The best Leon Errol’s movies

Leon Errol

Leon Errol

03/07/1881- 12/10/1951
We present our ranking of the best Leon Errol’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 Errol.
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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
6.3/10
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.

The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/04/1948
  • Character: Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/10/1941
  • Character: His Rival
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beat up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

Coronado

Coronado
6.9/10
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.

The Invisible Man's Revenge

The Invisible Man's Revenge
5.7/10
An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/01/1940
  • Character: Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.

Paramount on Parade

Paramount on Parade
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 22/04/1930
  • Character: Himself / Master of Ceremonies / (In a Hospital)
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors (including Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Schertzinger and Edmund Goulding). The cast features Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Jean Arthur, William Powell, Maurice Chevalier, Kay Francis, Buddy Rogers, Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin and Nancy Carroll.

Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/09/1939
  • Character: Sam "Pops" Marlow
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman (Thurston Hall) and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star. To ensure they get a good winner, the men plant a real dancer, Patty Marlow (Lana Turner), at the college, having secretary Eve (Ann Rutherford) take the entrance exams for her. On campus, Patty gets involved with newspaper editor Pug Braddock (Richard Carlson) to investigate the contest's legitimacy.

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
5.8/10
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1940
  • Character: Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings

Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/12/1930
  • Character: James Wilson
Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.

Riverboat Rhythm

Riverboat Rhythm
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/02/1946
  • Character: Matt Lindsay
A financially-strapped showboat captain struggles to stay in business.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 16/08/1940
  • Character: Uncle Waldo Burke
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
5.9/10
  • Genre: Family
  • Release: 20/11/1935
  • Character: Pirate (uncredited)
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.

Higher and Higher

Higher and Higher
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 31/12/1943
  • Character: Cyrus Drake
A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss's fortune by passing a scullery maid off as a high-society debutante.

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Joe Palooka in the Knockout
6.6/10
  • Release: 20/09/1947
  • Character: Knobby Walsh
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.

Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/05/1946
  • Character: Knobby Walsh
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.

Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/09/1944
  • Character: Leon Errol
Leon Errol wants to retain his secretary; complications ensue.

We're Not Dressing

We're Not Dressing
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/04/1934
  • Character: Uncle Hubert
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with the help of singing sailor Stephen Jones. Her friend Edith, Uncle Hubert, and Princes Michael and Alexander make it to the same island but all prove to be useless in the art of survival. The sailor is the only one with the practical knowhow to survive but Doris and the others snub his leadership offer. That is until he starts a clam bake and wafts the fumes in their starving faces. The group gradually gives into his leadership, the only question now is if Doris will give into his charms.

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/06/1942
  • Character: Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
Carmelita (Lupe Velez) and Uncle Matt {Leon Errol) find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.

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