Francis Lederer Movies

Pandora's Box

80/100

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

Midnight

80/100

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

68/100

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

The Diary of a Chambermaid

67/100

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is ... See full summary »

The Return of Dracula

57/100

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Terror Is a Man

54/100

A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

Romance in Manhattan

69/100

Rejected as an immigrant because he doesn't have the required $200, a Czech immigrant jumps ship and is befriended by a chorus girl and becomes a taxi driver.

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

62/100

A group of agents in the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the C.I.A.) are sent to France, during World War II, to knock out the French railroad system and, in accomplishing ... See full summary »

The Man I Married

71/100

Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America.

The Gay Deception

69/100

Mirabel wins a $5,000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro...

Million Dollar Weekend

62/100

Nicholas Lawrence, a young stockbroker, embezzles a million dollars worth of cash and stock, planning to flee to Shanghai. En route, he meets Cynthia Strong, who is fleeing Los Angeles ... See full summary »

Voice in the Wind

53/100

A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Nazis during the war for playing a banned song. He journeys to the island of Guadelupe to try to ... See full summary »

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

72/100

Stolen Identity

64/100

A jealous concert pianist murders his wife's lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime.

One Rainy Afternoon

62/100

Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique...

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

57/100

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.

The Madonna's Secret

63/100

The sister of a murdered model poses for the same artist to try to catch her killer.

Maracaibo

67/100

In Venezuela during the 1950s, a vacationing Texas oilman is asked to help extinguish an oil derrick fire and he succumbs to the charms of a visiting New York novelist.

Surrender

62/100

Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of bigamy. She has an affair with gambler ... See full summary »

Man of Two Worlds

61/100

A British explorer in the Arctic hires a local Eskimo as an assistant. The earnest but unsophisticated...

The Lone Wolf in Paris

63/100

A princess in distress calls upon reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard to aid her against villainous opposition.

The Pursuit of Happiness

70/100

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.

Puddin' Head

68/100

Harold l. Montgomery, the scatterbrain vice-president of the United Broadcasing System, is dismayed when he learns that one-foot of the ground on which the station's imposing new structure ... See full summary »

It's All Yours

68/100

Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »

Susanne macht Ordnung