The best Frank Thornton’s crime movies

Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton

15/01/1921- 16/03/2013
We present our ranking of the best Frank Thornton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Frank Thornton.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
7/10
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau
6.4/10
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.

The Big Job

The Big Job
6.4/10
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

The Florentine Dagger

The Florentine Dagger
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 30/03/1935
  • Character: (uncredited)
A playwright descended from the Borgias becomes a murder suspect.

Radio Cab Murder

Radio Cab Murder
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1954
  • Character: Inspector Finch
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.

Portrait of Alison

Portrait of Alison
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/11/1955
  • Character: Police Photographer
An actress (Terry Moore) and an artist (Robert Beatty) are linked by his brother (William Sylvester) to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

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