Walter Slezak
13 titles
Filmography
13 results

Emil and the Detectives
(1964)When a young boy's money is stolen, the search is on for the thief.

The Inspector General
(1949)A un estafador lo confunden con el enviado oficial del emperador Napoleon Bonaparte para combatir la corrupción generalizada que reina en Francia.

Lifeboat
(1944)A freighter is sunk by a German U-Boat. Eight survivors and the Nazi U-Boat commander get into a lifeboat. Tense drama of their interpersonal relationships. Story by John Steinbeck.

The Pirate
(1948)It's a fun-filled and musical case of mistaken identity when lonely Judy Garland ("The Wizard of Oz," "A Star is Born," "Meet Me in St. Louis") mistakes traveling clown Gene Kelly ("An American in Paris," "Singin' In the Rain") for a famed Caribbean pirate. With songs by the great Cole Porter, Oscar-winners Garland and Kelly light up the screen. Nominated for Best Score.

Riff-Raff
(1947)Private eye Dan Hammer gets his hands on a valuable map showing priceless oil concessions but finds himself up against a murderous cartel as well. Mixed up in the proceedings is nightclub singer Maxine Manning, a supposed ally he can't quite trust.

The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)Sheer, utter madness is the order of the day in this laugh riot on wheels that features one of America's all-time favorite funnymen, Red Skelton. In a story ranging from the weird to the whimsical, Skelton plays "Red," an accident-prone inventor of safety gadgets (no one can bump his head any funnier) who winds up driving a cab to prove the worth of his latest brainchild, Elastiglass. But while he is falling in love with the cab company's claims adjuster (Gloria De Haven), a crooked lawyer (Edward Arnold) and a phony psychiatrist (Walter Slezak) are plotting to steal his secret formula. One attempt results in a hilarious truth-serum sequence that sends Red back to the playpen and his famous "mean widdle kid" characterization. Climaxed by a frenzied free-for-all chase inside a home-show exposition - complete with a rotating house-of-the-future gone berserk - The Yellow Cab Man features Red Skelton's broad brand of comedy at its wacky best.

Sinbad the Sailor
(1947)An ocean of adventure awaits as Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) seeks the fabled lost treasure of Alexander the Great. With Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn.
Bedtime for Bonzo
(1951)The theory of evolution has never been so zanily tested as it is in Bedtime for Bonzo starring Ronald Reagan. When Professor Peter Boyd (Reagan) proposes to the Dean's daughter, there's only one problem: her father. In an attempt to win his approval, he adopts a chimp and sets out to prove right and wrong is learned, not inherited. He hires a beautiful young nursemaid to mother Bonzo, but will his fiancée believe it's all just in the name of science? This hilarious romp proves some people will do anything for love.
The Spanish Main
(1945)Swashbuckling adventure in which a Spanish governor orders a crew of Dutch sailors to be enslaved and their captain hanged, but they escape and plot revenge. With Maureen O'Hara.

This Land Is Mine
(1943)When Nazi troops seize his town, timid schoolmaster Albert Lory (Charles Laughton) submits to his new masters, although he cannot help but be inspired by the defiance of many of his fellow citizens. Then Albert is hauled before a tribunal, falsely accused of murder. Standing alone against the power of the Third Reich, this seemingly weak man then reveals an invincible soul. Three of cinema's most acclaimed talents – Laughton, director Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion) and screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Stagecoach) – unite for this moving portrait of the heroism of everyday men and women. The stellar cast includes Maureen O'Hara (Laughton's protégée and his The Hunchback of Notre Dame co-star) as the colleague he secretly loves, George Sanders as a covert collaborator, and Walter Slezak as a wily Nazi officer who holds Albert's fate in his hands.

The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.

Salome, Where She Danced
(1945)After fleeing Europe during the Austro-Prussian War, a Viennese ballerina falls in love with an American bandit who resembles her late royal lover.

Step Lively
(1944)Gordon Miller (George Murphy) has a hit in the works, especially since he latched onto a playwright whose real talent is his singing voice. Now all that flimflamming Miller must do is put his musical revue on stage before the rubber check underwriting it bounces his troupe from Broadway to the Bowery. As the typewriter-toting crooner, Frank Sinatra steps into his first top billing in this antic backstage musical based on the Broadway/Marx Brothers movie hit Room Service. With a nimble cast (including Gloria DeHaven, Adolphe Menjou and Walter Slezak) and buoyant Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne songs to go with farce, footlights and Frank, what else can a movie do but Step Lively?