List of the best Francis Pierlot movies: Bewitched(1945), Anne of the Indies(1951), That's My Boy(1951), The Accused(1948), Uncertain Glory(1944), The Captain Is a Lady(1940), Bathing Beauty(1944), Take One False Step(1949), The Lemon Drop Kid(1951), Copper Canyon(1950), The Doughgirls(1944), The Man With a Cloak(1951) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Dr. George Wilton
Edmund Gwenn Phyllis Thaxter Kathleen Lockhart Henry H. Daniels Jr. Addison Richards Francis Pierlot Sharon McManus Gladys Blake Will Wright Stephen McNally Oscar O'Shea
woman fiancé attorney doctor engaging thrilling creepy new york city court prison boat mental illness murder trial split personality love transformation rescue 1940s
A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Herkimer
Jean Peters Louis Jourdan Debra Paget Herbert Marshall Thomas Gomez James Robertson Justice Francis Pierlot Sean McClory
pirate spy first mate blackbeard wife spectacular engaging rousing ship west indies jamaica bahamas betrayal treasure infatuation piracy secret marriage battle discovery sacrifice
In order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
Comedy
USA
1951
98 Minutes
Henry Baker
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Ruth Hussey Eddie Mayehoff Marion Marshall Polly Bergen Hugh Sanders John McIntire Francis Pierlot Lillian Randolph Selmer Jackson
The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
101 Minutes
Dr. Vinson
Loretta Young Bob Cummings Wendell Corey Sam Jaffe Douglas Dick Suzanne Dalbert George Spaulding Sara Allgood Mickey Knox Francis Pierlot Ann Doran
professor truck driver lawyer detective beautiful woman student dark gripping eerie suspenseful college courtroom beach cliff classroom psychology attempted rape investigation cover-up unlikely criminal
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.
War
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Jean Sullivan Lucile Watson Faye Emerson James Flavin Douglas Dumbrille Dennis Hoey Sheldon Leonard Odette Myrtil Francis Pierlot
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Nazis.
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Virginia Grey Helen Broderick Billie Burke Dan Dailey Helen Westley Marjorie Main Cecil Cunningham Clem Bevans Francis Pierlot
husband wife spinster elderly woman director endearing spirited cottage retirement home bedroom window ledge ship sea aging retirement attempted suicide infidelity insurance loneliness love
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to ... See full summary »
Musical
1944
101 Minutes
Red Skelton Esther Williams Basil Rathbone Bill Goodwin Ethel Smith Jean Porter Donald Meek Nana Bryant Ann Codee Francis Pierlot Margaret Dumont
songwriter producer instructor college student professor wife lighthearted amusing witty endearing los angeles new jersey college wedding swimming pool classroom marriage schemes love triangle career vs. love
A goofy songwriter (Red Skelton) enrolls at a women's college to be near his aquatic sweetheart (Esther Williams).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
94 Minutes
William Powell Shelley Winters James Gleason Marsha Hunt Dorothy Hart Felix Bressart Art Baker Sheldon Leonard Howard Freeman Houseley Stevenson Paul Harvey
During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan Jane Darwell Andrea King Fred Clark Jay C. Flippen William Frawley Harry Bellaver Sid Melton Ben Welden
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
Western
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Ray Milland Hedy Lamarr Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Harry Carey Jr. Frank Faylen Hope Emerson Taylor Holmes Peggy Knudsen James Burke Percy Helton
marksman rebel miner ex-soldier brooding profound intense intricate gory thrilling mine canyon wilderness western films gambling romance adventure discovery rescue underdog
Johnny Carter, performing sharpshooter, is asked to help a beleaguered group of copper miners.
Comedy
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith Jane Wyman Jack Carson Irene Manning Charles Ruggles Eve Arden John Ridgely Alan Mowbray John Alexander Craig Stevens
bureaucrat newlywed judge soldier news reporter nazi hunter wild hilarious playful hotel white house washington, d.c. marriage honeymoon love triangle misunderstanding friendship love discovery rivalry
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Eddie Albert Gale Storm James Gleason Binnie Barnes Gilbert Roland Barton MacLane Douglas Fowley Tom Tyler Harry Hayden Chief Yowlachie Sarah Padden
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Lloyd Nolan Jane Wyatt Audie Murphy James Gleason Stanley Clements Martha Vickers Rhys Williams Jimmy Lydon Dickie Moore Selena Royle Tommy Cook
THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS! Danny is a juvenile delinquent sentenced to Variety Club Ranch in lieu of jail. He charms the headmistress and goads everyone else. The marshal sets out to ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
103 Minutes
John Lund Marie Wilson Diana Lynn Don DeFore Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Hans Conried Kathryn Givney Percy Helton Erno Verebes Gloria Gordon
A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Loretta Young John Forsythe Frank McHugh Edgar Buchanan Palmer Lee Harvey Grant Jimmy Conlin Jane Darwell Gladys George Regis Toomey Willard Waterman
pregnant wife husband reporter real estate agent farmer neighbor witty amusing new york city california small town newsroom moving culture clash newspapers small business small-town life publicity stunts love quest
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jane Powell Elizabeth Taylor Carmen Miranda Robert Stack Selena Royle Scotty Beckett Leon Ames George Cleveland Lloyd Corrigan Clinton Sundberg
teen girl best friend sweetheart father dance instructor brother lighthearted amusing school dance santa barbara, calif. high school friendship teen romance dance suspicion love triangle discovery growing up 1940s
Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Jack Carson Robert Hutton Ray Collins Kathleen Lockhart Cora Sue Collins Ann Todd Andy Clyde Arthur Shields Helene Thimig Greta Grandstedt
businesswoman banker son husband father mother melodramatic emotional family home college office new england marriage self-respect infidelity business mother/child relationship growing up love quest
In the early 1900's (not the 1920s)