Writing

Dudley Leslie

Born — Died

1905-09-25 — 1981-04-17

Place of birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Marigold poster
8.0

Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.

Marigold

1938

The Rough and the Smooth poster
6.3

Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.

The Rough and the Smooth

1959

Oh, Boy! poster
9.0

A mysterious scientist presents a timid chemist with an elixir which turns him from a weakling into a confident, vital male, able to defeat his rival and impress the girl of his choice. The only problem is that this mysterious substance has the unexpected result of causing him to revert gradually to babyhood...

Oh, Boy!

1938

A Star Fell from Heaven poster
10.0

In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs slips out and suddenly he finds that he himself has become a star. Unfortunately he soon encounters unanticipated problems. He is especially concerned about his girl friend who dumped him in favor of the voiceless star.

A Star Fell from Heaven

1936

Danger on Dartmoor poster
6.2

The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

Danger on Dartmoor

1980

The Outsider poster
6.0

A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.

The Outsider

1939

Black Limelight poster
6.6

This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee Raymond Massey as a man at the centre of a multiple murder investigation – a case that sparks a sensationalist press frenzy when it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.

Black Limelight

1938

Jane Steps Out poster
10.0

Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.

Jane Steps Out

1938

Sensation poster
6.0

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!

Sensation

1936

Ourselves Alone poster
7.5

In 1921, as Irish nationalists battle with British authorities, a young girl is torn between loyalty to her brother, an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a British Army captain.

Ourselves Alone

1936

The Tenth Man poster
7.5

George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.

The Tenth Man

1936

Tall Headlines poster
6.8

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

Tall Headlines

1952

Black Eyes poster
6.2

Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...

Black Eyes

1939

The Golden Madonna poster
6.0

Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.

The Golden Madonna

1949

No artwork available
9.0

Adventure film directed by Harold Huth.

Hell's Cargo

1939

Three Silent Men poster
5.8

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.

Three Silent Men

1940

Living Dangerously poster
4.5

The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.

Living Dangerously

1936