List of the best Frank Sully movies: Inside the Law(1942), The More the Merrier(1943), The Doctor Takes a Wife(1940), Rhythm Romance(1939), There's Something About a Soldier(1943), Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch(1949), Power of the Press(1943), Young People(1940), Night Stage to Galveston(1952), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944), No Room for the Groom(1952), The Grapes of Wrath(1940) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1942
65 Minutes
thief bank manager police chief drunk criminal con man crafty amusing los angeles church bank border bank robbery schemes stolen identity double-cross going straight discovery quest transformation
A gang of small-time confidence-type crooks, led by the elderly Pop (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), have just completed a small scam when a wallet found on a drunk gives them a ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
104 Minutes
Drunk
Jean Arthur Joel McCrea Charles Coburn Richard Gaines Herman Brix Frank Sully Clyde Fillmore Stanley Clements Don Douglas
retiree soldier woman politician witty endearing lighthearted cheery patriotic washington, d.c. apartment roommates romance world war ii matchmaking pursuit love rivalry 1940s
During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.
Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Louie Slapcovitch
Loretta Young Ray Milland Gail Patrick Reginald Gardiner Edmund Gwenn Frank Sully Gordon Jones George Metaxa Charles Halton Joseph Eggenton Chester Clute
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Sailor Burke
Bob Hope Shirley Ross Una Merkel Rufe Davis Bernard Nedell Frank Sully Bernadene Hayes Richard Denning Clarence Wilson Dudley Dickerson Harry Barris
promoter drummer business owner singer writer lighthearted engaging cheeky atlantic city, n.j. boardwalk dance hall nightclub show business partnership gambling song and dance romantic dilemma fall rise rivalry
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
Drama
1943
81 Minutes
Alex Grybinski
Tom Neal Evelyn Keyes Herman Brix John Hubbard Jeff Donnell Frank Sully Lewis Wilson Robert Stanford Jonathan Hale Hugh Beaumont Kane Richmond
cadet secretary soldier tutor sister friend crafty heartwarming brash classroom military academy office wilmington, n.c. love triangle fighting cheating heroism military school military service rivalry
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1949
74 Minutes
Looie
Leon Errol Joe Kirkwood Jr. Elyse Knox Marcel Journet Sheila Ryan Harry Lewis Frank Sully Ian Wolfe Sam Hayes Walter Sande
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.
Drama
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Mack Gibson
Guy Kibbee Gloria Dickson Lee Tracy Otto Kruger Victor Jory Larry Parks Rex Williams Frank Sully Don Beddoe Douglas Leavitt Minor Watson
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Musical
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Jeb
Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood Arleen Whelan George Montgomery Kathleen Howard Minor Watson Frank Swann Frank Sully Sarah Edwards Mae Marsh
child mother father townsperson performer teacher lighthearted spirited charming small town new england vaudeville show business hurricane prejudice acceptance transformation adventure discovery 1940s
Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1952
62 Minutes
Policeman Kelly
Virginia Huston Robert Randall Thurston Hall Judy Nugent Harry Cording Robert Bice Frank Sully
texas ranger corrupt cop police chief sidekick journalist singing cowboy melodramatic rousing suspenseful texas prairie jail office police corruption power struggle crime investigation law and order journalism rivalry
Texas law officers are so corrupt that Gene decides to put on his old Texas Ranger uniform and set things right.
Musical, Romance
1944
124 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria DeHaven Jimmy Durante Tom Drake Henry Stephenson Henry O'Neill Ben Blue Frank Sully Donald Meek Lena Horne
singer sister wealthy man sailor vaudevillian amusing spectacular charming emotional nightclub apartment backstage canteen new york city warehouse world war ii home front sibling rivalry sister relationship love triangle
A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.
