10 1979  R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Dee Wallace, Brian Dennehy, Max Showalter, Sam J. Jones, Doug Sheehan
This film sky-rocketed Dudley Moore to stardom and was the impetus that sent American women to their hairdressers to have their hair styled into cornrows like Bo Derek's style for the movie. The story involves a middle-aged song composer/singer (Dudley Moore) who becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman (Bo Derek), and he follows her to Mexico–on her honeymoon!
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The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1989  G, 76 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Masanori Hata
Cast: Dudley Moore
Four years in the making, this family film reveals the escapades of a dog named Otis that takes on the task of rescuing its feline friend named Milo. Parents will find themselves enjoying this as much as their children. Dudley Moore provides the narration.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972  G, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
Director: William Sterling
Cast: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson, Peter Sellers, Robert Helpmann, Dudley Moore, Michael Jayston, Spike Milligan, Michael Hordern, Hywel Bennett, Davy Kaye, Peter Bull, Peter O'Farrell, Roy Kinnear
Lewis Carroll's classic story of Alice's (Fiona Fullerton) adventures after falling into a rabbit hole is brought to the screen in this British musical.
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 Arthur 1981 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Gordon
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Stephen Elliott, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Ted Ross, Barney Martin, Paul Gleason, Anne DeSalvo
A billionaire alcoholic (Dudley Moore) falls in love with a poor waitress (Liza Minnelli) with a heart of gold and stands to lose a fortune for not marrying the girl his family has planned for him. The best part of this film, however, is John Gielgud's Oscar-winning performance as Arthur's long-suffering valet. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)." Dudley Moore was nominated for Best Actor.
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 Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1988 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Kathy Bates, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Paul Benedict, Jack Gilford, Stephen Elliott, Ted Ross
In this sequel to "Arthur," Arthur is now married. When the father of the girl he jilted sets out for revenge, he discovers that Arthur is now broke and boozeless.
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Bedazzled 1967 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Alba, Robert Russell, Barry Humphries, Daniele Noel, Michael Bates, Charles Lloyd Pack
A short-order cook, Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore), sells his soul to George Spiggott (Peter Cook), a.k.a. the Devil, in return for seven sinful wishes in this modern-day version of "Dr. Faust."
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Best Defense 1984  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dudley Moore, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver, David Rasche, Mark Arnott, Peter Michael Goetz, Tom Noonan, Joel Polis
An inventor for the military (Dudley Moore) has produced a piece of equipment that simply does not do what was expected. That would be fine except that the military has opted to employ the invention and a soldier (Eddie Murphy) finds it impossible to work with it.
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Blame It on the Bellboy 1992 PG-13, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Patsy Kensit, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton, Bronson Pinchot, Jim Carter, Alex Norton, John Grillo, Andrew Bailey
Three men with similar-sounding last names check into a Venice hotel. Melvyn Orton (Dudley Moore) is a real estate agent with a deal to be made; Mike Lawton (Bryan Brown) is a hit man with a job to perform; and Maurice Horton (Richard Griffiths) has a rendezvous set up by a dating service. Their missions get swapped due to a bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) who has poor English language skills. Weak farce.
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Crazy People 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser, Mercedes Ruehl, J.T. Walsh, Ben Hammer, Dick Cusack, Alan North, David Paymer, Bill Smitrovich
Dudley Moore plays a genius ad man who gets fed up with the hypocrisy of mundane advertising campaigns and decides to design his own campaigns that tell the literal truth. When the ads are printed by mistake, his colleagues have him committed. While at the institution, he falls in love with a fellow patient (Daryl Hannah).
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Foul Play 1978  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol, Don Calfa, Bruce Solomon, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast
A librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn), becomes the "girl who knew too much" when she unwittingly discovers a plot to kill the Pope. Never fear, undercover cop Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase) comes to her rescue, and they encounter unforgettable characters, and even a car chase through the streets of San Francisco, in their efforts to prevent the horrendous crime.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Director: Paul Morrissey
Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Dana Gillespie, Terry-Thomas, Joan Greenwood, Spike Milligan, Jessie Matthews, Roy Kinnear, Henry Woolf, Josephine Tewson, Max Wall, Prunilla Scales, Lucy Griffiths, Kenneth Williams
In this satire on the Arthur Conan Doyle story, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cook) and Dr. Watson (Dudley Moore) encounter Dr. Mortimer (Terry-Thomas) who tells them about a curse on the male Baskerville family heirs. Dr. Watson arrives at Baskerville Hall to investigate and stays with the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville (Kenneth Williams), while Holmes searches for a way to relieve his tensions. Meanwhile, Watson looks for clues, but it will be Holmes who finally solves the case.
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Like Father, Like Son 1987   PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal, Sean Astin, Camille Cooper, Micah Grant, David Wohl, Maxine Stuart, Bill Morrison, Skeeter Vaughan, Larry Sellers, Tami David, Michael Horton
A surgeon (Dudley Moore) accidentally places a few drops of an old Indian mind exchange potion into his Bloody Mary. He and his son's (Kirk Cameron) minds are thus exchanged. What then happens is inane as each tries to cope with being in the other's body. Punch lines fail, and so does this film.
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Lovesick 1983 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marshall Brickman
Cast: Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern, John Huston, Wallace Shawn, Alan King, Renee Taylor, Ron Silver, Gene Saks, David Strathairn, Christine Baranski, Kent Broadhurst, Anne DeSalvo
Saul Benjamin (Dudley Moore) is a married psychiatrist who is about to commit the #1 professional taboo: he is falling in love with his patient Chloe Allen (Elizabeth McGovern). He ignores the advice of Sigmund Freud's ghost (Alec Guinness) and enters into a passionate affair with Chloe. Will he eventually heed Freud's advice or continue with the affair?
