Cast: Frances Rafferty

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


Dragon Seed

1944 · Movie · 147 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway · Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Walter Huston · Aline MacMahon · Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese invaders. The use of caucasian actors and actresses in oriental roles significantly detracts from the film's realism.

6.5

380 votes

6.5

380 votes

Mrs. Parkington

1944 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Greer Garson · Walter Pidgeon · Peter Lawford · Frances Rafferty

Synopsis In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York,...

6.3

67 votes

6.3

67 votes

Girl Crazy

1943 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog · Busby Berkeley

Cast Mickey Rooney · Judy Garland · Gil Stratton · Robert E. Strickland

Synopsis Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But...

5.6

28 votes

5.6

28 votes

5.6

52 votes

Thousands Cheer

1943 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Gene Kelly · Mary Astor · John Boles

Synopsis Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having...

5.0

31 votes

5.0

31 votes

The Shanghai Story

1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Ruth Roman · Edmond O'Brien · Richard Jaeckel · Barry Kelley

Synopsis Too many years in the Orient have made a bitter man of Dr. Dan Maynard (Edmond O'Brien), an American surgeon, and too little emotional stability has tarnished the Tangier-born Rita King (Ruth Roman). They meet when a night-raid by Shanghai's...

5.0

43 votes

5.0

43 votes

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Willis Goldbeck

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Van Johnson · Keye Luke · Alma Kruger

Synopsis When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Now the guy's ex-fiancee wants to marry a soldier, and she goes to Gillespie for advice about Roy. Meanwhile,...

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Bad Bascomb

1946 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction S. Sylvan Simon

Cast Wallace Beery · Margaret O'Brien · Marjorie Main · J. Carrol Naish

Synopsis It's just after the civil war when the elderly outlaw Bascomb and his gang try to rob a bank. They run into a trap as officers are waiting in ambush. Bascomb and the cold blooded killer Yancy escape and join...

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December Bride (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Thorpe · Frederick de Cordova · William Asher

Cast Spring Byington · Frances Rafferty · Dean Miller · Harry Morgan

Synopsis TV Series (1954-1959). Charming and wise Lily Ruskin lives with her daughter and son-in-law who, along with her close friend Hilda Crocker, are always trying to find suitable older marriageable companionship for her.

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Direction William Beaudine

Cast Kevin Corcoran · Reginald Owen · Alan Hale Jr. · Frances Rafferty

Synopsis A young newspaper boy who is on a Little League team works hard to persuade an elderly Englishman, with whom he had a previous run-in, to donate land for a baseball diamond.

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Seven Sweethearts

1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Marsha Hunt · Cecilia Parker · Peggy Moran

Synopsis Covering the tulip festival in Little Delft, Michigan, reporter Henry Taggart takes a room at an inn ran by an eccentric old Dutchman, Mr. Van Maaster and his seven daughters. The eldest, Regina, is spoiled and stage-struck while Billie, Victor,...

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Lost Honeymoon

1947 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Leigh Jason

Cast Franchot Tone · Ann Richards · Tom Conway · Frances Rafferty

Synopsis When an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend decides to take the children to find the woman's husband, an American serviceman who had returned to the USA. But the father, now a successful architect, claims not to...

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Barbary Coast Gent

1944 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Wallace Beery · Binnie Barnes · John Carradine · Bruce Kellogg

Synopsis Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Edward Arnold · Fay Bainter · Richard Ney · Jean Rogers

Synopsis In this WW II propaganda piece a wealthy American society matron refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom

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Money Madness

1948 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Sam Newfield

Cast Hugh Beaumont · Frances Rafferty · Harlan Warde · Cecil Weston

Synopsis A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town, where he gets a job as a cab driver. He meets a young girl who is caring for her ill but wealthy aunt. He...

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Rodeo

1952 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine

Cast Jane Nigh · John Archer · Wallace Ford · Gary Gray

Synopsis When the rodeo association owes her father a feed bill of $1,800, Nancy Cartwright goes to collect. To her shock, she discovers that not only has the association no funds, rodeo rider Slim Martin and others want Nancy to run...

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An Old-Fashioned Girl

1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Dreifuss

Cast Gloria Jean · Jimmy Lydon · John Hubbard · Frances Rafferty

Synopsis A young woman leaves home to earn money for the family, which is not the norm for her sex and social standing.

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Lady at Midnight

1948 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Sam Newfield

Cast Richard Denning · Frances Rafferty · Lora Lee Michel · Ralph Dunn

Synopsis A young couple struggles to raise their adopted daughter, but a mysterious murder reveals the child's unknown fortune and a greedy lawyer who is out to steal it.

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Curley

1947 · Movie · 53 min. · United States

Direction Bernard Carr

Cast Larry Olsen · Frances Rafferty · Eilene Janssen · Dale Belding

Synopsis A mischievous kid and his friends torment their school teachers.

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