The best Andy Devine’s comedy movies

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

07/10/1905- 18/02/1977
We present our ranking of the best Andy Devine’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Andy Devine.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.5/10
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Lonesome

Lonesome
7.8/10
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days
6.7/10
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/06/1970
  • Character: Coyote Bill
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.

Man Wanted

Man Wanted
6.5/10
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

Stingaree

Stingaree
5.8/10
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.

The Ballad of Josie

The Ballad of Josie
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1967
  • Character: Judge Tatum
A frontier widow (Doris Day) aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher (George Kennedy) in old Wyoming.

Never Say Die

Never Say Die
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/03/1939
  • Character: Henry Munch
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?

Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone
6.7/10
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

The Phynx

The Phynx
4.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/03/1970
  • Character: Andy Devine
A rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by communist enemies of the USA.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.2/10
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/04/1936
  • Character: George Brannan
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment
5.6/10
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo and they get married, and leave for his ranch in the west. Her friends warn her of an early disillusionment with life on a ranch, far away from the glitter and bright lights of Broadway. Kay makes one difficulty adjustment after another, as the ranch is presided over by Chris's kids, and an incident occurs with a neighbor that prompts Kay to return to her glamorous life in New York. But she soon finds her heart is with Chris and his children.

Personal Secretary

Personal Secretary
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/09/1938
  • Character: 'Snoop' Lewis
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.

The Over-the-Hill Gang

The Over-the-Hill Gang
6/10
Capt. Oren Hayes, a retired Texas Ranger, while visiting his daughter, finds that her husband is running for mayor against corrupt town boss, Nard Lundy. Lundy has no intention of allowing the free election of an honest man, so he has his henchmen do some dirty dealing. Hayes then calls for the help of some of his old buddies in the Rangers. Upon arriving in town, they realize quickly that age has caught up with them and they must rely on their sheer wits, and even some underhandedness, to outsmart and defeat Lundy.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/07/1976
  • Character: Priest in Dog Pound
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 07/12/1935
  • Character: Himself - Toreador
Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador", engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Señor Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and the Garland Sisters.

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 31/05/1940
  • Character: Andy Devine
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.

Crazy House

Crazy House
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 08/10/1943
  • Character: Andy Devine
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.

Let's Talk It Over

Let's Talk It Over
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/06/1934
  • Character: Gravel
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.

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