Cast: Frances Drake
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Frances Drake. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 20
Mad Love (The Hands of Orlac)
1935 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Karl Freund
Cast Peter Lorre · Frances Drake · Colin Clive · Ted Healy
Synopsis An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist's hands with the hands of a knife murderer which still have the urge to throw knives.
7.0
565 votes
7.0
565 votes
Les misérables
1935 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Fredric March · Charles Laughton · Cedric Hardwicke · Rochelle Hudson
Synopsis Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman...
7.0
240 votes
7.0
240 votes
I Take This Woman
1940 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Frank Borzage · Josef von Sternberg
Cast Spencer Tracy · Hedy Lamarr · Verree Teasdale · Kent Taylor
Synopsis Georgi has attempted suicide in reaction to an earlier love affair. Now that Dr. Decker has married her he sets out to get her to love him. To make enough to give her what she wants he becomes physician to...
6.8
131 votes
6.8
131 votes
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Claudette Colbert · James Stewart · Guy Kibbee · Nat Pendleton
Synopsis Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail -- Guy for a...
6.3
73 votes
6.3
73 votes
The Invisible Ray
1936 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Lambert Hillyer
Cast Boris Karloff · Bela Lugosi · Frances Drake · Frank Lawton
Synopsis A scientist becomes contaminated resulting in the death of anything he touches.
6.0
122 votes
6.0
122 votes
Bolero
1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Wesley Ruggles · Mitchell Leisen
Cast George Raft · Carole Lombard · Sally Rand · Ann Sheridan
5.8
65 votes
5.8
65 votes
Forsaking All Others
1934 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Robert Montgomery · Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Charles Butterworth
Synopsis Dyl leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dyl, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her.
5.7
28 votes
5.7
28 votes
Ladies Should Listen
1934 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tuttle
Cast Cary Grant · Frances Drake · Edward Everett Horton · Rosita Moreno
Synopsis The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of...
5.2
27 votes
5.2
27 votes
And Sudden Death
1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Randolph Scott · Frances Drake · Tom Brown · Billy Lee
Synopsis An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
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I'd Give My Life
1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Edwin L. Marin
Cast Guy Standing · Frances Drake · Tom Brown · Janet Beecher
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Midnight Taxi
1937 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Eugene Forde
Cast Brian Donlevy · Frances Drake · Alan Dinehart · Sig Ruman
Synopsis G-Man Chick Gardner, posing as a taxi driver, convinces the members of a counterfeiting gang that he is on their side and is taken into the organization by Philip Strickland, the boss, over the objections of gang lieutenant Flash Dillon....
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Transient Lady
1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Edward Buzzell
Cast Gene Raymond · Henry Hull · Frances Drake · June Clayworth
Synopsis A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
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Without Regret
1935 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Harold Young
Cast Elissa Landi · Paul Cavanagh · Frances Drake · Kent Taylor
Synopsis In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of...
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The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Jules Dassin
Cast Marsha Hunt · Richard Carlson · Marjorie Main · Virginia Weidler
Synopsis The town gossips are reporting that a household servant in exclusive Rocky Point is writing an expose of the colony. Mrs. Sophia Sommerfield is convinced it can't be either one of her maids, Martha Lindstrom or Mrs. McKessic, although, unknown...
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Love Under Fire
1937 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction George Marshall
Cast Loretta Young · Don Ameche · Borrah Minevitch · Frances Drake
Synopsis During the Spanish Civil War a detective from Scotland Yard falls in love with a woman he had believed to be a jewel thief.
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The Lone Wolf in Paris
1938 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Albert S. Rogell
Cast Francis Lederer · Frances Drake · Olaf Hytten · Walter Kingsford
Synopsis A princess in distress calls upon reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard to aid her against villainous opposition.
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The Trumpet Blows
1934 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Stephen Roberts
Cast George Raft · Adolphe Menjou · Frances Drake · Sidney Toler
Synopsis In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé....
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There's Always a Woman
1938 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Hall
Cast Joan Blondell · Melvyn Douglas · Mary Astor · Frances Drake
Synopsis An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his...
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The Preview Murder Mystery
1936 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Reginald Denny · Frances Drake · Gail Patrick · Rod La Rocque
Synopsis A public relations man for a movie studio uses an early form of television to help solve a murder.
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She Married an Artist
1937 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Marion Gering
Cast John Boles · Luli Deste · Frances Drake · Helen Westley
Synopsis American artist Lee Thornwood (John Boles) and his model, Sally Dennis (Frances Drake), appear to be made for each other, but he weds Parisian designer Toni Bonnet (Luli Deste) instead...and sings "Parlez-moi d'Amour/Speak to Me of Love" in both French...
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