Carl Franklin
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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| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1286 |
| Birthday | 1949-04-11 |
| Place of Birth | Richmond, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5.9/26
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
4/3
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 o...
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1990
Full Fathom Five
4/3
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 St...
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Full Fathom Five
1988
Too Good to Be True
5/4
A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.
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Too Good to Be True
2006
Hitchcocked!
6/1
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
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Hitchcocked!
1983
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
7/1
A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.
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One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun
7/3
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 Q...
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The Legend of the Golden Gun
1973
Five on the Black Hand Side
7.167/6
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values whe...
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Five on the Black Hand Side
1995
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
0/0
One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Si...
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Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
7/4
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...
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Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
1980
Joshua's World
8/1
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 jeopar...
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Joshua's World
1992
In the Heat of Passion
3.9/10
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...
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In the Heat of Passion
1989
Last Stand at Lang Mei
10/2
Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines. Cut off from...
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Last Stand at Lang Mei
2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
0/0
An investigation of the cop movie phenomena with some of Hollywood’s most intriguing filmmakers, actors, and personalities.
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Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2020
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
0/0
This conversation between director Carl Franklin and film noir historian Eddie Muller was recorded live onstage for a screening of 'Devil in a Blue Dr...
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Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
1977
The Fantastic Journey
6/1
1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded i...
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The Fantastic Journey
1973
The Laughing Policeman
6.2/79
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to...
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