Reuben Leder Filmography

Thick as Thieves

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Radha Mitchell

Synopsis: An experienced robber (Morgan Freeman) heavily in debt with the Russian mob engages a novice thief (Antonio Banderas) to pull off one last heist in this crime drama from director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact). Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) co-stars in the Millennium Films production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler Read More

Baltic Storm

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Greta Scacchi, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland, Dieter Laser, Juergen Schormagel

Synopsis: In an era when at-sea disasters have grown increasingly rare thanks to "foolproof" naval technology, the September 28, 1994 wreck of the ferry boat M/S Estonia raised more than a few eyebrows. En route from Talinn to Stockholm, via the Baltic Sea, the craft capsized and 852 civilians never reached Read More

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: James Garner is reunited with several of his fellow cast members from the Rockford Files series in this made-for-TV sequel. It all begins when schoolteacher Ernie Landale (Hal Holbrook), the husband of private eye Jim Rockford's ex-prostitute friend Rita Kapkovic (Rita Moreno), is accused of child Read More

Molly and Gina

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Frances Fisher

Synopsis: Two women (Frances Fisher, Natasha Gregson) hit the road to seek revenge for the killers of their boyfriends. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Perfect Mate

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Captain Picard tries to settle a centuries-old war between the Kriosians and the Voltans. As part of the treaty arrangements, the beautiful Kamala (Famke Janssen) is chosen by her people as a peace offering. Picard's diplomatic mission is sorely compromised when he falls in love with Kamala. Read More

Frame Up

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A young mens' hazing turns to murder in this crime drama set in a small town run by a powerful businessman. The victim was beaten to death with a monogrammed baseball bat, and later the head-killer tried to make it seem as if the young man was run down by the car of Frank Govers, a traveling Read More

Magnum, P.I.: This Island Isn't Big Enough

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Rick (Larry Manetti) sets sail on a chartered fishing excursion with several suspicious-looking customers. Hours later, Rick's boat drifts back to the dock with no one on board. The authorities are certain that Rick and his passengers have been lost at sea, but Magnum suspects otherwise. Assisting Read More

Magnum, P.I.: I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) dons a clown suit to pose as a roustabout with the "Inky Gilbert Travelling Carnival and Midway". An old friend of Higgins (John Hillerman), the aforementioned Inky (Clive Revill) has been plagued by a number of suspicious accidents, suggesting that someone is trying to force Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All Thieves on Deck

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In order to flush out the person or persons who have attempted to steal a valuable statuette of the Hawaiian god Amakua, Magnum stage-manages a luxury cruise in which all the passenger roster consists of the principal suspects. Sure enough, murder and mayhem quickly ensue, and it soon becomes Read More

Magnum, P.I.: A.A.P.I.

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: French detective Claude Fornier (Paul Verdier), whose exploits have inspired several of Robin Masters' novels, is murdered just after presenting Magnum (Tom Selleck) with the "PI of the Year" award. Though anxious to solve Fornier's murder, Magnum finds that he'll have to wait in line as every Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Straight and Narrow

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Already laid up with a sprained ankle, Magnum (Tom Selleck) braces himself for more pain when call girl Leslie Emory (Candy Clark), who'd given him plenty of trouble during a previous assignment, sashays back into his life. Insisting that she's given up her former profession and gone straight Read More

Magnum, P.I.: A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Much to the amazement of one and all, Rick (Larry Manetti) returns from vacation with a million dollars and a new fiancee. The money is the result of Rick winning a lottery, and the girlfriend, presumably, is the result of the money. Inevitably, the burden of instant wealth has a negative effect Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Man From Marseilles

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) is contacted by legendary French detective Jean Claude Fornier (Paul Verdier), whose exploits have served as inspiration for several of Robin Masters' novels. M. Fornier needs Magnum's help to locate a missing heir, or so he claims. The two detectives' investigation ultimately Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All for One, Part 2

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Magnum (Tom Selleck), T.C. (Roger E. Mosley), Rick (Larry Manetti) and Higgins (John Hillerman) have managed to sneak into Cambodia to rescue a former war buddy from the clutches of ruthless Vietnamese torturer Major Thieu (Seth Sakai). Alas, things don't go Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All for One, Part 1

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Magnum (Tom Selleck) is asked by soldier-of-fortune Tyler McKinney (Robert Forster) to help him rescue a mutual friend from his Vietnamese captors in the jungles of Cambodia. Though Magnum has no reason to trust the disreputable McKinney, he ends up Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: To publicize his latest novel, Robin Masters stages a million-dollar treasure hunt, with the clues adroitly hidden with the pages of his book. Unfortunately, one of the contestants doesn't see the need to play fair, and before the day is over Magnum (Tom Selleck) and the other treasure-hunters Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Round and Around

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Ron Pennington (played by Magnum, P.I.'s stunt coordinator Robert L. Minor), an old basketball-player friend of T.C. (Roger E. Mosley), is murdered during a robbery. It turns out that Ron's estranged son Ronny (Larry B. Scott) was acquainted with the killers--and that the supposedly random robbery Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Hotel Dick

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Anxious to become an "official" detective rather than a mere private eye, Magnum hires on as security chief at the ritzy Hawaiian Gardens Hotel. His first assignment--which may also turn out to be his last--is to prevent a notorious cat burglar from plying his trade at an international convention Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Under World

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) agrees to deliver a mysterious briefcase to Oahu. En route, T.C.'s chopper plunges into the ocean, and he ends up in the hospital in a comatose state. Flying in the face of convential wisdom, Magnum (Tom Selleck) is certain that the Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Luther Gills - File #001

