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...

5.8

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...

5.5

32 votes

5.5

32 votes

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

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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

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George White's Scandals

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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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

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