The best Richard Denning’s comedy movies

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

27/03/1914- 11/10/1998
Today we present the best Richard Denning’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 Richard Denning’s movies.

Sudden Money

Sudden Money
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 31/03/1939
  • Character: Johnny Jordan
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/03/1940
  • Character: Dennis Crane
Backstage comedy, starring Martha Raye and Charles Ruggles, about a theatrical producer rehearsing his new show with a temperamental leading lady. Not to be confused with the 1947 film of the same title that starred Loretta Young.

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
6.3/10
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot
6.6/10
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.

Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father
6.1/10
Two single parents shock their children by falling in love.

The Fabulous Suzanne

The Fabulous Suzanne
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/12/1946
  • Character: Rex
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.

Campus Confessions

Campus Confessions
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 23/09/1938
  • Character: Buck Hogan
This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank Luisetti while it tells the story of a dean's son who does his very best to become a good student. When he fails, he turns to playing basketball and befriends Luisetti, which makes him quite popular. This doesn't sit well with the dean, who wants academics to be more important than sports.

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Beyond the Blue Horizon
6.1/10
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown woman, she is taken back to the United States to claim her inheritance. There are several people, with vested interests, who stand to gain something if she is shown not to be the missing heir.

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