The best Telly Savalas’s comedy movies

Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

21/01/1922- 22/01/1994
We present our ranking of the best Telly Savalas’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 Telly Savalas.
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Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II
5/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 29/06/1984
  • Character: Hymie Kaplan
The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.

Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena
5.6/10
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.

Kelly's Heroes

Kelly's Heroes
7.6/10
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie
7.6/10
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters
6.7/10
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Pretty Maids All in a Row
6.1/10
At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau
6.4/10
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/12/1968
  • Character: Walter Braddock
Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment from three former soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of her daughter, Gia.

The New Interns

The New Interns
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/06/1964
  • Character: Dr. Dominic Riccio
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

Love Is a Ball

Love Is a Ball
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 24/04/1963
  • Character: Dr. Christian Gump (Millie's uncle)
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes a shine to Etienne's secretary Janine?

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/03/1965
  • Character: Macmuid
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.

The Cartier Affair

The Cartier Affair
4.9/10
Curt Taylor is a convict and owes Phil Drexler the number 1 convict in the prison. Now to settle his debt Drexler sends Curt to be the secretary for Cartier Rand so that he can steal her jewels. But he falls in love with her, which complicates things.

Joys

Joys
6.6/10
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."

The Karate Killers

The Karate Killers
5.3/10
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula that was divided into four parts and left by a dying scientist with his four of five daughters, all of whom live in different countries. His widow, Amanda, is murdered at the beginning by the counter-spies of the organization THRUSH. Evil THRUSH agent Randolph also wants the formula, and is aided by his karate-chopping henchmen.

Backfire!

Backfire!
3.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/01/1995
  • Character: Most Evil Man
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in to investigate. From the start, Jeremy is heckled and sexually harassed by his tough as nails female cohorts including his instructor, the hard-boiled Lt. Shithouse. Jessica Luvintryst, Jeremy's old flame and the Mayor's very personal assistant, rekindles the fire in his eyes and between his thighs. Jeremy discovers trace jet fuel at the fire sites and soon becomes hot on the trail of The Most Evil Man and his diabolical scheme. In the tradition of Naked Gun, Backfire spoofs Backdraft.

Fake-Out

Fake-Out
4.7/10
Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to testify.

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration

The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
7.7/10
A live-action and animated television special featuring clips from past episodes and spin-offs combined with new animation and musical segments.

Crooks and Coronets

Crooks and Coronets
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/04/1969
  • Character: Herbie Haseler
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.

The Man from the Diners' Club

The Man from the Diners' Club
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/04/1963
  • Character: Mr. Martindale
Mobster Foots Pulardos, who operates a health gym as a front, plans to flee to Mexico to evade government tax officials. His girl friend, Sugar Pye, suggests that he first arrange for the cremation of a man having his own peculiar identifying characteristic--feet of different sizes--and then apply for a Diners' Club card for use in paying his fare. The request for the credit card comes to the desk of Ernie Klenk, a timid clerk. Nervous about his forthcoming marriage to the boss's secretary, Lucy, Ernie inadvertently okays the application, then, discovering his mistake, rushes to the health gym to recover the club card he has issued.

Silent Rebellion

Silent Rebellion
7.8/10
A Greek immigrant (Savalas) and his son return to Greece, where they reunite with mother and brother and re-discover their heritage and each other. Cross-cultural misunderstandings abound; could have been interesting, but the story is just too generic and uninspired.

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