Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
Caddy, The (1953)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Golf comedy from the Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin stable. Lewis caddies, Martin sings ‘That’s Amore’.
Calamity Jane (1953)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel
- Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
Captain's Paradise (1953)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson
- Nautical romp with captain Alec Guinness paying the price of having a wife in two ports – sultry Yvonne De Carlo and a genial Celia Johnson.
Final Test, The (1953)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph…
- Gentle comedy of values has a famed cricketer making his way to the middle for one last innings. Meanwhile is son is torn between seeing dad bat one…
Genevieve (1953)
- Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More…
- The London to Brighton car rally sets off this high–spirited, fondly remembered comedy in which a couple make a wager with their affectionate…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
- Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are out to rustle a millionaire or two on a seacruise to France in this glistening confection based on the stage…
Hobson's Choice (1953)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Charles Laughton
- Hard to take one's eyes off the maniacal acting of Charles Laughton in this Dickensian comic–drama, as a vulgar cobbler whose rebellious eldest…
Million Pound Note, The (1953)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell…
- A fairly neat adaptation of Mark Twain's satirical fable about a pair of rich brothers who bet over whether a man can live on a million pounds,…
Moon is Blue, The (1953)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
- Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)
- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud
- Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…