6 Best Frank Sully Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 4, 2026

Frank Sully was one of Hollywood’s most tirelessly prolific character actors and appeared in hundreds of films from the 1930s through the 1960s. The Grapes of Wrath migrates a Dust Bowl family to California, The More the Merrier shares an apartment with a meddling matchmaker, The Return of Frank James seeks revenge for a murdered brother, and Another Thin Man investigates a murder threat to an executor. Captains Courageous and Fury round out the list.

The More the Merrier (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Charles Coburn features in this comedy where a wartime housing shortage forces a woman to share her apartment with two men.

Directed by George Stevens · 1h 44m

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A displaced farming family journeys to California looking for work and dignity during the Great Depression.

Directed by John Ford · 2h 09m · Rated NR

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The Return of Frank James (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Ernest Whitman features in this Fritz Lang western about an outlaw's brother who seeks vengeance against the men responsible for his sibling's murder.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 32m · Rated NR

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Another Thin Man (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Edward Gargan features in this mystery about a witty detective couple who investigate a murder tied to their own extended, dysfunctional family.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 43m · Rated NR

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Captains Courageous (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A spoiled rich boy falls overboard and learns humility working aboard a fishing schooner.

Directed by Victor Fleming · 1h 55m · Rated G

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Fury (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A wrongly accused man narrowly survives a lynch mob's attempt to burn down his jail cell.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 32m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Frank Sully Movies

The More the Merrier (1943)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Another Thin Man (1939)

Captains Courageous (1937)

Fury (1936)

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