Desc: Frankie and Johnnie... Were Lovers: Directed by Alan Colberg. With Rene Bond, Ric Lutze, John Barnum, Jerry Delony. Nightclub singer Frankie Lee falls in love with computer whiz and race car enthusiast Johnnie Ellis. Their already tumultuous relationship is further threatened after Frankie discovers that Johnnie has had a fling with her steady gal pal Alice Blythe.