Direction: Melvin Frank

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


6.5

501 votes

6.4

607 votes

A Touch of Class

1973 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast George Segal · Glenda Jackson · Paul Sorvino · Hildegarde Neil

Synopsis Bittersweet, Oscar-winning romantic comedy concerns the complicated affair between a married American businessman and an English divorcee. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Song ("All That Love Went to Waste"). Academy Awards: Best Actress--Glenda...

6.3

544 votes

6.3

544 votes

Knock on Wood

1954 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank · Norman Panama

Cast Danny Kaye · Mai Zetterling · Torin Thatcher · David Burns

Synopsis Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancée Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his...

6.2

94 votes

6.2

94 votes

Above and Beyond

1952 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank · Norman Panama

Cast Robert Taylor · Eleanor Parker · James Whitmore · Larry Keating

Synopsis "Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the Air Force to test the new long-range planes and to...

6.1

130 votes

6.1

130 votes

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1968 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast Gina Lollobrigida · Shelley Winters · Phil Silvers · Peter Lawford

Synopsis Twenty years after their initial war-time visit three U.S. servicemen hold a reunion at an Italian village. They all have fond memories, especially of local girl Carla. But she has been telling each of them that they are the father...

5.9

185 votes

5.9

185 votes

5.7

350 votes

The Facts of Life

1960 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast Bob Hope · Lucille Ball · Ruth Hussey · Peter Leeds

Synopsis Larry and Kitty are two middle-class suburbanites who find themselves growing bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other grating in manner, they find themselves falling in love when thrown together without their spouses on...

5.7

71 votes

5.7

71 votes

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast George Segal · Goldie Hawn · Conrad Janis · Thayer David

Synopsis A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

5.6

41 votes

5.6

41 votes

The Jayhawkers!

1959 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast Jeff Chandler · Fess Parker · Nicole Maurey · Henry Silva

Synopsis In the maelstrom of Pre-Civil War Kansas, a government agent infiltrates the vigilante group called the Jayhawks.

5.6

89 votes

5.6

89 votes

That Certain Feeling

1956 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank · Norman Panama

Cast Bob Hope · Eva Marie Saint · George Sanders · Pearl Bailey

Synopsis When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and...

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The Reformer and the Redhead

1950 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Norman Panama · Melvin Frank

Cast Dick Powell · June Allyson · David Wayne · Cecil Kellaway

Synopsis Hot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering local political corruption and dealing with a lion that's...

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Lost and Found

1979 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast George Segal · Glenda Jackson · Maureen Stapleton · Hollis McLaren

Synopsis A college professor (George Segal) and an English divorcee (Glenda Jackson) meet and marry while on a vacation in France. When the bride returns home she finds life less than rosey as the jungle of academia unfolds and the mirth...

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Li'l Abner

1959 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast Peter Palmér · Leslie Parrish · Stubby Kaye · Howard St. John

Synopsis A comedy musical based on an earlier stage musical, which was in turn based on the comic strip characters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate, they try to...

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Walk Like a Man

1987 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Melvin Frank

Cast Christopher Lloyd · Howie Mandel · Cloris Leachman · Amy Steel

Synopsis As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach...

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Callaway Went Thataway

1951 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Norman Panama · Melvin Frank

Cast Fred MacMurray · Dorothy McGuire · Howard Keel · Jesse White

Synopsis Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in...

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