List of the best Frank M. Thomas movies: Sierra Sue(1941), The Rookie Cop(1939), Sunset on the Desert(1942), Saga of Death Valley(1939), The Last Outlaw(1936), Forty Naughty Girls(1937), Sunset Serenade(1942), Breakfast for Two(1937), Law of the Underworld(1938), The Great Man's Lady(1942), Among the Living(1941), Crashing Hollywood(1938) ... ...
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Banker Bromfield
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Frank M. Thomas Robert Homans Earle Hodgins Dorothy Christy Kermit Maynard
rancher gene autry partner banker pilot sheriff spirited suspenseful uplifting ranch small town sheriff's office airplane hangar field ranching mysterious deaths agriculture investigation cattle mystery
Gene is a government inspector looking into what's killing cattle. The ranchers want to burn the area to clear of a poisonous weed, but Gene favors chemical spray from an airplane.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Police Chief Gordon H. Lane
Tim Holt Virginia Weidler Janet Shaw Frank M. Thomas Robert Emmett Keane Monte Montague
Using his trained dog, a rookie cop tries to prove his friend innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection.
Western
1942
63 Minutes
Judge Alvin Kirby
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Lynne Carver Frank M. Thomas Beryl Wallace Glenn Strange Douglas Fowley Fred Burns Roy Barcroft Henry Wills Forrest Taylor
Roy's resemblance to an outlaw allows him to infiltrate a criminal gang before his look-alike comes to town.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Ed Tasker
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Doris Day Frank M. Thomas Jack Ingram Hal Taliaferro Lew Kelly Fern Emmett
In the opening scene Roy as a boy philosophizes about marriage to his girl friend then sees his dad gunned down by bad guys who want to drive out the ranchers by cutting off their water.
Comedy, Western
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Dr. Charles Mason
Harry Carey Hoot Gibson Henry B. Walthall Margaret Callahan Frank M. Thomas Russell Hopton Tom Tyler Harry Jans Frank Jenks Maxine Jennings Joe Sawyer
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1937
63 Minutes
Jeff "Pop" Plummer
James Gleason ZaSu Pitts Marjorie Lord George Shelley Joan Woodbury Frank M. Thomas Tom Kennedy Alan Edwards Stephen Chase Eddie Marr Ada Leonard
While Oscar and Hildegarde are attending a Broadway show, a press agent is shot in an actress' dressing room and an actor is murdered onstage in full view of the audience. Oscar and Hildegarde are on the case.
Western
1942
58 Minutes
Clifford Sheldon
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Helen Parrish Onslow Stevens Joan Woodbury Frank M. Thomas Roy Barcroft Jack Kirk Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers Rex Lease
gunslinger sheriff rancher nanny baby neighbor thrilling melodramatic heartwarming wild west ranch family home river saloon town inheritance deception swindling land wars fraud
A desperate nanny turns to Roy Rogers for help when a conniving woman and a neighbor concoct a scheme to steal her infant charge's land.
Comedy
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Sam Ransome
Barbara Stanwyck Herbert Marshall Glenda Farrell Eric Blore Etienne Girardot Donald Meek Frank M. Thomas Pierre Watkin Sidney Bracey Harold Goodwin
Texan debutante Valentine Ransome tries to reform a bankrupt playboy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Captain Gargan
Chester Morris Dawn O'Day Edward Ciannelli Walter Abel Richard Bond Lee Patrick Paul Guilfoyle Frank M. Thomas Eddie Acuff Jack Arnold Jack Carson
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Western
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Mr. Frisbee
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Brian Donlevy Thurston Hall K.T. Stevens Lucien Littlefield Lloyd Corrigan Etta McDaniel Frank M. Thomas John Hamilton Fred S. Toones
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Sheriff
Albert Van Dekker Susan Hayward Frances Farmer Harry Carey Gordon Jones Jean Phillips Ernest Whitman Maude Eburne Frank M. Thomas Harlan Briggs Archie Twitchell
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Detective Decker
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
62 Minutes
Larson
Richard Dix Helen Whitney Bourne Edward Ciannelli Frances Mercer Paul Guilfoyle Richard Lane Jack Arnold Walter Miller Frank M. Thomas Solly Ward Tommy Bupp
Paul Dover lives in Paris and works as an artist. He is visited by Julia Fraser an art buyer and critic who irritates Dover with her opinionated attitude. When she finally finds a piece of ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Doctor
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Action
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Sally Eilers Allan Lane Fritz Leiber Larry J. Blake Charles Halton Theodore von Eltz Pierre Watkin Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt Spencer Charters Alec Craig
woman reporter brother colonel politician gang leader engaging suspenseful washington, d.c. café washington monument car death espionage teamwork investigation sabotage deception quest revenge
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.
Comedy
USA
1942
118 Minutes
Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Charles Dingle Emma Dunn Rex Ingram Leonid Kinskey Tom Tyler Don Beddoe
fugitive teacher professor foreman lawyer witty charming summerhouse courtroom false accusations love triangle law love quest escape pursuit 1940s
An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Western
1942
66 Minutes
Lloyd Nolan Donna Reed William Lundigan Ann Ayars Connie Gilchrist Chill Wills Miles Mander Gloria Holden Ray Teal Grant Withers Fuzzy Knight
manager brother outlaw widow artist love interest tense gripping apache lands stagecoach outpost plains office love triangle sibling rivalry native americans journey robbery frontier life adventure
Two brothers (Lloyd Nolan, William Lundigan) weather an Indian uprising over the theft of a peace pipe.