The best Frank J. Scannell’s movies

Frank J. Scannell

Frank J. Scannell

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Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
7.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/10/1947
  • Character: Roustabout at Final Carnival (uncredited)
Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder
6.8/10
Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge of whom Nick doesn't approve. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancée, Barbara. Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex
6.1/10
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man
7.6/10
While on a boating trip, Scott Carey is exposed to a radioactive cloud. Nothing seems amiss at first, but several months later Scott realizes that he's shrunk in height by several inches. He sees a doctor, who admits that he's baffled. As Scott continues to shrink, decreasing to three feet tall, he becomes bitter, and lashes out at his wife, Louise. He begins to fear a cure will never be found -- since even as he becomes a national sensation, he's still shrinking.

The Disorderly Orderly

The Disorderly Orderly
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/12/1964
  • Character: Milton M. Mealy (as Frank Scannell)
The Disorderly Orderly is a 1964 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was produced by Paul Jones with a screenplay by director Frank Tashlin, based on a story by Norm Liebermann and Ed Haas.

A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights
6/10
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

Armored Car Robbery

Armored Car Robbery
7/10
The film tells the story of a well-planned robbery of an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. Yet, the heist goes awry, and a tough Los Angeles cop is in hot pursuit.

The Night the World Exploded

The Night the World Exploded
5.3/10
With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson (Kathryn Gant), Dr. David Conway (William Leslie) develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armegddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.

A Lawless Street

A Lawless Street
6.4/10
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus
6.1/10
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/10/1945
  • Character: Waiter (uncredited)
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 30/10/1945
  • Character: Druggist (uncredited)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.

Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1944
  • Character: Fruit Vendor (uncredited)
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/03/1957
  • Character: Cal Morrison, Blackjack Dealer (as Frank Scannell)
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly...

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas
7/10
Doris Day, in her film debut, plays Georgia Garrett, a singer sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

French Leave

French Leave
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/04/1948
  • Character: Francois (as Frank Scannell)
Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper Muldoon (Ralph Sanford) to remain on board and guard against theft of foodstuffs by a black market gang.

Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/07/1947
  • Character: 1st Cab Driver (as Frank Scannell)
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.

The Secret Fury

The Secret Fury
6.6/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 21/02/1950
  • Character: Wedding Guard at Rear Entrance
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.

Remains to Be Seen

Remains to Be Seen
6.2/10
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet
6.1/10
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan

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