The best Ian Bannen’s comedy movies

Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

29/06/1928- 03/11/1999
Today we present the best Ian Bannen’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 Ian Bannen’s movies.

The Inglorious Bastards

The Inglorious Bastards
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 08/02/1978
  • Character: Col. Charles Thomas Buckner
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.

Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad
4.4/10
A widower with three children is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, he attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.

Waking Ned

Waking Ned
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/09/1998
  • Character: Jackie O'Shea
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Penelope

Penelope
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 10/11/1966
  • Character: James B. Elcott
When James met Penelope at a club, it took all of three weeks before they were married. But after the marriage, other women became attracted to James and he kept getting promoted, which took him away from Penelope. So Penelope puts on a disguise and robs her husband's bank. Her psychiatrist, Greg, believes that this condition is caused by James being over worked and under romantic with Penelope. She also tells Greg that she robs the business associates of James. But Greg is in love with Penelope - in fact everyone likes her. The problem is when she confesses to her crimes, no one believes her.

Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory
7.3/10
Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II. For young Billy Rowan, the nightly bombings provide a frightening show, but they include opportunities to rummage through the rubble with friends in the mornings. As Billy plays, his family struggles to remain intact as they suffer through the anguish and losses of wartime.

Speaking of the Devil

Speaking of the Devil
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/03/1991
  • Character: Luzifer
Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make it go bankrupt and purchase its land at a low cost.

Private's Progress

Private's Progress
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 17/02/1956
  • Character: Private Horrocks
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya
7.5/10
Uncle Vanya is a tragic comedy of lost hopes, stifled passions and wasted lives. Vanya is a bitter, sarcastic man, obsessed with his wasted years and what might have been. He has spent his life toiling for the benefit of the scholar, Serabryakov, who has turned out to be a charlatan. To make matters worse, Vanya has fallen in love with Serabryakov's beautiful, young, new wife, ho does not return his ardor.

A French Mistress

A French Mistress
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/08/1960
  • Character: Colin Crane The Headmaster's Son
The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the teacher in revealing shorts and bikinis. As discipline crumbles, a scandal explodes when the Head discovers the mademoiselle's mother was an old flame. Madeline must be dismissed to save further embarrassments.

Rotten to the Core

Rotten to the Core
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/07/1965
  • Character: Lt. Percy Vine
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1959
  • Character: Young King Loris
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.

She Didn't Say No!

She Didn't Say No!
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/09/1958
  • Character: Peter Howard
Based on Una Troy’s charming novel, We Are Seven (1955), She Didn’t Say No! depicts the Monaghan family, six children and their unmarried mother Bridget, living in the town of Doon, County Waterford. The children’s various fathers are local men – who uneasily attempt to find a way to rid the town of their embarrassment. The scheme begins with a court case to have the children removed from their “immoral” mother and ends with hopes of re-locating the family. The children are a central focus of the film – from the youngest, Toughy – a blustery boy and his acts of independence and bravado, to Poppy – a twelve year old star-struck girl, who cleverly manipulates herself into a locally-made film.

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