The best Laurence Naismith’s comedy movies

Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

14/12/1908- 05/06/1992
We present our ranking of the best Laurence Naismith’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Laurence Naismith.

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets
8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 21/06/1949
  • Character: Warder in Jail (uncredited)
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

Fitzwilly

Fitzwilly
6.6/10
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/03/1950
  • Character: Dr. Collet
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 07/01/1954
  • Character: Walter Craddock
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male
6.2/10
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.

His Excellency

His Excellency
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/01/1952
  • Character: First Soldier
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

The Extra Day

The Extra Day
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1956
  • Character: Kurt Vorn
Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's currently shooting.

London Conspiracy

London Conspiracy
7.1/10
Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them in one of Brett's baronial homes? Even more unexpectedly, murder and black magic take place when Danny decides to own his own little piece of England and buys a tumble down old cottage. The old mansion, Greensleeves, has been in the Sinclair family for generations, but has been unoccupied for a long time except for an aged butler named Moorehead. It is only by chance that Brett discovers that it has been restored without his permission. He and Danny decide to investigate and, entering through a secret tunnel, find a letter addressed to a theatrical agent asking him to an actor who resembles Brett. Brett promptly poses as the actor and gets the job of impersonating himself. Danny and Brett have a lot to overcome before Danny can enjoy his little piece of England!

Josephine and Men

Josephine and Men
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/11/1955
  • Character: Porter
1955 British comedy starring Glynis Johns.

We Joined the Navy

We Joined the Navy
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/05/1963
  • Character: Admiral Blake
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.

Love in Pawn

Love in Pawn
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1953
  • Character: Uncle Amos
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation. Eventually, the husband arrives back at the houseboat just in time to prevent the wife from leaving him.

Trouble in the Air

Trouble in the Air
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1948
A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.

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