Franchot Tone — Actor (20)
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Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Every Girl Should Be Married
director: Don Hartman actor: Cary Grant / Betsy Drake …
other title: Ogni ragazza vuol marito / Jedes Mädchen müßte heiraten …
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage
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Dark Waters (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Dark Waters
director: André de Toth actor: Merle Oberon / Franchot Tone …
other title: Acque scure / Eaux dormantes …
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
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Without Honor (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Without Honor
director: Irving Pichel actor: Laraine Day / Dane Clark …
other title: Crépuscule
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and Dennis is stabbed in the chest and collapses. Jane hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother-in-law arrives and tells her that he knows about the affair and that he has invited her husband, her lover, and his wife to her house that evening so that he can tell them about the affair.
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She Knew All the Answers (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
She Knew All the Answers
director: Richard Wallace actor: Joan Bennett / Franchot Tone …
A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't approve of his sweetheart. She decides to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side, but complications ensue.
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Dangerous (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dangerous
director: Alfred E. Green actor: Bette Davis / Franchot Tone …
other title: Paura d'amare / Perigosa …
Don Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
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The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Hour Before the Dawn
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Veronica Lake / Franchot Tone …
other title: Un'ora prima dell'alba / Une heure avant l'aube …
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
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Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Star Spangled Rhythm
director: George Marshall actor: Bing Crosby / Bob Hope …
other title: Signorine, non guardate i marinai / Fantasía de estrellas
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
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Dancing Lady (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dancing Lady
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Joan Crawford / Clark Gable …
other title: La danza di Venere / Ich tanze nur für Dich …
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Five Graves to Cairo
director: Billy Wilder actor: Franchot Tone / Anne Baxter …
other title: I cinque segreti del deserto / Cinco Covas no Egipto …
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.