Direction: Frederick de Cordova
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Frederick de Cordova. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Philip Friend · Robert Douglas · Elsa Lanchester
Plot Robin Hood-like pirate Baptiste takes only the ships of rich but wicked trader Narbonne. Fun loving Debbie, a passenger from his latest prize, stows away on the pirate ship and...
5.6
108 votes
5.6
108 votes
The Desert Hawk
1950 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Richard Greene · Jackie Gleason · George Macready
Plot "2000 years ago" desert guerilla Omar, with henchmen Aladdin and Sinbad, opposes tyrannical Prince Murad. To prevent Murad from marrying caliph's daughter Schaharazade, disguised Omar marries her himself. When the...
5.3
109 votes
5.3
109 votes
Column South
1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Audie Murphy · Joan Evans · Robert Sterling · Ray Collins
Plot As Lt. Jed Sayre struggles to prevent pre-Civil War tensions and a racist commanding officer from triggering war between the U.S. Cavalry and Navajo Indians, he finds his efforts are...
5.2
67 votes
5.2
67 votes
The Gal Who Took the West
1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Charles Coburn · Scott Brady · John Russell
Plot In order to gain passage to the West, Linda Marlow (Yvonne De Carlo) poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two brothers.
5.2
81 votes
5.2
81 votes
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Ronald Reagan · Diana Lynn · Walter Slezak · Jesse White
4.7
24 votes
4.7
24 votes
Frankie and Johnny
1966 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Elvis Presley · Donna Douglas · Sue Ane Langdon · Harry Morgan
Plot Johnny (Elvis Presley) is a riverboat singer who is also one of the worst gamblers in the world, which gets him into major debt and grief to his partner Frankie...
4.7
255 votes
4.7
255 votes
Yankee Buccaneer
1952 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Jeff Chandler · Scott Brady · Suzan Ball · Joseph Calleia
Plot A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the...
4.6
50 votes
4.6
50 votes
I'll Take Sweden
1965 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Bob Hope · Tuesday Weld · Frankie Avalon · Dina Merrill
Plot Single father Bob Holcomb, dissatisfied with his daughter JoJo's choice of partner, seizes an unexpected opportunity to bring her on a trip to Sweden in order for her to forget...
4.6
27 votes
4.6
27 votes
Love and Learn
1947 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Jack Carson · Robert Hutton · Martha Vickers · Janis Paige
Plot A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
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Here Come the Nelsons
1952 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Ozzie Nelson · Harriet Hilliard · David Nelson · Ricky Nelson
Plot Ozzie works as an ad writer who must devise a brilliant campaign for a foundation garment company. Trouble is, his mind is on a misunderstanding leading him to think Harriet...
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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
Plot 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...
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That Way with Women
1947 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Dane Clark · Martha Vickers · Sydney Greenstreet · Alan Hale
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Wallflower
1948 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Robert Hutton · Janis Paige · Joyce Reynolds · Edward Arnold
Plot Two stepsisters (Reynolds and Paige) vie for the same love.
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Finders Keepers
1952 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Tom Ewell · Julie Adams · Evelyn Varden · Dusty Henley
Plot Ewell and Varden enliven proceedings about a little boy who comes home with a cartful of money.
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The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova · Ralph Levy · Norman Abbott · Seymour Berns
Cast Jack Benny · Mary Livingstone · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Phil Harris
Plot The Jack Benny Program evolved from a variety show blending sketch comedy and musical interludes into the situation comedy form we know even now, crafting particular situations and scenarios from...
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To Rome with Love (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Joan O'Brien · Earl Bellamy · Charles Barton · Frederick de Cordova
Cast John Forsythe · Joyce Menges · Susan Neher · Melanie Fullerton
Plot After his wife dies, Michael Endicott leaves Iowa with his three daughters to accept a teaching position at the American Overseas School in Rome, Italy. His sister, Harriet Endicott also...
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Illegal Entry
1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Howard Duff · Märta Torén · George Brent · Gar Moore
Plot A former pilot goes undercover to help break up a smuggling ring.
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Always Together
1947 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Robert Hutton · Joyce Reynolds · Cecil Kellaway · Ernest Truex
Plot Millionaire Turner, on his deathbed, leaves a million to Jane Barker. A movie addict who believes life is like the movies, marries Donn without telling him about the bequest. Turner...
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Too Young to Know
1945 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Joan Leslie · Robert Hutton · Dolores Moran · Harry Davenport
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Frederick de Cordova
Cast Sonja Henie · Olga San Juan · Dorothy Hart · Michael Kirby
Plot This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating...
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