The best Richard Deacon’s family movies

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

14/05/1921- 08/08/1984
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Richard Deacon’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 Richard Deacon.

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost
6.8/10
Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker (Jones) gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!
6.7/10
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wrist watch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.

The Gnome-Mobile

The Gnome-Mobile
6.4/10
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.

Dear Heart

Dear Heart
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 02/12/1964
  • Character: Mr. Cruikshank
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

About Time

About Time
7.8/10
An entry in the Bell Science animated film series, on the nature of time.

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