Comedy
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Cousin Luke
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Spring Byington Don DeFore Jack Kelly Lillian Bronson Paul McVey Stephen Chase Lee Acker Frank Sully James Parnell
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
129 Minutes
Henry Fonda Jane Darwell John Carradine Charley Grapewin Dorris Bowdon Russell Simpson O.Z. Whitehead John Qualen Eddie Quillan Zeffie Tilbury Frank Sully
ex-convict sharecropper priest uncle grandfather grandmother bleak disheartening emotional oklahoma california family historical events american dream farming poverty labor strike pursuit escape quest
A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Allyn Joslyn Evelyn Keyes Edmund Lowe John Hubbard Anita Louise Frank Craven Michael Duane Ann Savage William Demarest Hobart Cavanaugh Frank Sully
detective friend writer photographer socialite wife witty cool frenetic photography studio dressing room house murder inheritance deception greed investigation mystery temptation pursuit
A crime fiction writer and his wife investigate murders that are occurring at a fashion photography studio.
Drama
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Carole Landis Chester Morris Ruth Warrick Barton MacLane Tom Tully Wallace Ford Howard Freeman Erik Rolf Matt McHugh Frank Sully
undercover agent brother spy ex-girlfriend nazi foreman melodramatic suspenseful los angeles shipyard house world war ii sabotage brother relationship suspicion jealousy romance adventure transformation love
A U.S. effort to root out Nazi saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
95 Minutes
June Allyson Jack Lemmon Charles Bickford Paul Gilbert Jim Backus Stubby Kaye Howard McNear Elvia Allman Jack Albertson Queenie Smith Frank Sully
heiress father reporter fortune hunter thief editor brash emotional amusing texas san diego yacht bus motel newsroom father/daughter relationship running away elopement kidnapping journalism
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1954
71 Minutes
George Montgomery Richard Denning Martha Hyer John Crawford Emory Parnell Michael Granger Freeman Morse Bill Bryant Charles Evans Lee Roberts Frank Sully
In Oregon, the Army is ordered to negotiate peace with the Indians but unscrupulous businessmen, who profiteered during the conflict, secretly sabotage the peace process.
Western
USA
1954
80 Minutes
John Payne Dan Duryea Lizabeth Scott Dolores Moran Emile Meyer Harry Carey Jr. Morris Ankrum John Hudson Robert Warwick Stuart Whitman Alan Hale Jr.
In Silver Lode, Dan Ballard is arrested by 4 Marshals for murder and theft but he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit even as the townsfolk start abandoning him.
Western
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Randolph Scott Joan Leslie Ellen Drew Alexander Knox Richard Rober John Russell Alfonso Bedoya Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Clem Bevans Cameron Mitchell Richard Crane
man rancher ex-girlfriend lover gunman jealous man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak gory ranch school wild west jealousy hiding danger fear fighting
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
George Murphy Lucille Ball Edmond O'Brien Henry Travers Franklin Pangborn George Cleveland Kathleen Howard Marguerite Chapman Lloyd Corrigan Mady Correll Frank McGlynn
executive secretary sailor mafioso wrestler social climber amusing cheery playful office chapel opera house dance hall big city love triangle misunderstanding culture clash workplace romance career vs. love rivalry
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Sterling Hayden Philip Reed Lee Patrick Phyllis Stanley Lee Aaker Harvey Grant Dusty Henley Larry Gates Forrest Lewis Dorothy Neumann
A pretty saloon entertainer escapes the marshal's custody and hides in a small town where she unexpectedly becomes surrogate mother to three motherless boys who wish to see their father re-married.
Adventure
USA
1956
84 Minutes
Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler Rory Calhoun Barbara Britton Raymond Walburn Ray Danton John McIntire Wallace Ford Carl Benton Reid Ruth Donnelly Willis Bouchey
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Janet Leigh Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Paul Lynde Mary LaRoche Michael Evans Robert Paige Gregory Morton
singer songwriter secretary fan father mother campy amusing madcap sweet apple, ohio office small town stage celebrities adolescence pop music family fame jealousy underdog
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Drama
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Conrad Veidt Kaaren Verne Jane Darwell Frank McHugh Peter Lorre Judith Anderson William Demarest Jackie Gleason Phil Silvers Wallace Ford
spy gambler nazi singer partner thrilling charming new york city murder espionage nazism gambling mystery adventure 1940s
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Robert Benchley Helen Vinson Mickey Rooney Monty Woolley E.E. Clive Charles Judels Maude Eburne Harlan Briggs Al Shean
painter socialite sailor art dealer husband wife amusing madcap outlandish small town new york city central park art gallery poverty art world rags to riches romance alcohol marriage love
Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the ... See full summary »