The best Dick Martin’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Dick Martin’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 Dick Martin.
Carbon Copy
5.6/10
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
4.5/10
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to American football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Bartleby
6.4/10
An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Zero to Sixty
5/10
A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.
The Glass Bottom Boat
6.4/10
Bruce (Rod Taylor), the owner of a aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer (Doris Day) and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affections. Is she actually a Russian spy trying to obtain aerospace secrets?
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
4.6/10
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
A Tribute to the Boys: Laurel and Hardy
6.8/10
Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.
Once Upon a Horse...
5.8/10
Having gained a measure of TV fame by 1958, the nightclub comedy duo of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin decided to give movies a try with Once Upon a Horse. Dan and Dick play Dan Casey and Doc Logan, a pair of nitwitted cowboys who turn to outlawry because they can't make a go at any honest profession. Stealing a valuable herd of cattle, the boys' dreams of financial security are dashed when they're forced to raise money to feed their stolen bovines. Martha Hyer costars as Miss Amity Babb, a resourceful saloon hall owner who applies 20th century business methods to her 19th century operation.
Derailroaded
7.4/10
A documentary on the life and music of manic-depressive, paranoid-schizophrenic cult music icon Wild Man Fischer.
The Trial of Old Drum
6.3/10
Inspired by a true story set in Missouri, "The Trial of Old Drum" tells the story of a valiant golden retriever, Old Drum, an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's sheep.
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
8/10
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the Prague Spring, the Chicago riots, the Mexico Summer Olympics, the presidential election of Richard Nixon, the Apollo 8 space mission, the hippies and the Yippies, Bullitt and the living dead. Once upon a time the year 1968.
The Maltese Bippy
4.4/10
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
Rickles... On the Loose
7.3/10
Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state of California.
