The best Roland Culver’s comedy movies

Roland Culver

Roland Culver

21/08/1900- 01/03/1984
We present our ranking of the best Roland Culver’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 Roland Culver.
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Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital
6.2/10
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, and African cannibal dictator and sinister human experiments.

The Missionary

The Missionary
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/11/1982
  • Character: Lord Fermleigh
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
6.4/10
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. Another owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Later, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

Down to Earth

Down to Earth
6.1/10
Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.

The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz
6/10
At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity in Austria.

The Iron Maiden

The Iron Maiden
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/06/1963
  • Character: Lord Upshott
The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher (Alan Hale, Jr.). The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy (Anne Helm) damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.

English Without Tears

English Without Tears
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/07/1944
  • Character: Sir Cosmo Brandon
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/12/1955
  • Character: Colonel Geoffrey Weston
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.

Isn't It Romantic?

Isn't It Romantic?
4.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/10/1948
  • Character: Maj. Euclid Cameron
Three sisters find romance in post-Civil War Indiana.

Rockets Galore

Rockets Galore
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/12/1958
  • Character: Capt Waggett
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/11/1970
  • Character: Sir Eric Bentley
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

The Man Who Loved Redheads

The Man Who Loved Redheads
5.8/10
Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.

Encore

Encore
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 11/06/1951
  • Character: George Ramsay
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

The Truth About Women

The Truth About Women
6/10
Baffled and at a loss to understand the mentality of Diana, his wife, Anthony makes a frantic visit to the home of her parents to discover that she is staying with them.

On Approval

On Approval
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/05/1944
  • Character: Richard Halton
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.

Folly to Be Wise

Folly to Be Wise
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/12/1952
  • Character: George Prout
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.

Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/04/1941
  • Character: Boofy Ponsonby
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

Jump for Glory

Jump for Glory
5.8/10
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.

A Pair of Briefs

A Pair of Briefs
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/03/1962
  • Character: Sir John Pilbright
She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer?

The Great Lover

The Great Lover
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/11/1949
  • Character: Grand Duke Maximillian
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?

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