Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5452 Films to Rent
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
- Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
My Sister Eileen (1955)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh
- Charming if not modest retread of the "brains vs. beauty" dilemma sees on–screen sisters Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett jostle for the affection…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
- Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
- Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
- Marilyn Monroe gives plenty of dumb blonde for this comedy about a married man (Tom Ewell) who has a fling with you–know–who.
Simon & Laura (Simon and Laura) (1955)
- Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Maurice Denham…
- Prescient satire with a bickering couple, on the brink of splitting up are given the opportunity to revitalise their acting careers by starring in a…
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson…
- An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…
To Paris with Love (1955)
- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray…
- Widowed aristocrat Guinness takes his estranged son to Paris where romantic entanglements await. Tepid romantic comedy fails to rise to the standard…
We're No Angels (1955)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov…
- Moderately interesting Hollywood comedy concerns three convicts (Bogart, Ray and Ustinov) who escape from Devils Island and have to transform into…
3 Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain) (1954)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters…
- Likeable, but modest classic in which three women throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi in Rome, to try their romantic luck. Great tourist locales…
Belles of St. Trinian's, The (1954)
- Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole…
- Classic pre–CARRY ON hi–jinks set in a seedy girl's school and based on Ronald Searle's cartoon series. Alastair Sim (in drag) plays…