Watch Frankie and Johnnie... Were Lovers for Free: How to Stream the Movie Online at 123Movies. . American folklore goes nutty and smutty with Frankie and Johnnie... Were Lovers, and, "Oh Lordy, how they could love!" Especially since Frankie is played by everyone's favorite pouty-cheeked sex starlet, RENE BOND, and Johnnie is her frequent co-star and then-paramour, RIC LUTZE. As the trailer proclaims, "Lovers in real life, they give the performances of their careers!"