Known for Sound
Leonard Niehaus was an American alto saxophonist, composer and arranger on the West Coast jazz scene. He played with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and served as one of Kenton's primary staff arrangers. He also played with Ray Vasquez and trombonist and vocalist Phil Carreon and other jazz bands on the U.S. West Coast. Niehaus had a close association as composer and arranger to motion pictures produced by Clint Eastwood.
Born
June 11, 1929
Died
May 28, 2020 (age 90)
Birthplace
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Filmography
55 films, 3 shows


Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007 · 1h 32m
country: United States
While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, who takes him on a sentimental tour meant to restore his love of life.


Blood Work
2002 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.


Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · 1h 27m
country: United Kingdom
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing debut. That story and others comprise this portrait of the famed Hollywood icon. His career is explored via an array of film clips, interviews and more.


Space Cowboys
2000 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the US Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.


The Jack Bull
1999 · 1h 56m
country: United States
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.


True Crime
1999 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 · 2h 35m
country: United States
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.


Dog Watch
1997 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A San Francisco detective goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.


Absolute Power
1997 · 2h 1m
country: United States
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.


Crazy Horse
1996 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.


The Bridges of Madison County
1995 · 2h 15m
country: United States
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.


A Perfect World
1993 · 2h 18m
country: United States
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.


Lush Life
1993 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.


Unforgiven
1992 · 2h 10m
country: United States
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.


The Rookie
1990 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.


White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.


Bird
1988 · 2h 41m
country: United States
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.


Heartbreak Ridge
1986 · 2h 10m
country: United States
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.


Ratboy
1986 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.


Pale Rider
1985 · 1h 55m
country: United States
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.


City Heat
1984 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.


Tightrope
1984 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.


Hansel and Gretel
1983 · 48m
country: United States
Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch.


Little Red Riding Hood
1983 · 54m
country: United States
A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.


Sleeping Beauty
1983 · 58m
country: United States
A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.


Rapunzel
1983 · 58m
country: United States
A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determined to keep Rapunzel for herself, the witch locks her up in a tall tower all alone, with no way in or out except by climbing her long, braided hair. Wonders and dangers occur when the girl meets a handsome prince.


Rumpelstiltskin
1982 · 41m
country: United States
Desperate to save her own life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange elf-like character. When she cannot cover her debt she is faced with a challenge.


The Tale of the Frog Prince
1982 · 55m
country: United States
A spoiled, selfish princess's fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.