
William Leslie
Actor · 1928 – 2005 · Seagraves, Texas, USA
William Leslie was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Leslie began his acting career appearing in various films, such as Forever Female (1953), Johnny Dark (1954) and the Jane Wyman dramatic adaptation Magnificent Obsession (1954). He also appeared in the Frankie Laine musical Bring Your Smile Along (1955), the dramatic adaptation Queen Bee (1955) with Joan Crawford, and The Long Gray Line (1955).
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Movie6.9WesternWarA Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · 291 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaThe life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
The Long Gray Line
1955 · 57 votes
Movie6.8DramaRomanceReckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Magnificent Obsession
1954 · 146 votes
Movie6.5WesternChicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Cowboy
1958 · 74 votes
Movie7.2DramaIn a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
The Last Hurrah
1958 · 64 votes
Movie6.7ComedyWarIn this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
Operation Mad Ball
1957 · 26 votes
Movie6.2WarAdventureLieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.
Up Periscope
1959 · 37 votes
Movie6.1WesternAn officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
7th Cavalry
1956 · 19 votes
Movie6.6WesternPassing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 · 87 votes
Movie4.8WarDramaCaptain Casey Abbott commands an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. When a perilous mission to retrieve a new Japanese mine for study goes awry, he's forced to abandon a likable combat diver. Abbott's orders to leave a man behind appear to be justified, but his second-in-command believes he had ulterior motives:
Hellcats of the Navy
1957 · 16 votes
Movie6.3DramaA wicked Southern woman ruthlessly manipulates her family.
Queen Bee
1955 · 38 votes
MovieComedyNine-year-old Amy has decided that klutzy neighbor Arthur is the one she's going to marry. However, Arthur is too busy trying, and failing miserably, to get a place on the football team to pay any attention to her. So she comes up with what she thinks are foolproof schemes to get him to succeed, which will give him more time to spend with her. Complications ensue.
Little Amy
1962
Movie5.9CrimeDramaThree delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock. Can he recover soon enough to help the police - and his father - rescue his mother before it's too late?
The Shadow on the Window
1957 · 23 votes
Movie7.1CrimeIn San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
The Lineup
1958 · 99 votes
Movie6.0MusicComedyNancy 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 but quarrel over her old flame, David Parker (William Leslie), Nancy returns to her teaching job. Jerry reunites Nancy and Martin and, in turn, succumbs to the charms of his new secretary Marge Stevenson (Lucy Marlow).
Bring Your Smile Along
1955 · 5 votes
Movie10.0WesternThree masked bandits responsible for a wave of holdups and bank robberies stick up a stagecoach on its way to Boone City.
Scorching Fury
1952 · 1 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceAn aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Forever Female
1953 · 18 votes
Movie5.8ActionDramaA young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase and Joseph Sawyer.
Johnny Dark
1954 · 6 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA promotional film for United States Savings Bonds
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955 · 1 votes
Movie6.1WarDramaThe crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Battle Stations
1956 · 8 votes
Movie5.1Science FictionWith his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.
The Night the World Exploded
1957 · 16 votes
Movie5.0ComedyAndy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · 14 votes
Movie5.3Science FictionAn expedition to the lunar ice caves contracts a deadly moon-fungus. Stopping en route they contaminate a space station with the fungus, which soon begins to take over the entire place.
Mutiny in Outer Space
1965 · 20 votes
MovieAmerican soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.
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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
TV5.8WesternTelevision version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
Casey Jones
1957 · 5 votes