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Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Fawlty Towers (TV Series) (1975)
- Dir. John Howard
Feat. John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth…
- TV comedy approaches perfection in John Cleese's irreverent, madcap sitcom set in a small West Country hotel.
Vol. 1: Communication Problems, The…
Funny Lady (1975)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Barbra Streisand
- Barbra Streisand grows up and reprises her role in this sequel to FUNNY GIRL.
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 3 (Porridge, Sykes, The Two Ronnies) (1975)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Eric Sykes, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
- Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1975.
Good Life, The (TV Series) (1975-1978)
- Feat. Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith…
- The British series that became an icon of 1970s culture–clash, between the greenie Goods (Briers & Kendal), who want to become…
Great Macarthy, The (1975)
- Dir. David Baker
Feat. John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Barry Humphries
- A not unlikeable drama from 1970s Australian cinema, set on the boundary between amateur and professional Australian Rules football. Jarratt plays a…
Gunston Tapes, The (1975)
- Feat. Garry McDonald
- A compilation of clips from the original 1970s 'Norman Gunston Show', when the pale combed–over interviewer lured fresh celebrities from around…
Let's Do It Again (1975)
- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Jimmie Walker
- Funny/straight double team Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier strike dividends as working class nobodies who go to New Orleans, and figure they can clean…
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Blakely…
- Nicely polished period TV–movie, with barrister Olivier defending aging beauty Hepburn, who is being sued by a gigolo for 'abandonment'. Of…
Love and Death (1975)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- Woody Allen's finely wrought parody of 'War and Peace'.
Lucky Lady (1975)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds…
- Shapeless caper with three rum–runners set during the prohibition whose lives are complicated by the personal relationships.
A notorious…