The best Anthony Newley’s comedy movies

Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley

24/09/1931- 14/04/1999
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Anthony Newley’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Anthony Newley.

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle
6.1/10
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
2.7/10
Seven disgusting kids but nevertheless of interesting personality are being made of the green mud coming out of garbage can. Once alive their master gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without following stupid regulations like no television or no candy. Naturally this will cause some conflicts.

Vice Versa

Vice Versa
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1948
  • Character: Dick Bultitude
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.

Boris and Natasha

Boris and Natasha
4.7/10
The classic cartoon spies, Boris and Natasha, get their very own live-action adventure. Sent to America to find an important microchip, the usually villainous duo begin to question who they're working for and why.

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
6.2/10
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1949
  • Character: Dudley
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

How to Murder a Rich Uncle
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/06/1957
  • Character: Edward
A broke British nobleman (Nigel Patrick) targets his Canadian uncle (Charles Coburn), but other relatives get in the way.

Jazz Boat

Jazz Boat
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/06/1960
  • Character: Bert Harris
A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.

Lucy in London

Lucy in London
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/10/1966
  • Character: Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Heironymous Merkin
Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay.

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
3.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/09/1975
  • Character: Sweeney
Sweeney (Anthony Newley) is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty (Isaac Hayes). One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia (Stefanie Powers). She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer (Henry Ramer), but Sweeney and Gorgina are still in love.

The Lady is a Square

The Lady is a Square
5.8/10
Neagle stars a Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.

Don't Ever Leave Me

Don't Ever Leave Me
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 19/07/1949
  • Character: Jimmy Knowles
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.

Coins in the Fountain

Coins in the Fountain
5.7/10
TV remake. Three vacationing American women searching for romance during their visit to Rome.

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