Frederick Leister
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6803 |
| Birthday | 1885-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1943
We'll Meet Again
7/4
A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to...
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We'll Meet Again
1952
The Crimson Pirate
7.029/156
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l...
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The Crimson Pirate
1948
Escape
5.676/17
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.
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Escape
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4/137
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, rev...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1949
Forbidden
7.111/9
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic...
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Forbidden
1946
The Captive Heart
6.365/26
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier...
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The Captive Heart
1961
The Naked Edge
6.3/30
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the cri...
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The Naked Edge
1955
The End of the Affair
5.815/27
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book....
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The End of the Affair
1957
Dangerous Exile
6.333/6
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...
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Dangerous Exile
1951
Green Grow the Rushes
6/7
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back...
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Green Grow the Rushes
1954
Souls in Conflict
9/1
An actress, a factory worker, and a jet pilot all face up to their personal problems after attending a rally by Dr. Billy Graham.
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Souls in Conflict
1937
O.H.M.S.
4.667/3
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie i...
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O.H.M.S.
1937
The Show Goes On
6.5/2
A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
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The Show Goes On
1947
So Well Remembered
5.036/14
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
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So Well Remembered
1951
The Rossiter Case
6.375/4
The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his sister-in-law...
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The Rossiter Case
1952
Top Secret
8/2
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyon...
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Top Secret
1934
Evensong
6/2
Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
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Evensong
1941
The Prime Minister
6.5/2
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Quee...
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The Prime Minister
1959
Left Right and Centre
6.071/14
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stel...
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Left Right and Centre
1955
The Dam Busters
6.955/156
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 S...
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The Dam Busters
1955
The Time of His Life
6.667/6
Mr Pastry's social climbing daughter, president of a society for the rehabilitation for ex-convicts, hides the fact that her father is himself a priso...
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The Time of His Life
1945
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
5.357/7
Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status...
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Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945
The Agitator
6.333/3
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young...
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The Agitator
1939
On the Night of the Fire
5.4/10
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
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On the Night of the Fire
1947
Nightbeat
5.667/6
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
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Nightbeat
1949
For Them That Trespass
5.269/13
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begi...
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For Them That Trespass
1958
Rx Murder
8.667/3
An American doctor, Jethro Jones, comes into a quiet British seaside community and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when the town gossips inform...
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Rx Murder
1939
The Outsider
6/3
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
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The Outsider
1931
Bracelets
10/1
A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them...
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Bracelets
1941
Atlantic Ferry
6.625/4
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
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Atlantic Ferry
1936
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
5.833/6
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas B...
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Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1941
The Spell of Amy Nugent
6/4
A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
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The Spell of Amy Nugent
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
6.656/572
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in 80 Days
1934
The Iron Duke
8/1
The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
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The Iron Duke
1938
Sixty Glorious Years
6.333/3
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
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Sixty Glorious Years
1931
Down River
9/1
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.
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Down River
1943
Dear Octopus
8/1
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothi...
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Dear Octopus
1944
The Hundred Pound Window
9/1
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
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The Hundred Pound Window
1944
One Exciting Night
6.167/6
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
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One Exciting Night
1949
Boys in Brown
6.25/12
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Bo...
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Boys in Brown
1931
Dreyfus
7/1
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into t...
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Dreyfus
1932
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
8/1
A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1948
Quartet
6.281/16
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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Quartet
1955
Footsteps in the Fog
7/47
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Footsteps in the Fog
1949
Landfall
7.6/5
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to...
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Landfall
1943
The Gentle Sex
7.042/12
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...
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The Gentle Sex
1960
Cone of Silence
6.792/12
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for...
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Cone of Silence
1937
King Solomon's Mines
5.429/28
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
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King Solomon's Mines
1955
Before I Wake
5.111/9
A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn't buy it....
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Before I Wake
1943
The Shipbuilders
6.5/2
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the Briti...
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The Shipbuilders
1949
Dear Mr. Prohack
6.4/5
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and...
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Dear Mr. Prohack
1942
The Next of Kin
5.444/9
Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this...
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The Next of Kin
1950
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
6/7
The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series...
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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1952
Circumstantial Evidence
7/3
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappe...
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Circumstantial Evidence
1937
Dinner at the Ritz
5.8/5
The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
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Dinner at the Ritz
1947
Mrs. Fitzherbert
6.667/3
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between t...
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Mrs. Fitzherbert
1949
All Over the Town
6.6/5
Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's par...
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All Over the Town
1960
Surprise Package
6.6/5
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
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Surprise Package
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
6.167/9
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
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