Leslie Banks

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.

  • Popularity : 6.107
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1890-06-09
  • Place of Birth : West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK
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Leslie Banks Movies

  • 1932
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    The Most Dangerous Game

    The Most Dangerous Game

    6.9 1932 HD

    When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive...

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  • 1937
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    Fire Over England

    Fire Over England

    6 1937 HD

    The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the...

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  • 1942
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    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.2 1942 HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

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  • 1934
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    6.4 1934 HD

    While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been...

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  • 1939
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    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.042 1939 HD

    In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an...

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  • 1935
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    The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    5.3 1935 HD

    An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

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  • 1949
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    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.6 1949 HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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  • 1940
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    21 Days Together

    21 Days Together

    6.1 1940 HD

    After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and...

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  • 1940
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    The Door with Seven Locks

    The Door with Seven Locks

    5.938 1940 HD

    A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad...

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  • 1950
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    Madeleine

    Madeleine

    6.7 1950 HD

    The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her...

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  • 1939
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    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

    6.6 1939 HD

    During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of...

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  • 1941
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    Cottage to Let

    Cottage to Let

    6.5 1941 HD

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

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  • 1950
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    Your Witness

    Your Witness

    5.7 1950 HD

    Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach...

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  • 1938
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    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1 1938 HD

    Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon...

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  • 1935
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    Sanders of the River

    Sanders of the River

    5.7 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1934
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    Red Ensign

    Red Ensign

    5.7 1934 HD

    David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new...

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  • 1940
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    Busman's Honeymoon

    Busman's Honeymoon

    5.4 1940 HD

    When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the...

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  • 1939
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    Sons of the Sea

    Sons of the Sea

    6.8 1939 HD

    The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended...

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  • 1937
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    Wings of the Morning

    Wings of the Morning

    6.1 1937 HD

    A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

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  • 1942
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    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.5 1942 HD

    Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

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  • 1941
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    Ships with Wings

    Ships with Wings

    4 1941 HD

    Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade...

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  • 1936
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    The Three Maxims

    The Three Maxims

    1 1936 HD

    The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the...

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  • 1933
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    I Am Suzanne!

    I Am Suzanne!

    6.2 1933 HD

    A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his...

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  • 1940
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    Neutral Port

    Neutral Port

    6 1940 HD

    A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.

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  • 1934
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    The Fire Raisers

    The Fire Raisers

    4.8 1934 HD

    Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him...

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  • 1934
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    The Night of the Party

    The Night of the Party

    5.3 1934 HD

    A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious...

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  • 1937
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    Farewell Again

    Farewell Again

    5 1937 HD

    Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty...

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  • 1944
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    Henry V

    Henry V

    6.6 1944 HD

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

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  • 1940
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    Dead Man's Shoes

    Dead Man's Shoes

    6 1940 HD

    An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old...

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  • 1936
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    Debt of Honour

    Debt of Honour

    1 1936 HD

    A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame,...

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  • 1975
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1 1975 HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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  • 1945
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    The True Glory

    The True Glory

    6.1 1945 HD

    A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the...

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  • 1947
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    Mrs. Fitzherbert

    Mrs. Fitzherbert

    6 1947 HD

    The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between...

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  • 1921
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    Experience

    Experience

    1 1921 HD

    Youth meets Ambition and leaves Love, his mother, and his small-town roots for the big city. There, in his search for Experience, he meets Pleasure...

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