The best Hume Cronyn’s comedy movies

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

19/07/1911- 15/06/2003
Today we present the best Hume Cronyn’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Hume Cronyn’s movies.
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Cocoon

Cocoon
6.7/10
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/05/1985
  • Character: Rupert Horn
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!

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*batteries not included
6.6/10
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return
5.4/10
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 26/08/1945
  • Character: Monty (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Off Season

Off Season
5.6/10
After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man, he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus.

People Will Talk

People Will Talk
7.3/10
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.

Blonde Fever

Blonde Fever
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1944
  • Character: Restaurant Patron
Peter (Philip Dorn) and Delilah (Mary Astor) are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally (Gloria Grahame), a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend (Marshall Thompson) as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway
5.2/10
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by it's Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.

Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/12/1969
  • Character: Tim Grogan
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.

Camilla

Camilla
6/10
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly woman who plays the violin. When the two embark on a journey together, Camilla reclaims a lost love and makes peace with herself and her son, while Freda discovers inner resources she never knew she had.

The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/12/1945
  • Character: Freddie Potts
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 03/03/1948
  • Character: John McGrath
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.

A Letter for Evie

A Letter for Evie
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/01/1946
  • Character: John Phineas McPherson
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.

Top o' the Morning

Top o' the Morning
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/08/1949
  • Character: Hughie Devine
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.

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