Cast: Frances Gifford

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Frances Gifford. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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

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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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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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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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