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Frank McDonald

Frank McDonald

A former railroad worker, Frank McDonald came to Hollywood after a career on the stage as an actor/producer/director. At first hired as a dialogue director, McDonald turned out some scripts and in the mid-'30s began directing. Working for almost every studio in Hollywood at one time or another, he did a lot of work for Republic, grinding out Gene Autry and Roy Rogers westerns, and at the Pine/Thomas "B" unit at Paramount, churning out westerns, action dramas and war pictures. Not entirely comfortable as a director -Evelyn Keyes once said, "I've never seen anyone as terrified of directing as Frank McDonald" - he nevertheless turned out more than 100 pictures in his career.

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Movies Made By Frank McDonald (116)

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)

Combining colorized footage from the television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) with new scenes shot in Tombstone, Arizona, this film shows the return of the legendary former Marshal Wyatt Earp to his old stomping grounds. He visits old fri ...

Mara of the Wilderness (1965)

An altruistic park ranger stumbles upon a beautiful but feral young girl who spent most of her life being raised by a pack of white wolves. But his plans to tame her wild ways are cut short when an enterprising trapper hears about her story and sets out to ...

Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)

Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing the gang' ...

The Underwater City (1962)

An engineer, a psychologist and several other disparate types take part in an experiment to see if people can live for extended periods of time in a city built under the ocean. ...

Raymie (1960)

Raymie, an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant barracuda known as Old Moe. ...

The Purple Gang (1959)

The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit. ...

Mantelli e spade insanguinate (1959)

Italian adaptation of the Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, edited from episodes of the television series I tre moschettieri. ...

Okefenokee (1959)

Okefenokee (1959)

Gangland boss Joe Kalhari, working with Ricki Hart, operator of a swamp-side dive in the Okefenokee swamp aside the Georgia-Florida border, rules an empire of smugglers who run dope and undesirable aliens into the United States, uses seaplanes at the prima ...

Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria (1958)

Adaptation of The Three Musketeers ...

Timber Country Trouble (1955)

A short feature western comprising two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, the episodes being "Lumber Camp Story" (4/21/1952) and "Boy And The Bandit" (5/5/1952). ...

Phantom Trails (1955)

A short feature western comprised of two episodes of the TV series 'Wild Bill Hickok': "A Close Shave for the Marshal" (6/16/1952) and "Ghost Rider" (4/7/1952). ...

The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

The Tilted Tenderfoot (1955)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

The Big Tip Off (1955)

A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities. ...

Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)

Ranchers battle one another over water rights. Western. ...

Trouble on the Trail (1954)

"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists. ...

The Two Gun Teacher (1954)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

Marshals in Disguise (1954)

Another of the series of "movies" created by stitching two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series together, U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles P. Jones are working to solve the mystery of a number of gold robberies from a stage lin ...

Outlaw's Son (1954)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

Thunder Pass (1954)

A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath. ...

Six Gun Decision (1953)

A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony Express vs. Telegraph, edited together and released as a feature film. ...

Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953)

Two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series edited together and released as a feature. ...

Border City Rustlers (1953)

Two episodes of "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

Two Gun Marshal (1953)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film. ...

Son of Belle Starr (1953)

The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession. ...

The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature. ...

The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952)

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature. ...

Yukon Gold (1952)

In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but justice prevails. ...

Sea Tiger (1952)

Murder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold ingots secretly hidden on a derelict and abandoned Japanese freighter left lying in anchor in a New Guinea cove at the end of WW II. ...

Northwest Territory (1951)

Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook. ...

Yellow Fin (1951)

WWII veteran Mike Donovan decides to sell his fishing boat after suffering a a series of accidents, the worst of which sends his father, Captain John Donovan, to the hospital suffering from amnesia. His decision is opposed by hie sweetheart, Nina Torres, a ...

Yukon Manhunt (1951)

In this North Woods adventure, the Mounties investigate a series of payroll robberies and discover that it is an inside job. ...

Father Takes the Air (1951)

In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an increasingly antagonistic competition. ...

Texans Never Cry (1951)

A Texas Ranger tries to bring down counterfeiters selling fake lottery tickets. ...

Sierra Passage (1950)

When young Johnny York witnesses the murder of his father, he joins a travelling variety troupe and trains up as a sharpshooter so he might one day get his revenge. ...

