well?
as Oliver WilsfordThe quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their...
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Madeleine
as James SmithThe middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a...
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Sanders of the River
as Commissioner R.G. SandersA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He...
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Fire Over England
as The Earl of LeicesterThe film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...
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The Tunnel
as Frederick 'Robbie' RobbinsAn engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
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The Night of the Party
as Sir John HollandA major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner...
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I Am Suzanne!
as Adolpe 'Baron' HerringA dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. ...
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Cottage to Let
as John BarringtonAllied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime...
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The True Glory
as CommentatorA documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the...
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
as Anthony SladeDuring a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's...
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21 Days Together
as Keith DurrantAfter Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is...
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Red Ensign
as David BarrDavid Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is...
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The Door with Seven Locks
as Dr. ManettaA wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required...
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Your Witness
as Col. Roger SummerfieldAdam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the...
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Wings of the Morning
as Lord ClontarfA beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
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Busman's Honeymoon
as Inspector KirkWhen Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime...
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Farewell Again
as Col. Harry BlairFarewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people...
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Sons of the Sea
as Capt. HydeThe head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde,...
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The Big Blockade
as TaylorWartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the...
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Ships with Wings
as Vice Adm. David WetherbyBefore the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working...
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The Three Maxims
as MacThe Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie...
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The Fire Raisers
as Jim BrontonJim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with...
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Debt of Honour
as Maj. Jimmie StantonA Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of...
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Mrs. Fitzherbert
as Charles FoxThe tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs....
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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Experience
as uncreditedYouth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city....
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Dead Man's Shoes
as Roger de VetheuilAn amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone...
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