Leo Cleary
Also Known As: Leo T. Cleary, Leo Thomas Cleary
Biography: Not the widest known actor, Leo Cleary starred in numerous films in the 40s and 50s, gaining fame and recognition prior to his death. Cleary died in Hollywood, CA in 1955.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 15, 1894
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 11, 1955
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Golf Slappy
Overview: Golf in a few difficult lessons with Eddie Gribbon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-23
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The Human Jungle
Overview: Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-03
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Storm Warning
Overview: A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-10
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Confidence Girl
Overview: After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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Bells of Coronado
Overview: An insurance investigator must track down thieves before they take off in a plane with stolen uranium ore.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-08
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State Penitentiary
Overview: A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-08
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Glory Alley
Overview: A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-06
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White Heat
Overview: A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-02
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Dance, Girl, Dance
Overview: Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-30
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Millionaires in Prison
Overview: A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-12
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Desert of Lost Men
Overview: Rocky Lane arrives at the town of Bear Creek to help insure the safe arrival of forty thousand dollars the citizens have raised to build a new hospital. After one of the town's doctors is killed in an ambush, Rocky devises a plan with the remaining doctor and sheriff to smoke out the bad guys.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-19
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You Can't Fool Your Wife
Overview: Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-21
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A Date with the Falcon
Overview: In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-16
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Overview: Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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The Great Jewel Robber
Overview: Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-15
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The Pride of St. Louis
Overview: The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-02
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Love Nest
Overview: Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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The Red Menace
Overview: A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-01
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