Cast: Frances Gifford
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Frances Gifford. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 19
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Roy Rowland
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Margaret O'Brien · James Craig · Agnes Moorehead
Synopsis An earnest rural melodrama set among Norwegian immigrants in Wisconsin, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes is a slightly updated version of George Victor Martin's 1940 novel. Edward G. Robinson stars as Martinius Jacobson, a farmer devoted to his wife Bruna...
6.9
100 votes
6.9
100 votes
The Glass Key
1942 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Heisler
Cast Brian Donlevy · Veronica Lake · Alan Ladd · Bonita Granville
Synopsis Dashiel Hammett's The Glass Key, a tale of big-city political corruption, was first filmed in 1935, with Edward Arnold as a duplicitous political boss and George Raft as his loyal lieutenant. This 1942 remake improves on the original, especially in...
6.4
618 votes
6.4
618 votes
Riding High
1950 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast Bing Crosby · Coleen Gray · Charles Bickford · Frances Gifford
Synopsis RIDING HIGH is Frank Capra's remake of his own 1934 film Broadway Bill (AKA Strictly Confidential), in which romance and comedy play out against the backdrop of thoroughbred horse racing. Real-life racing enthusiast Bing Crosby takes over Warner Baxter's starring...
6.1
73 votes
6.1
73 votes
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker · Hamilton Luske · Jack Cutting · Ub Iwerks
Cast Robert Benchley · Frances Gifford · Buddy Pepper · Nana Bryant
Synopsis Humorist Robert Benchley visits the Disney Studios to sell Walt on the idea of animating the story of The Reluctant Dragon. While evading an officious young studio guide, Benchley stumbles into various studio activities and departments, including an art class,...
5.9
525 votes
5.9
525 votes
Tarzan Triumphs
1943 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Wilhelm Thiele
Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Johnny Sheffield · Frances Gifford · Stanley Ridges
Synopsis Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture...
5.4
302 votes
5.4
302 votes
Hold That Woman!
1940 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Sam Newfield
Cast James Dunn · Frances Gifford · George Douglas · Rita La Roy
Synopsis A skip tracer repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang has stashed stolen diamonds inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.
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Luxury Liner
1948 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Richard Whorf
Cast George Brent · Jane Powell · Lauritz Melchior · Frances Gifford
Synopsis What do you do when you are an effervescent teen called Polly and you have a dad who is the skipper of a luxury liner? You ask him to take you on a cruise to Rio of course. What if...
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Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Van Johnson · Esther Williams · Henry Travers · Frances Gifford
Synopsis Cynthia is swept off her feet and marries a rich and very successful business executive, but business affairs make him abandon her during their honeymoon. Cynthia is sad and while he's away, meets the charming war hero, Maj. Milvaine, who...
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She Went to the Races
1945 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Willis Goldbeck
Cast James Craig · Frances Gifford · Ava Gardner · Edmund Gwenn
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Jungle Girl
1941 · Movie · 267 min. · United States
Direction John English · William Witney
Cast Frances Gifford · Tom Neal · Trevor Bardette · Gerald Mohr
Synopsis Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle, where his ability to cure the native ills has resulted in his...
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Richard Carlson · Martha O'Driscoll · Cecil Kellaway · Frances Gifford
Synopsis On a snowy night, Alfred, a taxi driver and jack-of-all-trades, gets stuck in a snowdrift with his pregnant passenger, Joyce Carey Whitman. They take refuge nearby in R.I.C. "Rick" Kay's house, and when Joyce goes into labor, Alfred helps deliver...
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Lana Turner · James Craig · John Hodiak · Frances Gifford
Synopsis Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After...
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The Arnelo Affair
1947 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Arch Oboler
Cast John Hodiak · George Murphy · Frances Gifford · Dean Stockwell
Synopsis Anne Parkson feels neglected by her lawyer-husband Ted, so she falls in love with night-club owner Tony Arnello, a shady character who is a client of her husband's. This being a MGM picture and MGM known to strive for General...
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American Empire
1942 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction William McGann
Cast Richard Dix · Leo Carrillo · Preston Foster · Frances Gifford
Synopsis This "Big Country" adventure follows three Civil War vets who head to Texas and build a cattle empire. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his...
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Little Mister Jim
1947 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins · James Craig · Frances Gifford · Luana Patten
Synopsis A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.
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Sky Commando
1953 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast Dan Duryea · Frances Gifford · Mike Connors · Michael Fox
Synopsis Colonel Ed Wyatt (Dan Duryea) is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee (Mike Connors as Touch Connors), and Jo McWethy (Frances Gifford), a war correspondent assigned to the squadron become...
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction William McGann
Cast Richard Dix · Kent Taylor · Edgar Buchanan · Frances Gifford
Synopsis Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral.
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West Point Widow
1941 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Anne Shirley · Richard Carlson · Richard Denning · Frances Gifford
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Cry ‘Havoc’
1943 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Margaret Sullavan · Ann Sothern · Joan Blondell · Fay Bainter
Synopsis II World War, Philippines. A group of U.S Army nurses need reinforcements. Head nurse Lt. Mary “Smitty” is assigned a group of civilian women which lack of experience and she must train them. The circumstances will become more and more...
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