Sheldon Leonard Movies

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white...

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

After his first attempt to obtain cash fails, a Broadway producer turns to a gambler to raise money for his show.

A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.

A couple discovers that their friend has gone missing. Their investigation leads them to believe that anti-semites are behind the disappearance.

A loving tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the golden age of television. Starting out as a Runyonesque character actor, Sheldon Leonard went on to...

A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper.

Little Larry Havens, whose father died in WWII, runs away from home to keep from being separated from "Shep," his father's dog. In Arizona, he is...

Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he...

Thirty years of film clips, interviews, outtakes, stills and more pay tribute to the lives and work of the comedy legends known as the Bowery Boys.

Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.

A prize-fighting banty rooster, so slap-happy that he goes into a punching spree whenever he hears a bell, falls out of a truck and onto the farm...

A pair of drifters try to hit up a minister as a soft touch for a handout, but they inadvertently end up learning a valuable lesson about trust.

A scientist possessing the formula for making a nuclear bomb finds himself chased by evil gangsters in this thriller that was made just after the...

An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.

A lazy and fat cat, named Dodsworth, is ordered by his mistress to catch mice that have invaded her home and are terrorizing her. Dodsworth doesn't...

In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware that her father is a gangster and that her mother is...

An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by...

In this musical short, the leading lady is a French woman who finds mystery and romance on a luxury liner. There is much music with a chorus of...