Call of the Klondike (1950)

A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder. A Canadian Mountie sets out to bring them to justice. ...

Snow Dog (1950)

The third installment in low-budget producer Lindsley Parson's "Chinook" series, Snow Dog was ostensibly based on pulp writer James Oliver Curwood's 1915 short-story "The Tentacles of the North," which was also the working title. Kirby Grant again played R ...

Apache Chief (1949)

When his tribesmen begin killing off white settlers, Young Eagle is opposed to the carnage. In order to assure a lasting peace, however, the chief must deal with renegade Apache Black Wolf. ...

Ringside (1949)

Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind. ...

The Big Sombrero (1949)

Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested in going to America than taking care of her Mexican holdings. Gene, discovering Garland' ...

Gun Smugglers (1948)

A young boy threatens to follow in his outlaw brother's footsteps. ...

13 Lead Soldiers (1948)

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 cleve ...

French Leave (1948)

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 ...

Mr. Reckless (1948)

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man. ...

Linda, Be Good (1947)

A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business. ...

When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)

When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)

An advertising man has to come with "the perfect woman" for an ad campaign. He puts together a picture of a woman from a composite of several photos, to get an idea of the kind of woman he should look for. His boss sees it, thinks that it is an actual woma ...

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate. ...

Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)

Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off. ...

Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)

Four young performers form an act and get a job in a nightclub. Before long, one of them gets the idea that the act is all about him, and his changes to the act, to reflect his own ego, causes the quartet to get fired. Later, all make good in other areas o ...

Sioux City Sue (1946)

A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled. ...

Under Nevada Skies (1946)

Rodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after he was accused of stealing a family crest from Helen Williams. Helen joins up with Roy and Gabby Whittaker to find the killers and the crest. ...

My Pal Trigger (1946)

Gabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, the Sovereign gets shot accidentally by Skoville but Roy is blamed and jailed. A year later Roy returns with Trigger, the son of the Sovereign. Wh ...

Rainbow Over Texas (1946)

Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony express race. To keep him from winning, bad guys try to sabatoge Roy's entry. They fail, or course. Songs include the title song and "Smile for me, Senorita. ...

Song of Arizona (1946)

Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ranch for homeless boys run by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), attracts the attention his father's rowdy gang, who want to claim the boy's inheritance ...

Sunset in El Dorado (1945)

The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like Roy. Roy, of course, also exists in the present f ...

Along the Navajo Trail (1945)

U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to Dale's father's Ladder A Ranch. The bad guys want the land the ranch sits on because they know an oil pipeline is planned through this location. ...

Tell It to a Star (1945)

Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out ...

Man from Oklahoma (1945)

The feuding Lanes and Whittakers are brought together with the help of Roy Rogers, when a business tycoon tries to play one family against the other. ...

The Chicago Kid (1945)

The story of Joe Ferrill, whose efforts to raise enough money so that his imprisoned father can live comfortably upon release come to naught when the elder Ferrill dies behind bars. Vowing revenge on Society, Joe aligns himself with a bunch of gangsters. H ...

Scared Stiff (1945)

A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set. ...

Bells of Rosarita (1945)

Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other western movie stars come to Sue's aid, putting on a show and catchin ...

One Body Too Many (1944)

An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire. ...

Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)

Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers, the Gabby Whittaker and Madden rodeo's are competing for bookings. When Gabby gets a date in Albuquerque, Madden has his man destroy his equipment. Roy finds a broken rawhide rope at the scene and uses it ...

Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944)

Country radio singers of the '40s appear in this tale about a lothario who poses as a professor to seduce coeds. ...

Take It Big (1944)

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's ...

Gambler's Choice (1944)

The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York... ...

Timber Queen (1944)

Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited is doing poorly, but Elaine gets an order in for a huge shipment of lumber. Russ and his friend Squirrel vo ...

O, My Darling Clementine (1943)

"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the th ...

Hoosier Holiday (1943)

Hoosier Holiday (1943)

During World War II three brothers go to enlist in the Air Force, but since they're farmers they're told they're needed at home more than in the service. Determined to join up, they enlist the aid of a pretty young girl whose father is head of the local dr ...

