Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Le Magnifique (1973)
- Dir. Philippe de Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli
- Jean–Paul Belmondo stars in this slapstick spoof of B–movie espionage films and novels, playing a frustrated writer working in this genre…
Love and Anarchy (1973)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni
- Cult director Lina Wertmuller's political parable about the would–be assassin of Mussolini who falls in love with a prostitute at his…
Love Thy Neighbour - The Movie (1973)
- Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Card–carrying unionist Eddie Booth, a socialistic avowed racial discriminator who maintains a constant barrage of abuse at his neighbor, a…
Man About the House (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates.
Two flies in the ointment…
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
- Dir. Nick Havinga, A. J. Antoon
Feat. Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Barnard Hughes…
- Idiosyncratic stage version of the Shakespeare comedy, set in turn of the century American South. Part of the Boradway Theatre Archive series
National Health, The (1973)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron…
- Riotous black comedy focusing on the appalling conditions at an under–funded National Health Service hospital, based on the acclaimed 1969 play…
No Sex Please We're British (1973)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe…
- "Riotous" British sex farce based on the long–running stageplay about a swell of "adult literature" that floods a prudish small town by the way…
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Zero Mostel, A Martinez, Katy Jurado
- Obscure Mostel comedy, in which the stone–faced comedian plays a cruel landowner in rural Mexico. Worth a look for fans.
Sigmund and the Seamonsters (TV Series) (1973-1975)
- Sid and Marty Krofft's low–budget kids sitcom about two brothers, Johnny and Scott, who harbour a friendly sea monster named Sigmund in their…
Sleeper (1973)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- Woody Allen plays a health–food shop owner who is frozen and awakened 200 years later in a fascist state. His campy version of the future…