Direction: Thornton Freeland
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Thornton Freeland. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Dolores del Rio · Gene Raymond · Raul Roulien · Ginger Rogers
Plot Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to...
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310 votes
5.8
310 votes
Over the Moon
1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland · William K. Howard
Cast Merle Oberon · Rex Harrison · Ursula Jeans · Robert Douglas
Plot Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost...
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5.5
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Marry the Bo$$'$ Daughter
1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Brenda Joyce · Bruce Edwards · George Barbier · Hardie Albright
Plot Jefferson Cole comes to New York seeking a job, but is unable to find one. He does find a lost dog that belongs to Fredericka "Freddie" Barrett, daughter of tycoon...
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Be Yourself!
1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Fannie Brice · Robert Armstrong · Harry Green · Pat Collins
Plot In the nightclub where entertainer Fannie Field sings, two rivals for her favors, Jerry Moore and Mac McCloskey, come to blows before either realizes the other is a boxer. Jerry...
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Meet Me at Dawn
1947 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland · Peter Creswell
Cast William Eythe · Stanley Holloway · Hazel Court · George Tjorpe
Plot A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get...
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Brass Monkey
1948 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Carroll Levis · Carole Landis · Herbert Lom · Avril Angers
Plot Radio personality Carroll Levis becomes involved in a case of theft and murder.
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Dear Mr. Prohack
1949 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Cecil Parker · Glynis Johns · Hermione Baddeley · Dirk Bogarde
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Accused
1936 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Dolores del Rio · Florence Desmond · Basil Sydney
Plot Two dance partners become embroiled in a murder mystery when one of the dancers is accused of murder.
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The Amateur Gentleman
1936 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Elissa Landi · Gordon Harker · Basil Sydney
Plot A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The...
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The Gang's All Here
1939 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Jack Buchanan · Googie Withers · Edward Everett Horton · Syd Walker
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George White's Scandals
1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland · Harry Lachman · George White
Cast Rudy Vallee · Jimmy Durante · Alice Faye · Adrienne Ames
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The Secret Witness
1931 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Una Merkel · William Collier Jr. · ZaSu Pitts · Purnell Pratt
Plot A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out...
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Too Many Blondes
1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Rudy Vallee · Helen Parrish · Lon Chaney Jr. · Jerome Cowan
Plot A man whose girlfriend turned him down and married another man tries to break up their marriage.
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They Call It Sin
1932 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Loretta Young · George Brent · Una Merkel · David Manners
Plot With time on his hands during a business trip, Jimmy Decker (who's engaged to his boss's daughter) romances small-town church organist Marion Cullen, who follows him to New York only...
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Whoopee!
1930 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Eddie Cantor · Ethel Shutta · Paul Gregory · Eleanor Hunt
Plot Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's...
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Three Live Ghosts
1929 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Beryl Mercer · Hilda Vaughn · Harry Stubbs · Joan Bennett
Plot Three veterans of World War I return home to London after the armistice, only to find they have been mistakenly listed as dead.
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Jericho
1937 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Paul Robeson · Henry Wilcoxon · Wallace Ford · Kouka
Plot During the Great War, a Negro corporal, Jericho Jackson, disobeys an order and saves crewmen trapped below deck after an attack. A sergeant dies in the incident; Jackson is court-martialed...
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So This Is London
1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Robertson Hare · Alfred Drayton · George Sanders · Berton Churchill
Plot American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.
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Love Affair
1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Dorothy Mackaill · Humphrey Bogart · Hale Hamilton · Halliwell Hobbes
Plot Heiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses. Things get complicated when she learns her father died penniless...
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Weekend Marriage
1932 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Thornton Freeland
Cast Loretta Young · Norman Foster · Aline MacMahon · George Brent
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