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) is simultaneously solicited by Higgins ($John Hillerman}) and Robin Masters (still unseen, but voiced by Orson Welles) to help them with a pair of delicate and potentially damaging cases. Higgins is being blackmailed for helping a woman with an illegitimate son, while one of Read More

Magnum, P.I.: I Witness

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The King Kamehameha Club is robbed by a trio of thieves wearing animal masks: a "pig", a "gorilla", and a "rabbit." The three eyewitnesses to this crime are Higgins (John Hillerman), T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) and Rick (Larry Manetti), who in true "Rashomon" fashion provide contradictory stories of Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Jororo Farewell

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this sequel to the second-season episode "Jororo Kill", Danny Lin (Wesley Ogata), the young crown prince of the Jororo Island, has come to Hawaii to play in the Little League International Goodwill Tournament. Going undercover to protect Danny from an assassination plot, Magnum (Tom Selleck) Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Return of Luther Gillis

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: St. Louis-based private eye Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche) pays a return visit to Hawaii to pick up an award from the National Academy of Private Investigators. Unfortunately, Luther's loyal secretary Blanche (Sheree North) is kidnapped along with Higgins (John Hillerman), forcing a flustered Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Dream a Little Dream

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) is reunited with his very first client, champion surfer Karen Teal (Cindy Pickett) who way back in 1979 had hired him to protect her from whomever was sending her threatening letters. Now Karen is being harrassed again, and so is her daughter Leah (Rosetta Tarantino). When the Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Big Blow

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The guests at Robin Master's Spring Equinox party find themselves trapped on the estate by a raging typhoon. Unfortunately, among the revellers are a number of uninivited guests, including a pair of gun-wielding escaped convicts, a pregnant woman about to go into labor, and a person whose mission Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Forty Years From Sand Island

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) embarks upon a personal vendetta against the unknown culprit who nearly killed Higgins (John Hillerman) by tampering with the brakes of his car. It turns out that this murder attempt is linked with Higgins' current efforts to research an incident which occurred in 1942 at an Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Luther Gillis - File #521

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Eugene Roche makes his first appearance as Luther H. Gillis, a seedy "old school" private eye from St. Louis. Arriving in Hawaii on a missing-persons case, Luther manages to drag Magnum (Tom Selleck) into the proceedings--and as a result, both men are suspected in the murder of a drug dealer whose Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Operation - Silent Night

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Having embarked on separate Yuletide "goodwill" missions, Magnum (Tom Selleck), T.C. (Roger E. Mosley), Rick (Larry Manetti) and Higgins (John Hillerman find themselves marooned in the middle of nowhere when T.C.'s chopper is forced down on a deserted strip of land known as Frenchman's Island. Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Squeeze Play

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The never-seen Robin Masters declares war on his hated rival, girlie-magazine publisher Buzz Benoit (Dick Shawn). Wagering everything he owns, including his mansion in Hawaii, Masters challenges Buzz to a winner-take-all softball game. If they want to keep their jobs, Magnum (Tom Selleck) and Read More

Magnum, P.I.: One More Summer

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: When his old Naval Academy colleague Dorsey Bramlett (David Wilson), now a pro quarterback with the New Jersey Blazers football team, is targeted for murder, Magnum (Tom Selleck) rushes to the rescue. To avoid tipping off Dorsey's would-be killers, Magnum goes undercover as a football player at Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Try to Remember

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) wakes up in a hospital bed suffering from injuries apparently sustained in a spectacular car crash involving Robin Master's beloved Ferrari. He is also suffering from amnesia, and can remember nothing about the case he was working on: the search for a missing girl. The Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Jorro Kill

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) is reunited with journalist Kate Sullivan (Tyne Daly), whom he'd met while she was covering the Vietnam war. At the moment, Kate has been assigned to interview a visiting dignitary from the Jororo Islands. . .or at least that's what she claims. As the story unfolds, it becomes Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Double Jeopardy

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Robin's Nest is turned over to a Hollywood production crew as a location for a movie starring Magnum's favorite actress Olivia Ross (Dana Wynter) and her perennial costar Jack Martin (Larry Pennell). So entranced is Magnum (Tom Welleck) by the glamorous Olivia that he is willing to endure multiple Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Mixed Doubles

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Magnum (Tom Selleck) is assigned as bodyguard to Carrie Reardon (Kim Richards), a young rising tennis star whose arrogance far outweighs her talent. One of Carrie's many enemies has been making death threats, and seems eager and willing to carry them out as soon as possible. Making the job Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Mr. White Death

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Ernest Borgnine guest stars as Earl Gianelli, a former boxing champ reduced to working the wrestling circuit. Gianelli hires Magnum to locate his long-lost son, who now goes by the name of Phil Lewis (James Edgcomb). But when Lewis insists that his father died in 1955, Magnum begins to suspect Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Past Tense

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A pair of phony tourists hijack T.C.'s helicopter, forcing T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) and Higgins (John Hillerman) to participate in a daring prison break. The "liberated" convict, Morgan Lyden (James Wainwright), curiously seems to know everything about his two reluctant rescuers--and he is Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Wave Goodbye

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Frustrated by the lack of progress and apparent indifference of the authorities, Magnum (Tom Selleck) conducts his own investigation of the murder of his friend, a former surfing champ. While the leading suspects are a troubled Vietnam veteran (Wings Hauser) and a notorious (and notoriously Read More

My Friends Need Killing

Crew: Sound/Sound Designer

Actors: Greg Mullavey, Meredith Mac Rae, Clayton Wilcox, Elaine Partnow

Synopsis: The self-explanatorily titled My Friends Need Killing was directed by the estimable Paul Leder. A true auteur, Leder also wrote and edited the film. But you probably won't find his name in the pages of Cahiers du Cinema, principally because his output includes such tantalizing titles as The Baby Doll Murders Read More