Frank and Ava

Frank and Ava

110 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 2020

Frank & Ava joins the wild ride of the tempestuous relationship between icons, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner showing their multi-year love affair and subsequent marriage. In 1949, a downcast Frank, his career on the wane because of a faltering voice, a failing marriage, and a tarnished off-screen reputation falls in love with rising star, Ava, by consensus, the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. While their love was incandescent, they were hapless as a couple; often pursued by reporters such as Hedda Hopper who played them off against each other in the tabloids; casting Frank as an adulterer and Ava as a home wrecker while Frank!s wife, Nancy Barbato, refused to grant him a divorce. Once married in 1951 the tabloids then paraded their sorted affairs whenever their careers separated them. (Often it was Ava who went off to Europe or Africa to make a movie, leaving Frank behind). In the meantime, Frank, career hanging by a thread, is desperately trying to land the acting job that he ...

Frank and Ava

110 mins | Drama | Dec. 7, 2020

Frank and Ava
Frank & Ava joins the wild ride of the tempestuous relationship between icons, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner showing their multi-year love affair and subsequent marriage. In 1949, a downcast Frank, his career on the wane because of a faltering voice, a failing marriage, and a tarnished off-screen reputation falls in love with rising star, Ava, by consensus, the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. While their love was incandescent, they were hapless as a couple; often pursued by reporters such as Hedda Hopper who played them off against each other in the tabloids; casting Frank as an adulterer and Ava as a home wrecker while Frank!s wife, Nancy Barbato, refused to grant him a divorce. Once married in 1951 the tabloids then paraded their sorted affairs whenever their careers separated them. (Often it was Ava who went off to Europe or Africa to make a movie, leaving Frank behind). In the meantime, Frank, career hanging by a thread, is desperately trying to land the acting job that he ...
IMDb rating 3.4
Producers
Original title Frank and Ava
Directors Michael Oblowitz
Writers

Cast

Rico Simonini

as Frank

Harry Dean Stanton

as Sheriff Lloyd

Eric Roberts

as Harry Cohn

Lukas Haas

as Officer Josenhans

Domenick Lombardozzi

as Jack Keller

Richard Portnow

as / Walter Winchell

Dionne Warwick

as Lady Singing the Blues

Eliza Roberts

as Sheilah

Tony Denison

as Adler

Joanne Baron

as Hedda

Logan Sparks

as George Evans

Michael Woods

as Joe Nelis

Robert Miano

as Hank Sanicola

Terry Moore

as Self

Shirley Jones

as Self

Joanna Sanchez

as Louella

John Capodice

as Lee

Robert Catrini

as Billy Wilkerson

Hettie Lynne Hurtes

as Dorothy Fuldheim

Lora McHugh

as Mercedes McCambridge

Antonella Salvucci

as Claudia

Paola Saulino

as Alida Valli

Jacqui Holland

as Lana Turner

Chris Moss

as Howard Rushmore

Jerry Hauck

as Robert Harrison

Julia Silverman

as Dolly Sinatra

Michael Raynor

as Meyer Lansky

Dianna Camacho

as Lauren Bacall

Rachael Santhon

as Bappy

Nadeea Volianova

as Zsa Zsa

Philip Ursino

as Rizzo

T.J. Castronovo

as Tommy

Danny Pardo

as Mario Cabré

Emrhys Cooper

as Montgomery Clift