Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
- Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
- An interesting 'Abbott and Costello' where the duo, circa 1914, take refuge from crooks by hiding in the Mack Sennett studios and end up…
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- Dir. Charles Lamont
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor
- One of the better films in the 'Abbott and Costello' series, sees the bumbling duo wrapped up in the intrigue surrounding the excavation of The…
Artists and Models (1955)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley Maclaine…
- Bubbly, brain–addled comedy with comic–artist Dean Martin getting his ideas from roommate Jerry Lewis’ wild nocturnal mutterings. Rated…
Best Of Johnny Carson (1955)
- Feat. Johnny Carson
- 10 half hour episodes of The Johnny Carson Show that capture the King of late–night television's best and worst moments on stage, from screwing…
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore…
- An orphaned French teenager (Caron) endears herself to a playboy sophisticate (Astaire), who secretly sponsors her in an American private education.…
Doctor at Sea (1955)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot
- Dirk Bogarde is once again the eligible MD, in this entertaining second entry in the series taken from Richard Gordon's novels. The crushing boredom…
French Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll…
- Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
Grandes Manoeuvres, Les (1955)
- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Michele Morgan, Gerard Philipe, Brigitte Bardot
- Sophisticated French fare is a battle of the sexes between a notorious womanizer, and the divorcee he’s convinced he’ll be able to seduce and…
Honeymooners, The (TV Series) (The Color Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show) (1955-1956)
- Feat. Jackie Gleason
- This Jackie Gleason sitcom from the 1950s is the saga of a not–so–newly–wed couple who lived in a run down apartment.
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Lucky Me (1955)
- Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers
- Showbiz musical comedy with Doris Day paired once again with CALAMITY JANE tune smiths Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster.