Leonard J. South

Birth : 1913-10-17, Long Island, New York, USA

Death : 2006-01-06

Movies

Amy
Director of Photography
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
Director of Photography
Ghosts and a young cadet try to save a military academy from being closed.
The North Avenue Irregulars
Cinematography
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
Satan’s Triangle
Director of Photography
The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
The Jordan Chance
Cinematography
Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.
Terraces
Director of Photography
Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment building.
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Director of Photography
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
Director of Photography
A lost teenager and solitary murderer form an unusual friendship.
Family Plot
Director of Photography
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her taxi driver/unemployed actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Cinematography
A disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to get them, even murder.
Death Stalk
Director of Photography
The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The husbands break free from their bonds and raft down the river in hopes of rescuing their wives.
Home for the Holidays
Director of Photography
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
Hitchhike!
Director of Photography
A Los Angeles woman, on her way to visit her sister in San Fransisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behavior until it is too late.
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Director of Photography
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
Linda
Cinematography
A woman kills her lover's wife, then sets out to frame her husband for the murder.
The Letters
Director of Photography
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
Snatched
Cinematography
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.
A Cold Night's Death
Director of Photography
Scientists Culp and Wallach suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
Frenzy
Cinematography
After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew
Director of Photography
It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets the other $20,000 that he, with an all girl crew, be the first to Tahiti in a sailboat race. The other, not to be outdone, has a few monkeyshines up his sleeve and actually wins the race. The beaten bettor then makes the claim, that he can beat the victor to the mainland using a crew comprised of baboons. That is too much to resist for the other and the race is on.
Hang 'em High
Director of Photography
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Torn Curtain
Camera Operator
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
A Patch of Blue
Camera Operator
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Second Assistant Camera
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
The Trouble with Harry
Assistant Camera
When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Jennifer, and Capt. Albert Wiles, a retired seaman who was hunting in the woods where the body was found. As the no-nonsense sheriff gets involved and local artist Sam Marlowe offers his help, the community slowly unravels the mystery.