The best Arthur Shields’s comedy movies

Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

15/02/1896- 27/04/1970
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The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man
7.7/10
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/11/1942
  • Character: Father Burke
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens
6.1/10
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman
6.2/10
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/11/1946
  • Character: McCarthy (uncredited)
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 8-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 19/06/1962
  • Character: Monsignor O'Toole
An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results.

Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous
5.8/10
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

The Barefoot Mailman

The Barefoot Mailman
5.9/10
Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
6.4/10
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.

Little Nellie Kelly

Little Nellie Kelly
6.4/10
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/03/1947
  • Character: Timothy Mike Donovan
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.

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