Lester Allen

Lester Allen

Movies for Lester Allen...

Hot Ice
Title: Hot Ice
Character: Runty
Released: October 6, 1955
Type: Movie
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they accidentally see a memo about the theft a famous diamond, the boys decide to go after the crooks. They find the crooks, but Shemp accidentally swallows the diamond which was hidden in a bowl of candy. The bad guys want to cut the diamond out, but the boys foil them with the help of a friendly gorilla.
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Love That Brute
Title: Love That Brute
Character: Al Allen
Released: June 6, 1950
Type: Movie
The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Title: Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character: Geoduck (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
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That Lady in Ermine
Title: That Lady in Ermine
Released: August 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Character: Uncle Capucho
Released: June 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
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Fun on a Weekend
Title: Fun on a Weekend
Character: Hot Dog Vendor
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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The Dark Mirror
Title: The Dark Mirror
Character: George Benson
Released: October 17, 1946
Type: Movie
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
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The Dolly Sisters
Title: The Dolly Sisters
Character: Morrie Keno
Released: November 14, 1945
Type: Movie
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
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The Great Flamarion
Title: The Great Flamarion
Character: Tony
Released: January 13, 1945
Type: Movie
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Title: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Character: Heming
Released: October 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the eye of an underworld character.
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Klondike Kate
Title: Klondike Kate
Character: Duster Dan
Released: December 16, 1943
Type: Movie
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.
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The Heat's On
Title: The Heat's On
Character: Mouse Beller
Released: December 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.
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Underground
Title: Underground
Character: Krantz
Released: June 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
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The Devil Commands
Title: The Devil Commands
Character: Dr. Van Den
Released: February 3, 1941
Type: Movie
A scientist kills innocent victims in his efforts to communicate with his late wife.
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Heat Wave
Title: Heat Wave
Character: Tom Brown
Released: May 30, 1935
Type: Movie
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the names of vegetables as code words for weapons and ammunition that they are smuggling! Albert saves not only his own skin, but also those of the Presidente and his attractive daughter.
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Leave It to Lester
Title: Leave It to Lester
Released: June 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Persuading his newlywed friends, Jerry and Marian Townsend, to take him along on their European honeymoon as guide, Lester Aloysius Sebastian Brown launches the threesome on a series of comic adventures, beginning in a Paris nightclub, where Lester is roughed up by two husbands who mistake his companions for their wives. Then on to Switzerland and a forced landing near a wedding festival; to Cairo, where Jerry is abducted and found by Marian in a harem; and back to New York.
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Pusher-in-the-Face
Title: Pusher-in-the-Face
Released: March 28, 1929
Type: Movie
"A comedy drama of New York life of a restaurant proprietor and it's a scream from start to finish." - Sheffield Observer, 03/28/1929