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Micki + Maude 1984 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn, George Coe, John Pleshette, Lu Leonard, Priscilla Pointer
The star of a TV show (Dudley Moore) finds himself in the middle of an unusual predicament–both his wife and girlfriend are pregnant. This is a very funny movie with Dudley Moore at his devious best when he tries to reconcile his two worlds.
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Monte Carlo or Bust 1969 G, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Tony Curtis, Susan Hampshire, Terry-Thomas, Gert Frobe, Peer Schmidt, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Walter Chiari, Jack Hawkins, Eric Sykes
This is a fun adventure of a 1920s race from London to Monte Carlo. Often slapstick with a few bits that aren't too funny, it is still a good no-brainer of the same mold as "The Great Race," "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," etc.
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Parallel Lives 1994 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Linda Yellen
Cast: James Belushi, Liza Minnelli, James Brolin, Helen Slater, Jack Klugman, Ben Gazzara, Mira Sorvino, Lindsay Crouse, Paul Sorvino, Dudley Moore
Fraternity/sorority reunion time brings out the best and worst of participants–including murder. Not much here; it is really like an actor's workshop.
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The Pickle 1993 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, Clotilde Courau, Shelley Winters, Barry Miller, Jerry Stiller, Spalding Gray, Chris Penn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dudley Moore
If you really have nothing else to do, check out this flick about Harry Stone's (Danny Aiello) midlife crisis. Stone is a movie director whose recent credits include a sci-fi story about a large pickle.
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Romantic Comedy 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Janet Eilber, Robyn Douglass, Ron Leibman, Rozlika Halmos, Alexander Lockwood, Erica Hiller, Sean Patrick Guerin
Will they, or won't they? Playwrights Jason (Dudley Moore) and Phoebe (Mary Steenburgen) work well together professionally, but their personal feelings for each other cannot seem to grow beyond the platonic stage. Speaking of not getting it together, this film...
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Santa Claus 1985 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Santa Claus: The Movie
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell, Jeffrey Kramer, Christian Fitzpatrick, Carrie Kei Heim, John Barrard, Anthony O'Donnell, Melvyn Hayes, Peter O'Farrell, Don Estelle, Tim Stern, Christopher Ryan
This tale begins years ago when Santa Claus was chosen to be the hero to children and deliver presents on Christmas Eve. Claus (David Huddleston) and his wife Anya (Judy Cornwell) are caught in a blizzard and are taken to the North Pole with their reindeer. The elves greet them, and Claus takes over the job of Santa Claus. But, one elf, Patch (Dudley Moore), later leaves for New York where he works for evil toy maker B.Z. (John Lithgow) who wants to destroy Santa Claus and take over the distribution of gifts. Will Patch save Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit?
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Six Weeks 1982  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore, Katherine Healy, Shannon Wilcox, Bill Calvert, Joe Regalbuto, Katherine Healy, John Harkins, Michael Ensign, Anne Ditchburn
This is the story of the last weekend of a young girl (Katherine Healy), whose mother (Mary Tyler Moore) and friend (Dudley Moore) take her to New York City. During the ensuing three days, she makes the most of her short life (skating at Rockefeller Center and dancing the lead in THE NUTCRACKER ballet) before dying of Leukemia. 2 User Reviews
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| | very moving | Anonymous 06/28/2009 | | |
| | Anonymous 05/01/2009 | | This movie has stuck with me for years as one of the best I have ever seen. |
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Unfaithfully Yours 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Richard B. Shull, Art LaFleur, Jane Hallaren, Bernard Behrens, Jan Triska, Benjamin Rayson, Leonard Mann, Estelle Omens, Penny Peyser
This remake of 1948's "Unfaithfully Yours" stars Dudley Moore in the role of symphony conductor Claude Eastman who plots revenge for the affair he believes his wife Daniella (Nastassja Kinski) is enjoying with violinist Max Stein (Armand Assante). While conducting a symphony, Claude plots the method he will use to get revenge by murdering Daniella. But, the plan he dreams up turns out to be difficult to carry out, and the humor of his bungling becomes the name of the game.
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Wholly Moses 1980 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gary Weis
Cast: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand, Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor, John Ritter, Jack Gilford
This tasteless film stars Dudley Moore as the "savior" who tries to replicate the deeds of Moses and lead his "people" out of Egypt.
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The Wrong Box 1966 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Cicely Courtneidge, Peter Graves
Based loosely on a story co-authored by Robert Louis Stevenson, this gag-filled farce concerns two brothers who haven't seen each other for over 40 years. They were among 12 children whose parents each put up money, now drawing interest, which will go to the last survivor. The two brothers are the last ones and each awaits getting his hands on the money. John Mills and Ralph Richardson are great as the two brothers.
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| 1. 10 (1979)
2. The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)
3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
4. Arthur (1981)
5. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
6. Bedazzled (1967)
7. Best Defense (1984)
8. Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
9. Crazy People (1990)
10. Foul Play (1978)
11. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
12. Like Father, Like Son (1987)
13. Lovesick (1983)
14. Micki + Maude (1984)
15. Monte Carlo or Bust (1969)
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
16. Parallel Lives (1994)
17. The Pickle (1993)
18. Romantic Comedy (1983)
19. Santa Claus (1985)
aka: Santa Claus: The Movie
20. Six Weeks (1982)
21. Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
22. Wholly Moses (1980)
23. The Wrong Box (1966)
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