The best Leon Askin’s movies

Leon Askin

Leon Askin

18/09/1907- 03/06/2005
We present our ranking of the best Leon Askin’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Leon Askin.
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The Robe

The Robe
6.7/10
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three
7.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 15/12/1961
  • Character: Peripetchikoff
C.R. MacNamara will do anything to get a promotion within the Coca-Cola company, including looking after boss W.P. Hazeltine's rebellious teenage daughter, Scarlett. When Scarlett visits Berlin, where C.R. is stationed, she reveals that she is married to a communist named Otto Piffl -- and C.R. recognizes that Otto's anti-establishment stance will clash with his boss's own political views, possibly jeopardizing his promotion.

Guns for San Sebastian

Guns for San Sebastian
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 20/03/1968
  • Character: Vicar General
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.

Secret of the Incas

Secret of the Incas
6/10
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Frightmare

Frightmare
4.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 27/07/1983
  • Character: Wolfgang
Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final bows yet.

Road to Bali

Road to Bali
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/01/1953
  • Character: King Ramayana
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.

Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 04/09/1952
  • Character: Franz (uncredited)
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 01/01/1966
  • Character: Colonel Kastorp
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
5.4/10
Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.

Odd Jobs

Odd Jobs
4.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/03/1986
  • Character: Don Carlucci
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.

Going Ape!

Going Ape!
4.1/10
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orang outangs. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.

Double Trouble

Double Trouble
5.1/10
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.

The Veils of Bagdad

The Veils of Bagdad
6.2/10
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!

Der Schinderhannes

Der Schinderhannes
6.2/10

Savage Island

Savage Island
3.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1985
  • Character: Luker
Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.

Always Trouble with the Bed

Always Trouble with the Bed
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 11/08/1961
  • Character: Luigi Papagallo
A German police man thinks his wife is a call girl.

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb
5.8/10
"Doris Day continues her reign as America's sweetheart" (Motion Picture Herald) in this "bright, colorful comedy of marital misunderstanding" (The Film Daily). Co-starring Rod Taylor (The Glass Bottom Boat) and featuring whip-smart dialogue, a hilarious plot, sumptuous locales and costumes and the song "Au Revoir Is Goodbye With a Smile," Do Not Disturb is a delightful romp from start to finish! What's a devoted wife to do when her husband spends more time "working" with his sexy secretary than helping her with their new home? For Janet Taylor (Day), an American who has relocated to England with her executive husband Mike (Taylor), there's only one solution - make him jealous by inventing an admirer. But as soon as Janet creates her make-believe Romeo, a real suitor arrives, whisks Janet off to Paris, wines and dines her...and comes face-to-face with an insanely irate Mike!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/03/1965
  • Character: Samir
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.

Desert Legion

Desert Legion
5.5/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 08/05/1953
  • Character: Major Vasil
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings
6/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 21/07/1954
  • Character: Valentine Arko, Antique Dealer
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.

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