The best John Merton’s comedy movies

John Merton

John Merton

18/02/1901- 19/09/1959
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Merton’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 John Merton.

Our Wife

Our Wife
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/08/1941
  • Character: Officer (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

The Red Rider

The Red Rider
6.9/10
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.

Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 30/11/1934
  • Character: Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/01/1939
  • Character: John - Man at Accident
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.

Girl Rush

Girl Rush
4.9/10
During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western mining town.

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer
6.3/10
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.

Gold Raiders

Gold Raiders
5.6/10
The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.

Range Defenders

Range Defenders
5.8/10
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.

Running Wild

Running Wild
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/06/1927
  • Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.

Billy the Kid in Texas

Billy the Kid in Texas
6.2/10
In the second of the "Billy the Kid" series from PRC that starred Bob Steele, Billy the Kid is being held on a trumped-up murder charge in a Mexico jail. He escapes and meets his pal, Fuzzy Jones, in Corral City, Texas, which is taking a holiday to allow the cowpunchers of the Lazy A Ranch their periodic spree. In the saloon, Billy is recognized by Dave Hendricks and Flash, two the Lazy A's bed men, as the rider who had held them up after they had robbed the express wagon a few hours earlier. Outside, Billy is ambushed and slightly wounded, and is taken to the express office by Jim Morgan where Mary Barton, the local agent, agrees to tend him until the doctor arrives. Billy turns over the loot he took from the outlaws and he is appointed sheriff, with Fuzzy as his deputy. The Lazy A gang brings in a noted gunfighter, Gil Cooper, who turns out to be Billy's brother. Billy, Gil and Fuzzy eventually rout the outlaw gang, and Gil remains behind with Mary as Billy and Fuzzy ride off.

Up in Daisy's Penthouse

Up in Daisy's Penthouse
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/02/1953
  • Character: Daisy's Boyfriend
The Stooges are sent by their mother to stop their rich fathers plan to remarry. Shemp plays dual role as Shemp and Father.

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