List of the best Frances Dee movies: Four Faces West(1948), I Walked With a Zombie(1943), King of the Jungle(1933), Happy Land(1943), Meet the Stewarts(1942), Headline Shooter(1933), The Gay Deception(1935), Wells Fargo(1937), If I Were King(1938), Of Human Bondage(1934), An American Tragedy(1931), Gypsy Colt(1954) ... ...
Western
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Charles Bickford Joseph Calleia William Conrad Martin Garralaga Raymond Largay John Parrish
cowboy sheriff nurse bank robber gambler rancher intense suspenseful new mexico small town bank train saloon wild west bank heist foreclosure romance showdown chase organized crime
In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral, in exchange for an IOU but the marshal and his posse chase after him.
Horror
USA
1943
69 Minutes
Betsy Connell
Jimmy Ellison Frances Dee Tom Conway Edith Barrett James Bell Christine Gordon Theresa Harris Darby Jones Richard Abrams Martin Wilkins
nurse plantation owner wife brother mother brooding chilling creepy caribbean island plantation beach curse occult slavery medicine mystery rivalry forbidden love 1940s
A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
Adventure
USA
1933
65 Minutes
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Drama
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Agnes Marsh
father mother ghost soldier son moving melodramatic patriotic iowa world war ii meaning of life death mourning father/son relationship afterlife love sacrifice 1940s
In a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
73 Minutes
A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work; trying to impress family, stay on budget, and remain as diplomatic towards each other as possible.
Drama
USA
1933
60 Minutes
Jane Mallory
William Gargan Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy Jack LaRue Gregory Ratoff Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh June Brewster Robert Benchley Betty Furness Dorothy Burgess
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
Romance
1935
76 Minutes
A sweepstakes winner (Frances Dee) checks into a New York hotel and meets a prince (Francis Lederer) posing as a bellboy.
Western
1937
115 Minutes
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Lloyd Nolan Bob Burns Porter Hall Ralph Morgan Henry O'Neill Mary Nash
office worker company owner employee driver wild west life journey business business idea business innovator history western films
Ramsey McCay, a troubleshooter for the newly formed Wells Fargo company, maintains smooth routes to the west. He becomes separated from his wife during the Civil War until they reunite during the company's 20th anniversary.
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Katherine de Vaucelles
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Drama
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Sally Athelny
Leslie Howard Bette Davis Frances Dee Kay Johnson Reginald Denny Alan Hale Reginald Owen
student waitress friend daughter bleak intense passionate london café apartment paris obsession abuse infidelity unrequited love aspirations love temptation fall 1930s
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Drama
USA
1931
96 Minutes
Sondra Finchley
Phillips Holmes Sylvia Sidney Frances Dee Irving Pichel Emmett Corrigan Charles Middleton
A poor factory worker, employed by a wealthy uncle, falls in love with a beautiful heiress but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
Drama
USA
1954
72 Minutes
Em MacWade
Donna Corcoran Ward Bond Frances Dee Lee Van Cleef Larry Keating Bobby Hyatt Nacho Galindo Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. Bobby Dominguez Joe Dominguez Jester Hairston
A beautiful spirited horse is so devoted to his young mistress that he undertakes an incredible 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her.
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
Marie de Varenne
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1953
87 Minutes
Helen Jordan
Clifton Webb Edmund Gwenn George Winslow Frances Dee Orley Lindgren Veda Ann Borg Jimmy Moss Sammy Ogg Jimmy Hawkins Skip Torgerson Lee Aaker
A stuffy TV writer (Clifton Webb) goes hiking with a group of boys to learn why sales are down on his sponsor's breakfast food.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Louise Adams
Judith Wood Dorothy Hall Paul Lukas Stuart Erwin Frances Dee Mary Forbes Frances Moffett Claire Dodd Dorothy Stickney Alberta Vaughn
Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble.
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
Joan Stockton
Lionel Barrymore May Robson Dorothy Jordan Joel McCrea Frances Dee David Landau James Bush Buster Phelps Oscar Apfel June Filmer Samuel S. Hinds
doctor widower son foster father husband daughter melodramatic moving new england small town rural community banquet hall medical profession car accident small-town life father/daughter relationship troubled marriage death of mother growing up sacrifice
A selfless doctor (Lionel Barrymore) dedicates his life to his patients and watches his son (Joel McCrea) follow in his footsteps.
Drama
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Eileen Benson
Bette Davis Barry Sullivan Jane Cowl Kent Taylor Betty Lynn John Sutton Frances Dee Peggie Castle
wife husband beautiful woman old friend daughter englishman melodramatic engaging family home san francisco party cruise ship haiti california divorce infidelity vacation making amends domestic life marriage
The film is about divorce but with flashbacks as to why divorce occurs.