Known for Directing
James Joseph Frawley (September 29, 1936 – January 22, 2019) was an American director and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Frawley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
September 29, 1936
Died
January 22, 2019 (age 82)
Birthplace
Houston, Texas, USA
Filmography
40 films, 71 shows


Nancy Drew
2002 · 1h 27m · US
Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induced coma.


The Three Stooges
2000 · 1h 28m · AU
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.


Mr. Headmistress
1998 · 1h 36m · US
Tucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an all-girl school.


On the 2nd Day of Christmas
1997 · 1h 29m · CA
Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat wallets, they run into a little snag - a department store security guard named Bert catches them in the act. The store owner wants them arrested, but decides to wait until Christmas is over. To ensure they don't make a run for it, he entrusts their care to Bert. With jail on the horizon, Trish and Patsy are scared for their future. But as the holiday nears its end, it looks as though a budding romance might just save them after all.


Sins of the Mind
1997 · 1h 39m · US
A young woman returning from a renaissance fair survives a car accident, but much to her family's horror, the accident damages her brain and she develops blatantly promiscuous and childlike behavior.
Harrison: Cry of the City
Harrison: Cry of the City
1996 · 1h 40m
Harrison is an ex-Scotland yard detective hired to save an ex-convict accused of killing a New York cop. Harrison prowls the Big Apple by day and night seeking the answers to his mysterious case, but more importantly the answer to the question "Why isn't the New York Police Department investigating the case?"


The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995 · 1h 40m · US
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.


Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · 1h 35m · US
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.


Another Midnight Run
1994 · 1h 32m · US
Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the book and Jack has trouble bringing them back to LA and getting a $45,000 pay day reward.
Runaway Heart
Runaway Heart
1990 · 1h 29m
One of life's losers (Michael Tucker) kidnaps a suburban housewife (Jill Eikenberry) while on the run from hoodlums.


Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
1988 · 1h 30m · CA
In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects.


Assault and Matrimony
1987 · 1h 40m · US
Silvia and Edgar have been married for a long time, but can't stand each other now. But a divorce would mean having to sell their dream house, which both of them want to keep. Instead they both secretly decide the answer is to kill the other.


The Saint in Manhattan
1987 · 1h · AU
Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for an attempted series revival.


Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987 · 1h 40m · US
The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a baby his wife at first becomes furious about his article but then she adapts to it and starts to write the story from her side in the other newspaper. Making the articles reality they are now expecting their first child...


Fraternity Vacation
1985 · 1h 34m · US
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.


The Steel Collar Man
1985 · 1h · US
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.


The Outlaws
1984 · 1h 44m
Eugene Griswold is an average, suburban nine-to-five guy tired of working long hours for his income. Then Eugene gets mixed up in his inventor friend Stanley Flynn's get-rich-quick scheme which lands them both in prison and eventually leads to a series of misadventures when they are caught up in a bizarre prison breakout made by other prisoners which they are blamed for mastermining it and now must run from the law.


Hansel and Gretel
1983 · 48m · US
Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch.


Wishman
1983 · 48m
Wishman is a genetic experiment condemned to spend its life in the lab. Two employees decide it deserves freedom, so they escape with it.


Gridlock
1980 · 1h 40m · US
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.


The Muppet Movie
1979 · 1h 37m · UK
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!


The Big Bus
1976 · 1h 28m · US
A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?


The Orphan and the Dude
1975 · 30m · US
Two oddballs, one a black man called "The Dude" and one white, called "The Orphan" share a Culver City, California apartment.


Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975 · 1h 30m · US
The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.


Kid Blue
1973 · 1h 40m · US
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.


The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · 1h 25m · US
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.


J-24
1960 · 10m · US
A woman leaves her husband (or is it her lover?) and goes home to check her messages.