
Leoda Richards
Actor · 1907 – 1998 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Movies24
Movie7.7DramaFamilyIn the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The Sound of Music
1965 · 3.8K votes
Movie7.7MusicComedyJake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
The Blues Brothers
1980 · 4.7K votes
Movie8.2DramaMysteryAn ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · 1.8K votes
Movie7.6CrimeThrillerCareer criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
The Killing
1956 · 1.8K votes
Movie7.9ComedyA young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Young Frankenstein
1974 · 3.5K votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceA snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
My Fair Lady
1964 · 1.5K votes
Movie6.1ComedyA faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · 1.3K votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaJulian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
American Gigolo
1980 · 750 votes
Movie7.0ActionDramaAt the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
The Towering Inferno
1974 · 1.1K votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceOpposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
The Way We Were
1973 · 531 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFamilyTwo identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
The Parent Trap
1961 · 445 votes
Movie7.1DramaMusicA movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
A Star Is Born
1954 · 340 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceDolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · 408 votes
Movie6.8AdventureScience FictionDelos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Westworld
1973 · 1.5K votes
Movie7.1CrimeDramaThe escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
The Chase
1966 · 338 votes
Movie6.8MusicComedyWith socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
High Society
1956 · 274 votes
Movie7.5ComedyCrimeA woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
How to Steal a Million
1966 · 685 votes
Movie7.0MusicComedyA shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Funny Face
1957 · 754 votes
Movie7.1CrimeThrillerAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Point Blank
1967 · 452 votes
Movie7.5ThrillerDramaNear the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · 843 votes
Movie7.4DramaRomanceA couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
An Affair to Remember
1957 · 529 votes
Movie7.7DramaAn unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
The Children's Hour
1961 · 426 votes
Movie6.6ThrillerDuring the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
Torn Curtain
1966 · 684 votes
Movie6.6ComedyCrimeWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Fun with Dick and Jane
1977 · 83 votes
Series6
TV8.1CrimeDramaColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Columbo
1971 · 860 votes
TV8.0ComedySci-Fi & FantasyMaxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.
Get Smart
1965 · 448 votes
TV7.3ComedyDramaLouie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
Taxi
1978 · 183 votes
TV6.6ComedyFamilyFamily man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
Father Knows Best
1954 · 28 votes
TV6.8ComedyFamilyThe Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.
The Partridge Family
1970 · 35 votes
TV7.1CrimeDramaMcMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
McMillan & Wife
1971 · 27 votes