The best David Wayne’s comedy movies

David Wayne

David Wayne

30/01/1914- 09/02/1995
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The Front Page

The Front Page
7.3/10
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 29/10/1953
  • Character: Freddie Denmark
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib
7.4/10
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang
6.4/10
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
4.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 31/12/1971
  • Character: David Wayne (uncredited)
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/07/1952
  • Character: Jeff Norris
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.

The Tender Trap

The Tender Trap
6.3/10
An actress flirt demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/05/1984
  • Character: Stapleton
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. He gets more than he bargained for from the train and the coffin.

The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/11/1957
  • Character: Corporal Larry Dolan
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
3.8/10
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.

Down among the Sheltering Palms

Down among the Sheltering Palms
5.6/10
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.

Up Front

Up Front
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 05/03/1951
  • Character: Joe
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".

As Young as You Feel

As Young as You Feel
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/06/1951
  • Character: Joe Elliott
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant on an inspection tour. Acme president McKinley is so nervous not even his beautiful secretary Harriet can calm him. McKinley's wife Lucille becomes infatuated with Hodges. Many further complications ensue.

Stella

Stella
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/07/1950
  • Character: Carl Granger
Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace
7/10
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble
5.8/10
Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.

The Prize Fighter

The Prize Fighter
5.6/10
"Bags" the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some moneymaking fights. But when Bags and Shake discover that the bouts have been rigged, they end up with their backs to the wall and must fight back -- literally.

The Girls in the Office

The Girls in the Office
6.1/10
Four women employed by a chic department store discover that they must choose between love and a career.

The Reformer and the Redhead

The Reformer and the Redhead
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 05/05/1950
  • Character: Arthur Maxwell
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.

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