Arthur Franz
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1920-02-29
Locus Natus: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Et ut: Arthur Sofield Franz
The Caine Mutiny
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial...
release : 1954.06.24popularis : 14.503
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in...
release : 1956.09.13popularis : 8.312
Invaders from Mars
In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all...
release : 1953.04.22popularis : 9.32
The Price of Freedom
The son of a newspaper editor visits his uncle in Germany and learns how government control gradually took away the freedom of the people. He returns...
release : 1949.04.29popularis : 3.179
The Human Factor
After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
release : 1975.11.19popularis : 4.999
The Sniper
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by...
release : 1952.05.09popularis : 13.514
The Unholy Wife
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they...
release : 1957.06.24popularis : 6.014
Red Light
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He...
release : 1949.09.30popularis : 4.725
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
release : 1951.04.12popularis : 9.176
Monster on the Campus
A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelecanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its...
release : 1958.12.17popularis : 4.675
The Young Lions
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
release : 1958.04.02popularis : 1.4
Flight To Mars
Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.
release : 1951.11.11popularis : 4.962
Three Secrets
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted...
release : 1950.10.20popularis : 3.342
The Atomic Submarine
Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.
release : 1959.11.29popularis : 12.302
New Orleans Uncensored
William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The...
release : 1955.03.01popularis : 2.075
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain...
release : 1979.03.05popularis : 5.424
Sisters of Death
During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited...
release : 1976.04.18popularis : 3.415
Sands of Iwo Jima
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit...
release : 1950.01.01popularis : 15.105
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
The story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's two stays in Hollywood to write for films, once in 1927 at the height of his acclaim, and again in 1937...
release : 1975.12.17popularis : 1.287
Hellcats of the Navy
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott,...
release : 1957.05.01popularis : 9.08
Bad for Each Other
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
release : 1953.12.24popularis : 1.415
Horrible Horror
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
release : 1986.01.01popularis : 2.965
Tarnished
Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of...
release : 1950.02.28popularis : 3.542
Bobby Ware Is Missing
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The...
release : 1955.10.23popularis : 2.571
Submarine Command
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II....
release : 1951.11.01popularis : 5.046
The Flame Barrier
Carol Dahlmann enlists the Hollister brothers to help locate her missing husband. The husband was tracking a fallen satellite through the jungle....
release : 1958.04.02popularis : 4.347
Back from the Dead
A woman is possessed by the spirt of her husband's deceased first wife, turning her into a cold, scheming flirt who will stop at nothing to get what...
release : 1957.08.12popularis : 3.76
The Wild Party
An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.
release : 1956.12.21popularis : 3.52
Battle Taxi
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and...
release : 1955.01.03popularis : 4.9
Roseanna McCoy
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance...
release : 1949.10.12popularis : 1.1
Eight Iron Men
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier...
release : 1952.12.01popularis : 1.323
Strictly Dishonorable
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.
release : 1951.07.03popularis : 3.699
Running Target
In the Colorado Rockies, Sheriff Scott, heads a posse that is after four escaped convicts, and thought it is his sworn duty to return the men dead or...
release : 1956.11.01popularis : 1.367
Jungle Patrol
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
release : 1948.11.01popularis : 3.167
With This Ring
Dramatised promotional film for the Miller Brewing Company.
release : 1954.01.01popularis : 0.858
Flight Nurse
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
release : 1953.11.15popularis : 2.274
Anzio
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back...
release : 1968.07.24popularis : 5.515
The Sweet Ride
AA tennis bum (Tony Franciosa) and his Malibu Beach buddies hang out with a TV actress (Jacqueline Bisset) headed for trouble.
release : 1968.06.12popularis : 1.28
The Eddie Cantor Story
Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.
release : 1953.12.25popularis : 2.463
The Member of the Wedding
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.
release : 1952.12.25popularis : 3.562
The Devil's Hairpin
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy...
release : 1957.10.04popularis : 3.747
The Carpetbaggers
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is...
release : 1964.04.08popularis : 3.336
Murder or Mercy
An attorney comes out of retirement to defend a prominent doctor, who has been accused of the mercy killing of his wife.
release : 1974.04.10popularis : 2.605
Bogie
The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his...
release : 1980.03.04popularis : 3.866
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion...
release : 1949.05.02popularis : 1.322
Legend of Loch Ness
A documentary exploring the existence of the legendary "Nessie," an aquatic dinosaur that is supposed to exist in the depth of Loch Ness, Scotland.
release : 1976.01.01popularis : 1.672
Alvarez Kelly
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to...
release : 1966.10.06popularis : 4.193
Dream No Evil
Grace is a troubled young lady with some serious daddy issues. She was adopted as a young girl and raised up in a family of traveling faith healers....
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 2.285
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Two singers step in to help an aspiring actress whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-business career
release : 1952.03.01popularis : 0.886
Once to Every Woman
At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in love, but Carol then learns that David is married. He...
release : 1956.03.01popularis : 2.568
The Million Dollar Duck
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
release : 1971.06.30popularis : 8.201
That Championship Season
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The...
release : 1982.12.09popularis : 3.598
Three Lives
A short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward...
release : 1953.09.17popularis : 2.32
The Amazing Howard Hughes
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes'...
release : 1977.04.13popularis : 2.521
So Long, Blue Boy
Thoughtful independent film which chronicles the romantic tribulations of a young homosexual artist.
release : 1973.11.13popularis : 1.553