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Frank Tuttle is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Set Decoration and Additional Writing American born on 6 august 1892 at New York City (USA)
Frank Tuttle (de son vrai nom Frank Wright Tuttle) est un réalisateur et scénariste américain né le 6 août 1892 à New York (États-Unis) et mort d'une crise cardiaque le 6 janvier 1963 à Hollywood (Californie) (États-Unis).
(1937)
(Director)
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Birth name Frank Wright Tuttle
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1892 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 january 1963 (at 70 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1892 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 january 1963 (at 70 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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Island of Lost Women (1959)
, 1h11Directed by Frank Tuttle, Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Venetia Stevenson, John Smith, Alan Napier, Diane Jergens, Gavin Muir, Jeff Richards
Rating51%
Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)
, 1h38Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Jayne Mansfield, Paul Stewart
Rating63%
After five years in San Quentin prison, former policeman Steve Rollins is released. Unjustly convicted of manslaughter in an arrested man's death, Steve is met by a friend from the force, Dan Bianco, and by wife Marcia, whom he shuns because she has been unfaithful to him.
A Cry in the Night (1956)
, 1h15Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson, Irene Hervey
Rating59%
Eighteen-year-old Liz Taggart has gone to a lovers' lane with her boyfriend, Owen Clark, who has not yet been introduced to her parents. Unbeknownst to them, a psychopath named Harold Loftus has been watching them. Loftus knocks Owen unconscious and overpowers Liz, taking her to a shack.
Gunman in the Streets (1950)
, 1h26Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dane Clark, Simone Signoret, Michel André, Fernand Rauzena, Albert Dinan, Dominique Marcas
Rating65%
American army deserter turned criminal on the run Eddy Roback is being chased through the streets of Paris. The fugitive finds his old girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Signoret) and tries to get money from her in an attempt to get across the border to Belgium. The girlfriend's friend, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a country-wide man hunt become obstacles Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise him money, Denise finds him a hiding place in the studio of a lecherous photographer Max Salva, who may have turned Roback in.
Suspense (1946)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical theatre, Noir, Romance
Actors Barry Sullivan, Belita, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Bonita Granville, George E. Stone
Rating63%
Frank Leonard (Albert Dekker), the proprietor of an ice-skating revue, promotes a strong-arming peanut-vendor named Joe Morgan (Barry Sullivan) at the show to a management position based on suggestions he makes to improve the act of the show's star, Roberta Elva (Belita), who also happens to be the owner's wife.
Swell Guy (1946)
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sonny Tufts, Ann Blyth, Ruth Warrick, William Gargan, Mary Nash, Thomas Gomez
Rating69%
Almost no one in his California hometown knows what a scoundrel and cad Jim Duncan is. He has been away working as a war correspondent, but has lost his job and abandoned a wife.
The Great John L. (1945)
, 1h36Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films
Actors Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton, Otto Kruger, Wallace Ford, George Mathews, Robert Barrat
Rating68%
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Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
, 1h15Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Bendix, Joan Blondell, Phil Silvers, Anne Revere, B.S. Pully, John Russell
Rating59%
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
, 1h15Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, John Sutton, Binnie Barnes, Henry Stephenson, Philip Merivale
Rating57%
The year is 1923 in England and General Hetherton is instructing his grandson Jim to shoot with a rifle. Unfortunately Jim's dog runs in the way and Jim accidentally shoots and kills him. The incident affects Jim deeply and he becomes a pacifist.
Hostages (1943)
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix, Paul Lukas, Katína Paxinoú, Oskar Homolka
Rating66%
A group of twenty-six Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.
Hostages (1943)
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix, Paul Lukas, Katína Paxinoú, Oskar Homolka
Rating66%
A group of 26 Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.
This Gun for Hire (1942)
, 1h20Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Marc Lawrence, Tully Marshall
Rating73%
In wartime San Francisco, chemist and blackmailer Albert Baker (Frank Ferguson) is killed by hit man Philip Raven (Alan Ladd), who recovers a stolen chemical formula. Raven is double-crossed by his employer, Willard Gates (Laird Cregar), who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his company, Nitro Chemical. Raven learns of the set up and decides to get revenge. LAPD detective lieutenant Michael Crane (Robert Preston), who is vacationing in San Francisco to visit his girlfriend, nightclub singer Ellen Graham (Veronica Lake), is immediately assigned the case. He goes after Raven, but the assassin eludes him.
Lucky Jordan (1942)
, 1h24Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Mabel Paige, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard, Dave Willock, Marie McDonald
Rating63%
Gangster Lucky Jordan (Alan Ladd) narrowly escapes death at the hands of an assassin hired by his ambitious right hand man, Slip Moran (Sheldon Leonard); his decoy double Eddie is killed instead.
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
, 1h39Directed by Ralph Murphy, George Marshall, Frank Tuttle, A. Edward Sutherland, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Victor Moore, Walter Abel, Anne Revere, Cass Daley
Rating65%
Pop Webster (Victor Moore) is a former silent movie star once known as "Bronco Billy" who now works as the guard on the main gate at Paramount Pictures. However, he's told his son Johnny (Eddie Bracken), who's in the Navy, that he's the studio's Executive Vice President in Charge of Production. When Johnny shows up in Hollywood on shore leave, Pop and the studio's switchboard operator Polly Judson (Betty Hutton) go all-out to maintain the illusion for Johnny and his sailor friends that Pop's a studio big-wig. Things get a bit complicated when Pop offers to put on a variety show for the Navy, featuring all of Paramount's stars, but Polly convinces Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to do the show, and they convince the rest of the stars on the lot.
I Stole a Million (1939)
, 1h20Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Victor Jory, Henry Armetta, Joe Sawyer
Rating63%
Taxi driver Joe Lourik gets into an argument with a finance company over payments owed on his new cab. Believing that he has been cheated, Joe reclaims his payments but is arrested for robbery. Escaping with a pair of handcuffs still attached, he jumps on a passing freight train where he meets a tramp who tells him to see Patian, a thief and a fence in San Diego, who can also remove his handcuffs. After meeting Patian, it is agreed that he will remove the cuffs on the condition that Joe drive the getaway car for a bank robbery. After the robbery, Patian sends Joe north to a boarding house in Sacramento to wait for his share of the take, but the boarding house owner informs Joe that Patian isn't good for the money.