Frank McDonald — Director (19)
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13 Lead Soldiers (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
13 Lead Soldiers
director: Frank McDonald actor: Tom Conway / John Newland …
other title: Thirteen Lead Soldiers
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldiers were part of a set of thirteen which formed the key to a hidden vault of treasure. Following some clever sleuthing and set-up on Drummond's part, the guilty man is trapped in the vault,which is hidden behind the fireplace.
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Submarine Alert (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Submarine Alert
director: Frank McDonald actor: Richard Arlen / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Alerta submarina
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.
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The Big Noise (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Big Noise
director: Frank McDonald actor: Guy Kibbee / Warren Hull …
other title: Mr. Trent schlägt dem Alter ein Schnippchen
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Adventurous Blonde
director: Frank McDonald actor: Glenda Farrell / Barton MacLane …
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Blondes at Work (1938) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blondes at Work
director: Frank McDonald actor: Glenda Farrell / Barton MacLane …
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.