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81 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $1,450,000 (US rentals) [1] Frenchie is a 1950 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Joel McCrea and Shelley Winters. The plot is loosely based on the 1939 Western Destry Rides Again .
- $1,450,000 (US rentals)
- Louis King
- Michael Kraike
- Hans J. Salter
Frenchie: Directed by Louis King. With Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly, Elsa Lanchester. Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West.
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- Western
- Louis King
- 1951-04-20
Frenchie Fontaine (Shelley Winters), orphaned at 15, has made a comfortable living running a New Orleans casino. Now, moving west to track down those responsible for her father's death, she buys a ...
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- Louis King
- Western
- Joel Mccrea
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Joel McCrea is great as the sheriff, and Shelley Winters has a lot charisma as Frenchie. The plot is an interesting one, and it makes for some comedic sequences typical of these kind of more light-hearted westerns. 20 likes. Review by PUNQ ★★★. Frenchie (1950), aka Shelley Winters, sure was a spunky saloon girl!
- Louis King
- Universal International Pictures
Mar 18, 2024 · Mark Franklin March 18, 2024 1950s. Shelley Winters plays Frenchie Fontaine, who grows up to be a gambling house queen after watching her father get shot in the back by his partners as a young girl. Years later, she heads back to the town of Bottleneck, determined to make her father’s two ex-partners pay for killing him.
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Frenchie Fontaine (Winters) has sold her successful business in New Orleans and has come West to prosper further - or does she have an ulterior motive? In spite of some on line sources proclaiming this to be a remake of "Destry", which is a considerably better film as it happens, it really isn't a copy. The similarities are for sure there, but...
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Though the title role of Frenchie goes to Shelley Winters, top billing in this period actioner is bestowed upon Joel McCrea as sheriff Tom Banning. Hoping to find her father's murderers, New Orleans gambling-house proprietress Frenchie Fontaine (Shelley Winters) sets up shop in the Wild West.
