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Frenchie

1950 · 81 min

A bright, old-fashioned Western that mixes revenge plotting with small-town romance and a few lively saloon scraps.

Directed by
Louis King
Genres
Western
Tagline
Every Inch of Her Was Against the Law! She's Tameless...He's Tough!
Overview
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
How it feels
Earnest, romantic, tense and warm. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Revenge, love, justice, betrayal
Content
Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Louis King
Genres
Western
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Louis King
Written by
Oscar Brodney
Starring
Joel McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, John Russell, John Emery, George Cleveland
Cinematography
Maury Gertsman
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Portuguese

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