Comedies

An attempt to take the afternoon off for the first time in 25 years causes nothing but trouble for henpecked family man Ambrose Wolfinger (W.C. Fields), in this outrageous comedy. After lying about his mother-in-law's death in order to leave work early...

Training home after yet another sales pitch ended in disaster, would-be inventor Sam Bisbee (W.C. Fields) commiserated with a sympathetic fellow passenger (Adrienne Ames). He had no inkling that his new friend was a visiting royal-or that she'd show up...

Forced to abandon his fianc?e (Rosemary Forsyth) at the altar because of a trumped-up murder rap, an expatriate Spanish nobleman (Alain Delon) flees to the Lone Star State, where he meets up with a gun-runner (Dean Martin) and his faithful Native...

Architect Harold Ventimore (Tony Randall) should've kept the receipt for the antique bottle he acquired, as it turned out to contain a very over-accommodating genie (Burl Ives)! The amiable djinn's magical efforts to make life easier for his new master...

In his funniest and most acclaimed role in years, Burt Reynolds plays Ernie Mullins, an aging safecracker who takes novice thief Mike Lafebb (Casey Siemaszko) under his wing to instruct him in their "craft." After a few jobs, Mike has money burning a...

Germany-stationed non-com Freddy Benson (Marlon Brando) had quite the side action-conning the women of a plush Riviera resort village out of cash and favors. Polished grifter Lawrence Jameson (David Niven) didn't appreciate the competition... and made a...

In Southern California, a high school senior wrestling star (Chris Penn), who can't pin down a commitment from his disinterested girl (Jenny Wright), decides to share an apartment with an older buddy (Eric Stoltz) who'll regret deciding he's too "mature"...

Middle-class Londoners Fred (Henry Kendall) and Emily Hill (Joan Barry) inherit a large sum of money and decide to travel the world. But they soon discover that their newfound wealth doesn't bring them the happiness they were expecting and, in fact,...

Danny Kaye (On the Double) stars as a neurotic American ventriloquist performing in Europe. In a parody of the 1946 thriller Dead of Night, Kaye is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown. His manager...

While on his way to Tangier to purchase a microfilm containing important war secrets, foreign spy Eric Augustine (Bob Hope) is wounded by the authorities and hospitalized. Burlesque comedian Peanuts White (also, Bob Hope); a dead ringer for Augustine is...

Danny Kaye (Knock on Wood) headlines this wacky WWII comedy he plays a timid American soldier, Private Ernie Williams who bears a striking resemblance to a famous British Colonel. The Military Intelligence decides to use the poor chap as a pawn and...

An ex-footballer who finds himself out of his depth and in debt with gangsters, turns to promoting gigs in Dundee.