Movies starring Frank Fay

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

96 mins     Drama, Romance      

"They Knew What They Wanted" is a curiously entertaining movie which is fascinating on so many levels despite for all sense and purposes being just a love triangle drama. There is the strange tone to the story because the fir...

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

130 mins     Drama, Thriller      

It's a Wonderful Life: James Stewart stars as George Bailey who thanks to Clarence the angel gets to see what life would be like if he had never been born...

Blood on the Moon (1948)

88 mins     Western      

There is a very interesting scene in "Blood on the Moon" it features the meeting of Jim and Amy when he is riding though the middle of nowhere and she takes a shot at him. Unaware that he is being shot at by a woman he sneaks...

Whispering Smith (1948)

88 mins     Western      

Nearly but not quite is the feeling I got right from the get go as I watched "Whispering Smith", the Alan Ladd western from 1948. By that I mean that there is something about "Whispering Smith" which screams western classic b...

The Nevadan (1950)

81 mins     Western      

"The Nevadan" is one of those westerns where you get a feeling that the writer had a couple of good ideas up their sleeves but little else. And it means that whilst certain things in this western entertain the over all feelin...

Copper Canyon (1950)

84 mins     Western      

Movie Review - Copper Canyon (1950) Ray Milland stars as Johnny Carter, a stage show sharp shooter who ends up helping some troubled copper miners whilst also becoming involved with a seductive gambler...

Hangman's Knot (1952)

81 mins     Western      

The war maybe over but there is still conflict going on, that sort of sums up "Hangman's Knot" quite nicely because it ends up focussing on the conflict between groups of people. That has probably made it sound quite deep whe...

The Lone Gun (1954)

76 mins     Western      

So here we are again with another 1950s western which only ever melts into the hug mixing pot of forgettable westerns from the era when they were popular. Technically there is nothing wrong with "The Lone Gun" as it ticks the...

7th Cavalry (1956)

75 mins     Western      

I want to tell you that the "7th Cavalry" is a good movie, something different to your normal 50s western but I can't despite the fact it has the potential to be very different. What I mean is that the first part of "7th Cava...