Cast: Franchot Tone

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


Advise & Consent

1962 · Movie · 139 min. · United States

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Walter Pidgeon · Don Murray · Charles Laughton · Henry Fonda

Plot Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate...

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Charles Laughton · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Herbert Mundin

Plot MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the classic tale of one of the most infamous adventures on the high seas. The story is based on the fictional accounts written by Charles...

7.5

4K votes

7.5

4K votes

The Twilight Zone: The Silence (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Franchot Tone · Liam Sullivan · Cyril Delevanti · Everett Glass

Plot Annoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.

7.2

121 votes

7.2

121 votes

Three Comrades

1938 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Robert Taylor · Margaret Sullavan · Franchot Tone · Robert Young

Plot A love story centered around the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the...

7.2

489 votes

7.2

489 votes

Five Graves to Cairo

1943 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Franchot Tone · Erich von Stroheim · Anne Baxter · Akim Tamiroff

Plot June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border--Corporal John Bramble, who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel...soon to be...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Gary Cooper · Franchot Tone · Richard Cromwell · Guy Standing

Plot Sweeping adventure set in India of a gallant trio ordered into border warfare with Afghans and guerillas.

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Phantom Lady

1944 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Franchot Tone · Ella Raines · Alan Curtis · Aurora Miranda

Plot This noir thriller follows an innocent man blamed for the murder of his wife and unable to find the woman with whom he passed the evening in question. When he's...

7.0

945 votes

7.0

945 votes

Midnight Mary

1933 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Loretta Young · Ricardo Cortez · Franchot Tone · Andy Devine

Plot A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting...

6.9

128 votes

6.9

128 votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

The Stranger's Return

1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

6.7

44 votes

6.7

44 votes

Sadie McKee

1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Joan Crawford · Gene Raymond · Franchot Tone · Edward Arnold

Plot The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Lawyer Michael Alderson likes Sadie but...

6.7

82 votes

6.7

82 votes

In Harm's Way

1965 · Movie · 167 min. · United States

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast John Wayne · Kirk Douglas · Patricia Neal · Tom Tryon

Plot This all-star epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor details the devastating sneak attack on the naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories. A navy man goes...

6.6

805 votes

6.6

805 votes

Dangerous

1935 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Bette Davis · Franchot Tone · Margaret Lindsay · Alison Skipworth

Plot Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his...

6.6

245 votes

6.6

245 votes

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Youngson

Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant

Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

6.5

105 votes

Gabriel Over the White House

1933 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Walter Huston · Karen Morley · Franchot Tone · Arthur Byron

Plot Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. But after...

6.4

114 votes

6.4

114 votes

Today We Live

1933 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks · Richard Rosson

Cast Joan Crawford · Gary Cooper · Robert Young · Franchot Tone

Plot The two lovers are living together and are not married as they hesitantly explain to her brother. They had made a promise as children to get married when they grew...

6.4

296 votes

6.4

296 votes

Bombshell

1933 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Jean Harlow · Lee Tracy · Frank Morgan · Franchot Tone

Plot Lola Burns is at the top of the pile in Hollywood. But life ain't easy, what with her father and brother always hanging around for handouts, and devious studio publicity...

6.4

43 votes

6.4

43 votes

Quality Street

1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Franchot Tone · Eric Blore · Fay Bainter

Plot England, year 1805. Phoebe and Susan Throssel are sisters living in Quality Street. Phoebe is courted by Dr. Valentine Brown and her sister and noisy neighbors expect a proposal shortly....

6.4

370 votes

6.4

370 votes

Dancing Lady

1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Fred Astaire

Plot Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a...

6.4

179 votes

6.4

179 votes