Writing

Leigh Vance

Born — Died

1922-03-18 — 1994-10-15

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Black Windmill poster
6.3

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.

The Black Windmill

1974

Crossplot poster
5.6

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.

Crossplot

1969

The Frightened City poster
6.6

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

The Frightened City

1961

The Frightened City poster
6.6

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

The Frightened City

1961

It's All Happening poster
6.3

Tommy Steele stars as a talent-spotter at a recording company who determines to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands, in order that the orphanage where he was brought up be saved from closing.

It's All Happening

1963

Heart of a Child poster
6.7

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.

Heart of a Child

1958

Dr. Crippen poster
6.1

A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.

Dr. Crippen

1963

Witness in the Dark poster
7.0

A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.

Witness in the Dark

1959

Piccadilly Third Stop poster
6.7

A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.

Piccadilly Third Stop

1960

The Shakedown poster
6.0

Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.

The Shakedown

1960

Edward the Confessor poster
NR

Edward Gobey has a strange compulsion.

Edward the Confessor

1969

No artwork available
9.0

A mother tries to prevent her younger son being led astray by his delinquent elder brother.

And Women Shall Weep

1960