Direction: Frank Tuttle

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Frank Tuttle. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


This Gun for Hire

1942 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Alan Ladd · Veronica Lake · Robert Preston · Laird Cregar

Synopsis Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in "hot" money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. Crane (who's after Raven) is enlisted by...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Gunman in the Streets

1950 · Movie · 86 min. · France

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Dane Clark · Simone Signoret · Fernand Gravey · Robert Duke

Synopsis This gripping 'lost' gangster movie (finally being released on DVD, having never been theatrically released in the U.S.) was filmed in Paris by acclaimed noir director Frank Tuttle (THIS GUN FOR HIRE, THE GLASS KEY). It stars Dane Clark as...

6.6

45 votes

6.6

45 votes

The Glass Key

1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast George Raft · Claire Dodd · Rosalind Keith · Charles Richman

Synopsis Ed Beaumont is the personal friend, advisor and bodyguard to Paul Madvig, the political boss of a large city. When a mysterious murder is committed---the son of a Madvig political opponent---Madvig's enemies try to pin the crime on him because...

6.3

58 votes

6.3

58 votes

Suspense

1946 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Belita · Barry Sullivan · Bonita Granville · Albert Dekker

Synopsis Frank Leonard (Albert Dekker), the proprietor of an ice-skating revue, promotes a strong-arming peanut-vendor named Joe Morgan (Barry Sullivan) at the show to a management position based on suggestions he makes to improve the act of the show's star, Roberta...

6.2

64 votes

6.2

64 votes

This Is the Night

1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Lili Damita · Charles Ruggles · Roland Young · Cary Grant

Synopsis Stephen (Cary Grant) plays the Olympic-athlete husband of Claire (Thelma Todd), who in turn is the object of desire for Parisian millionaire Gerald Grey (Roland Young). To keep Stephen from catching on, Young hires Germaine (Lili Damita) to pose as...

6.1

36 votes

6.1

36 votes

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Alan Ladd · Edward G. Robinson · Joanne Dru · William Demarest

Synopsis After 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.

6.0

129 votes

6.0

129 votes

Roman Scandals

1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Eddie Cantor · Ruth Etting · Gloria Stuart · Edward Arnold

Synopsis A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and...

5.8

48 votes

5.8

48 votes

A Cry in the Night

1956 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Brian Donlevy · Natalie Wood · Raymond Burr

Synopsis Owen Marks, parked at Lovers' Loop with girlfriend Liz Taggart, surprises a peeping Tom, who knocks him out and kidnaps Liz. The police leap into action when they learn the victim is a cop's daughter. Kidnapper Harold Loftus, the unhinged...

5.5

128 votes

5.5

128 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

5.2

28 votes

Here Is My Heart

1934 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Bing Crosby · Kitty Carlisle · Roland Young · Alison Skipworth

Synopsis A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.

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Two for Tonight

1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Bing Crosby · Joan Bennett · Lynne Overman · Mary Boland

Synopsis After a stunt where a plane hits the tree the singing son was sitting in, a hard-luck family of aspiring song writers gets to stay in a producer's house, trying to write a play for his haughty movie star mistress....

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Springtime for Henry

1934 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Otto Kruger · Nancy Carroll · Nigel Bruce · Heather Angel

Synopsis A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. The rake is tempted, but then decides he prefers the married woman.

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All the King's Horses

1935 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Carl Brisson · Mary Ellis · Edward Everett Horton · Katherine DeMille

Synopsis King Rudolf XIV of Langenstein, is too busy to make love to his wife, Queen Elaine of Langenstein, and good Queen Elaine is upset royally about it. She departs the palace and tells him she will not return until he...

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College Holiday

1936 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Jack Benny · George Burns · Gracie Allen · Mary Boland

Synopsis Expecting to put on a musical show, singing and dancing college students are brought to a struggling hotel to be guinea pigs in an ancient Greek-themed eugenics experiment.

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The Lucky Devil

1925 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Richard Dix · Esther Ralston · Edna May Oliver · Thomas Findley

Synopsis Randy Farman, who demonstrates camping outfits in a department store, wins a racing car in a raffle and sets out for the West. He runs out of gas, loses all his money, and falls in love with a girl called...

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Edgar Bergen · Charlie McCarthy · Mortimer Snerd · Robert Cummings

Synopsis Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are...

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Pleasure Cruise

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Genevieve Tobin · Roland Young · Ralph Forbes · Una O'Connor

Synopsis A stay-at-home husband and his businesswoman wife plan separate vacations, but he doesn't go fishing. He masquerades as a barber on her pleasure cruise.

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The Benson Murder Case

1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast William Powell · William Boyd · Eugene Pallette · Paul Lukas

Synopsis A murder takes place virtually in front of Philo Vance's eyes which, for all intents and purposes, should mean that even Sergeant Heath could solve it and Philo can go back home. Not quite, and neither can Philo Vance for...

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A Kiss in the Dark

1925 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tuttle

Cast Adolphe Menjou · Aileen Pringue · Lillian Rich · Kenneth MacKenna

Synopsis Walter Grenham, who has a weakness for women, persuades an old friend, Janet Livingstone, to marry him, promising to remain faithful to her. They then prepare to embark for New York in the company of a young married couple, Betty...

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