The best Sam Levene’s comedy movies

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

28/08/1905- 28/12/1980
Today we present the best Sam Levene’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 Sam Levene’s movies.
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After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man
7.6/10
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex
6.1/10
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man
7.2/10
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Designing Woman

Designing Woman
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/05/1957
  • Character: Ned Hammerstein
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

I Dood It

I Dood It
6.2/10
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.

Kathy O'

Kathy O'
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 24/09/1958
  • Character: Ben Melnick
A movie publicist is assigned to keep the public from learning that a beloved child star is an egotistical little brat.

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton
6.7/10
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.

Such Good Friends

Such Good Friends
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/12/1971
  • Character: Uncle Eddie
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.

A Likely Story

A Likely Story
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/04/1947
  • Character: Lennie
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.

Three Men on a Horse

Three Men on a Horse
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/11/1936
  • Character: Patsy
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn
6.7/10
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

Three Sailors and a Girl

Three Sailors and a Girl
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/11/1953
  • Character: Joe Woods
A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.

Married Bachelor

Married Bachelor
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/10/1941
  • Character: Cookie Farrar
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.

Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch
5.7/10
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.

The Talk of Hollywood

The Talk of Hollywood
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1929
  • Character: Film Buyer
Schlock-movie producer J. Pierpont Ginsburg, after declaring, in a Yiddish accent, that "talking pictures are in their infantry," decides to put all of his savings into a big-budgeted musical, starring the sensation of Paris (with a bad French accent), Adore Renee, and a swishy leading man, Reginald Whitlock. Meanwhile, his daughter, Judy Ginsburg, gets involved in a romance with Ginsburg's Gentile lawyer, John Applegate. His efforts aren't helped any by the projectionist who mixes up the sound-disc reels, with the images not matching the dialogue and sound effects, during a showing for prospective film buyers and exhibitors.

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