Carl Franklin

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Carl Franklin  (born April 11, 1949) is an American actor, screenwriter and film and television director. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Franklin is most noted for Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on the book by Walter Mosley and starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

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Total trailers found: 24

The Fantastic Journey Trailer (1977)

03 February 1977

1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi.

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy Trailer (1974)

19 November 1974

When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted.

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir Trailer (1995)

01 June 1995

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.

Nowhere to Run Trailer (1989)

01 March 1989

Rural Texas, 1960 -- An age of good times and innocence, when growing up was supposed to be easy. Six high school seniors know the terrible secret that will make the difference in the biggest election in the county's history.

Devil in a Blue Dress Trailer (1995)

29 September 1995

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects.

One True Thing Trailer (1998)

18 September 1998

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Out of Time Trailer (2003)

03 October 2003

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.

High Crimes Trailer (2002)

05 April 2002

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador.

Punk Trailer (1986)

06 August 1986

Dominic is a boy trying to cope with the turmoil surrounding him. His life is about to take a very sharp turn.

Bless Me, Ultima Trailer (2013)

22 February 2013

In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household.

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't Trailer (1983)

27 September 1983

A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.

Joshua's World Trailer (1980)

21 August 1980

The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism as he attempts to treat blacks as equals.

A Smoky Mountain Christmas Trailer (1986)

14 December 1986

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.

One False Move Trailer (1992)

08 May 1992

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding.

In the Heat of Passion Trailer (1992)

24 January 1992

A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married.

Full Fathom Five Trailer (1990)

07 September 1990

Adapted from the bestselling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest assignment when the Soviet nuclear sub KIROV is stolen and the weapons are aimed at the United States.

Hitchcocked! Trailer (2006)

11 August 2006

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

The Legend of the Golden Gun Trailer (1979)

05 July 1979

In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill.

Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy Trailer (1989)

20 June 1989

When soldier Anthony Glenn discovers that Mai is missing, he sets out to rescue her from the corrupt Major Sorenson pitting soldier against soldier in a bloody game of honor.

Too Good to Be True Trailer (1988)

14 November 1988

A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.

Last Stand at Lang Mei Trailer (1989)

01 December 1989

Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines.

Five on the Black Hand Side Trailer (1973)

25 October 1973

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family.

Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress' Trailer (2020)

14 December 2020

This conversation between director Carl Franklin and film noir historian Eddie Muller was recorded live onstage for a screening of 'Devil in a Blue Dress' at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on August 17, 2018, as part of the Noir City Film Festival.

Shooting the Police: Cops on Film Trailer (2006)

01 July 2006

An investigation of the cop movie phenomena with some of Hollywood’s most intriguing filmmakers, actors, and personalities.