Submarine Alert (1943)

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 c ...

Alaska Highway (1943)

Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormsby, decides he had rather fight with bullets than bulldozers but is assigned by the Army ...

High Explosive (1943)

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jea ...

Mountain Rhythm (1943)

The Weaver family buys some farmland in California, but the headmaster of a nearby boys school doesn't want them as neighbors, and before long the boys at the school are causing trouble for the Weavers. ...

The Traitor Within (1942)

In this drama, a truck driver begins wooing a young woman who still lives with her father who constantly brags how he, not the town mayor, was responsible for catching a regiment of Germans during WW I. Unfortunately, no one in town takes him seriously. La ...

Wrecking Crew (1942)

Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew in their lives away from the job and shows rhe comraderie of the crew in their work and even away from work ...

Wildcat (1942)

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy. ...

The Old Homestead (1942)

In this entry in the "Weaver Family" series, the town of Farmington is being plagued by a crime wave. The angry citizens are ready to impeach the mayor, June Weaver, and the police chief, Leon Weaver. To end the crime and preserve her career, June feigns c ...

Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)

Aluminum magnate James J. Maloney, Sr. meets with government officials to discuss the war effort and the need to end price-fixing. After the meeting, Maloney receives word that his son Jimmy, a playboy turned Army flight instructor, is lost with his naviga ...

No Hands on the Clock (1941)

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case. ...

Tuxedo Junction (1941)

The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and have taken up truck-farming. ...

Flying Blind (1941)

A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire. ...

Under Fiesta Stars (1941)

Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employment for the surrounding rancheros. Unfortunately, the other half goes to Easterner Barbara Erwin (Carol Hughes), who is only interested in monetary remuner ...

Country Fair (1941)

Johnny Campbell isa glib campaign manager for gubenatorial candidate Stogie McPhee. Having impulsively promised Johnny that she'll marry him if McPhee wins, heroine Pepper Wilson begins canvassing the voters on behalf of rival candidate Gildersleeve. But t ...

Arkansas Judge (1941)

Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accused of slander. ...

Barnyard Follies (1940)

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians. ...

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)

Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in. ...

Carolina Moon (1940)

A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men. ...

Grand Ole Opry (1940)

Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians. ...

Gaucho Serenade (1940)

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, ...

In Old Missouri (1940)

The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is in money trouble too. He also has a wastrel son and a socialite wife who wants a divorce. He begs the Weavers to trade places with him and fix things up. ...

Rancho Grande (1940)

A ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure. ...

Forgotten Girls (1940)

A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover. ...

Village Barn Dance (1940)

Village Barn Dance (1940)

Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the town and everything in it are dominated by Minerva Withers, a tight-fisted, old skinflint whose welcome does not extend to tramps. ...

Death Goes North (1939)

Sergeant Ken Strange, of the Canadian Mounted Police, and his dog, King, are on the trial of the murderer. ...

They Asked For It (1939)

They Asked For It (1939)

In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals and begins looking into the strange death of an old hermit who lived on the fringe of town. ...

First Offenders (1939)

First Offenders (1939)

A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resist ...

Flirting with Fate (1938)

A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay. ...

Freshman Year (1938)

A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insurance to his fellow students goes terribly awry. ...

Over the Wall (1938)

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence. ...

Reckless Living (1938)

This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starrer, Once in a Blue Moon, is among the rarest of collector's item). The story proper is carried by Robert Wi ...

Blondes at Work (1938)

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 ...

The Adventurous Blonde (1937)

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 ...

Dance Charlie Dance (1937)

A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism. ...

Fly Away Baby (1937)

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight. ...

Midnight Court (1937)

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves. ...

Her Husband's Secretary (1937)

A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary. ...

Smart Blonde (1937)

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing. ...

Isle of Fury (1936)

An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man. ...

Love Begins at Twenty (1936)

A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes. ...

The Song of a Nation (1936)

The Song of a Nation (1936)

This historical featurette dramatizes the events that led to Francis Scott Key writing the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner. ...

The Big Noise (1936)

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 ...

Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)

A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it. ...

Treachery Rides the Range (1936)

The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to ...

Boulder Dam (1936)

Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run. ...

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)

A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator. ...

Broadway Hostess (1935)

Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer. ...

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