Herbert I. Leeds

Directing

Herbert I. Leeds

Known for

Directing

Credits

22 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Mr. Moto in Danger Island poster
6.7

In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

1939

Five of a Kind poster
4.8

Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.

Five of a Kind

1938

Yesterday's Heroes poster
10.0

A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his true love. How his roommate helped him put things right.

Yesterday's Heroes

1940

Bunco Squad poster
6.1

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.

Bunco Squad

1950

Father's Wild Game poster
8.0

The fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting for his meat rather than buying it from the store.

Father's Wild Game

1950

The Cisco Kid and the Lady poster
5.4

An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

1939

Time to Kill poster
6.1

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

Time to Kill

1942

City in Darkness poster
6.5

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..

City in Darkness

1939

Let's Live Again poster
5.5

The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.

Let's Live Again

1948

Ride on Vaquero poster
5.2

The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. On his way to Las Tables with his pal, Gordito, he makes a stop at the Martinez Rancho, where they learn that his friend Carlos has been kidnapped, from his wife Marquerita. At the Crystal Palace Saloon, Cisco runs into an old girlfriend, Sally, who he once jilted for a tight-rope walker, but she doesn't betray him when the sheriff and an army officer enter searching for Cisco.

Ride on Vaquero

1941

Manila Calling poster
8.0

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.

Manila Calling

1942

Island in the Sky poster
7.0

A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.

Island in the Sky

1938

Keep Smiling poster
8.0

Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.

Keep Smiling

1938

Romance of the Rio Grande poster
4.7

When old rancher Cordoba's grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who's trying to take over the ranch.

Romance of the Rio Grande

1941

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog poster
5.8

A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946

The Man Who Wouldn't Die poster
6.5

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

Blue, White and Perfect poster
6.5

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

Blue, White and Perfect

1942

The Return of the Cisco Kid poster
6.3

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.

The Return of the Cisco Kid

1939

The Arizona Wildcat poster
6.7

In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbery.

The Arizona Wildcat

1939

Chicken Wagon Family poster
10.0

Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

Love on a Budget poster
8.0

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.

Love on a Budget

1938

Just Off Broadway poster
5.8

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!

Just Off Broadway

1942