Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
Days of Thrills and LaughterDays of Thrills and Laughter (1961) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin
The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
Double BunkDouble Bunk (1961)
Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sid James
Newlyweds Ian Carmichael and Janette Scott purchase a rickety houseboat, set sail for France in this buoyant and occasionally bawdy Brit comedy.
Errand Boy, TheErrand Boy, The (1961)
Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear
Lewis plays his perennial bumbler, here recruited as an oddjob man on a Hollywood Studio lot who must also spy on employee activities. Contains some…
Great Impostor, TheGreat Impostor, The (1961)
Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Edmond O'Brien
Tony Curtis bluffs his way though society in this comic caper based on the true story of Ferdinand Demara who successfully passed himself off as a…
Ladies Man, TheLadies Man, The (1961) Recommended
Dir. Jerry Lewis
Feat. Jerry Lewis, George Raft
A handyman at an academy for aspiring actresses, Jerry Lewis must grapple with a vast, split–level set in one of his best comedies.
Lover Come BackLover Come Back (1961)
Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall
Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar away as rival ad–execs – Day is the ethical virgin, Hudson the unscrupulous lady–killer, while Tony…
Mr. Ed (TV Series)Mr. Ed (TV Series) (Mister Ed) (1961-1966) Aro Favourite
Feat. Alan Young
Golden age television sitcom centred around a talking horse who lives in the backyard stable of a husband and wife, but is only conversant with the…
On the DoubleOn the Double (1961)
Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Zany action–comedy set during the Invasion of Normandy, where an American soldier and talented mimic (Danny Kaye) impersonates a British high…
One, Two, ThreeOne, Two, Three (1961) Recommended
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin
James Cagney is marvellous as a zealous Coke executive in Germany, keen on penetrating the Russian market, but mortified when his boss's daughter…
Only Two Can PlayOnly Two Can Play (1961)
Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough
One of Peter Seller's earlier films sees him in rare semi–dramatic part, playing a librarian in a small Welsh town who has an affair. Dryly…

Results Page   Prev | 503 | 504 | 505 | 506 | 507 | 508 | 509 Next    Show All

Display
Display
Order
Order