Good Neighbor Sam 1964  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Mike Connors, Louis Nye, Charles(2) Lane, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Seymour, Edward Andrews, Tristram Coffin, Robert Q. Lewis, Joyce Jameson, Linda Watkins, Peter Hobbs, Neil Hamilton
Advertising executive Sam Bissell (Jack Lemmon) is happily married to Minerva (Dorothy Provine) when he helps out his neighbor, Janet (Romy Schneider), by pretending to be her husband so she can inherit $15 million. Janet is married but separated from Howard (Mike Connors) and does not want to share the inheritance with him. Many complications arise when Sam's biggest client, Simon Nurdlinger (Edward G. Robinson), uses Sam and Janet as "the ideal married couple" in an ad campaign and features their pictures on billboards throughout the town.
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The Great Race 1965 N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Larry Storch, Dorothy Provine, Vivien Vance, Arthur O'Connell, Ross Martin
A car race from New York City to Paris in the early 1900s is the subject for this film. Plenty of laughs, especially the slapstick comedy provided by villainous Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) as he tries to foil the white-clad hero, Leslie the Great (Tony Curtis). Highlight: the Academy Award-nominated song, "The Sweetheart Tree" sung by Maggie (Natalie Wood).
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Never a Dull Moment 1968  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Tony Bill, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, Ned Glass, Richard Bakalyan
While planning a heist, a gangster (Edward G. Robinson) hires an unsuspecting comedian (Dick Van Dyke) to help in his plot. Disney, but certainly not one of the best.
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 That Darn Cat 1965 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon, Richard Eastham, Grayson Hall, Tom Lowell, Iris Adrian, Liam Sullivan
In this Disney film Siamese cat D.C. (Darn Cat) ends up in the middle of an FBI investigation and leads to solving a kidnapping case. D.C. is allowed into the home used by bank robbers Iggy and Dan (Frank Gorshin and Neville Brand) who are holding bank teller Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage. Margaret etches the word "Help" on her watch and then attaches it to D.C.'s neck. When D.C. arrives home to his owners Patti and Ingrid Randall (Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine), Patti discovers the watch and calls the F.B.I. When agent Zeke (Dean Jones) arrives at their home, they decide to tail D.C., believing that he will lead them to the robbers and hostage Margaret. Zeke, Patti, neighbors, and friends join in the hunt and provide good slapstick comedy along the way.
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Who's Minding the Mint? 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver, Walter Brennan, Victor Buono, Jack Gilford, Jamie Farr, Jackie Joseph
After U.S. Mint worker Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) accidentally destroys new bills worth $50,000, he plots to reprint the money–with the help of some very unsavory characters.
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| 1. Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
2. The Great Race (1965)
3. Never a Dull Moment (1968)
4. One Spy Too Many (1966)
5. That Darn Cat (1965)
6. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
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