Frank and Ava
2020Frank & 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 ...
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Rico Simonini
as Frank
Emily Elicia Low
as Ava
Harry Dean Stanton
as Sheriff Lloyd
Eric Roberts
as Harry Cohn
Lukas Haas
as Officer Josenhans
Domenick Lombardozzi
as Jack Keller
Richard Portnow
Dionne Warwick
as Lady Singing the Blues
Katherine Helmond
as Betty
Eliza Roberts
as Sheilah
Tawny Amber Young
as Doti
Tony Denison
as Adler
Joanne Baron
as Hedda
Logan Sparks
as George Evans
Michael Woods
as Joe Nelis
Robert Miano
as Hank Sanicola
Richard Portnow
as Walter Winchell
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