Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe - One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…
Square Peg, The (1959)- Dir. John Paddy Carstairs
Feat. Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman… - Chaotic comedy with Wisdom as an an inept council workman whose road mending gets him into conflict with the Army. Arguably Wisdom's best film with…
Too Many Crooks (1959)- Dir. Mario Zampi
Feat. Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Sid James… - Four incompetent, would–be criminals make a meal of a kidnapping–ransom plot in this farcical crime caper from the Rank Organisation.
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon - Enchanting romantic comedy adapted from the Broadway play stars Kim Novak as a witch who casts a spell on her neighbour, played by James Stewart.
Carry On Forever! Box Set (Carry On Screaming; Carry On Constable; Carry On Cowboy; Carry On Sergeant; Carry On Teacher; Carry On Spying; Carry On Nurse; Carry On Jack; Carry On Cabby; Carry On Regardless; Carry On Cleo; Carry On Cruising) (1958-1966)- Feat. Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams…
- A 12–disc set containing various 'Carry On' comedies of the 1950–60s. All are also available separately for rental: Carry On…
Damn Yankees (Whatever Lola Wants) (1958)
- Dir. George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Feat. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston… - Supremely entertaining musical rom–com that transposes the Faustian legend to the world of American baseball, with Gwen Verdon in the iconic…
Geisha Boy (1958)- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis - Jerry Lewis plays a clumsy stage–magician touring Japan who leaves multiple havoc in his wake.
Giants and Toys (1958)- Dir. Yasuzo Masumura
Feat. Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe - Japanese satirical comedy about an advertising war between three candy production companies, and a teenage girl who becomes a celebrity after one of…
Houseboat (1958)- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer… - Fortunes change for widower and father–of–three Cary Grant when he takes up residence on a floating home, and employs Sophia Loren as his…
Matchmaker, The (1958)- Dir. Joseph Anthony
Feat. Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley Maclaine… - Farcical adaptation of the Broadway play about a meddling madam who prides herself on playing cupid to the young folk around town until one day…
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