The best Charles McGraw’s comedy movies

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

10/05/1914- 30/07/1980
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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.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 21/05/1982
  • Character: (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

A Boy and His Dog

A Boy and His Dog
6.4/10
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1947
  • Character: Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/01/1950
  • Character: Shotgun Mike Munger
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.

Joe Butterfly

Joe Butterfly
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/05/1957
  • Character: Sgt. Jim McNulty
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?

Double Crossbones

Double Crossbones
6/10
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.

The Busy Body

The Busy Body
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/03/1967
  • Character: Fred Harwell
Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

Once More, My Darling

Once More, My Darling
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/09/1949
  • Character: Herman Schmelz
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.

Hazard

Hazard
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 28/05/1948
  • Character: Chick
As part of a bet, a compulsive gambler agrees to marry the winner, a professional gambler. Before he can "collect," she skips town. The gambler hires a private detective to track her down so he can collect his "winnings."

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