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All Hands on Deck   1961     2 stars  User Rating      N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Pat Boone, Buddy Hackett, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Eden, Warren Berlinger, Gale Gordon, Ann B. Davis, Jody McCrea, David Brandon, Joe E. Ross

  When sailors head for town, Lieutenant Donald (Pat Boone) and local resident Sally Hobson (Barbara Eden) fall in love in this moderately entertaining musical comedy.    1 User Review




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only seen it on tv. not avail. on dvd or tapeAnonymous 10/05/2007 
  enjoyed the funny parts and the movie as a whole

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All in a Night's Work   1961     2 stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Anthony  
Cast: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Ruggles, Cliff Robertson, Gale Gordon, Jack Weston, Jerome Cowan, Ian Wolfe, Mary Treen, Rex Evans

  Tony Ryder (Dean Martin), heir to a publishing fortune, falls in love with Katie (Shirley MacLaine) in this inside look at the lack of scruples in the world of business.

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Don't Give Up the Ship   1959     3 stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer, Mickey Shaughnessy, Robert Middleton, Gale Gordon, Claude Akins, Hugh Sanders, Richard Shannon

  Sailor John Paul Steckler (Jerry Lewis) loses a battleship in this–one of Jerry's best–story providing many laughs.

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Francis Covers the Big Town   1953     2 and a half stars    N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin  
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Yvette Dugay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild, Larry Gates, Lowell Gilmore, William Harrigan, Gale Gordon, Chill Wills

  Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his talking mule, Francis (voice of Chill Wills), take a job at the newspaper and before long they are in the middle of a murder trial.


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Here Come the Nelsons   1952     2 stars    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova  
Cast: Nelson Family, Rock Hudson, Ann Doran, Jim Backus, Sheldon Leonard, Gale Gordon, Barbara Lawrence

  This film was the advance preview of what would become a long-running TV series. The Nelson boys (David and Ricky) innocently get involved with gangsters while mom and dad (Harriet and Ozzie) fret about what to do. Dumb, but fun for the family.


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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!   1958     2 and a half stars    N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey  
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Tuesday Weld, Dwayne Hickman, Gale Gordon, Murvyn Vye, O.Z. Whitehead, Percy Helton, Tom Gilson, David Hedison, Richard Collier, Tap Canutt, Bess Flowers

  Harry and Grace Bannerman (Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) react negatively to an army missile base construction near their suburban town of Putman's Landing. The townsfolk cannot deal with the annoying Captain Hoxie (Jack Carson), and Harry, who is an Air Force reservist, acts as the liaison between the town and the Army. After Grace and her group dress up as Indians for a 4th of July demonstration against the planned missile site, they learn that the site will bring employment to their town. Harry and Grace embrace, but they accidentally push a lever that launches a missile containing Captain Hoxie, and he goes up in space.



Cast
Paul Newman Harry Bannerman
Joanne Woodward Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman
Joan Collins Angela Hoffa
Jack Carson Captain Hoxie
Tuesday Weld Comfort Goodpasture
Dwayne Hickman Grady Metcalf,Comfort's Suitor
Gale Gordon Brig. Gen. W.A. Thorwald
Murvyn Vye Oscar Hoffa
O.Z. Whitehead Isaac Goodpasture
Percy Helton Waldo Pike the Plumber
Tom Gilson Corporal Opie
David Hedison Narrator
Richard Collier Zack Crummitt
Tap Canutt Soldier
Bess Flowers Lady at Town Meeting
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Sergeant Deadhead   1965     1 star    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Cesar Romero, Fred Clark, Gale Gordon, Buster Keaton, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Arden, Pat Buttram, Harvey Lembeck

  A U.S. government experiment goes awry, and an airman (Frankie Avalon) exchanges with a chimpanzee during a journey into space.

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Poster Art From art.comSpeedway   1968     2 stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Elvis Presley, Bill Bixby, Nancy Sinatra, Gale Gordon, William Schallert, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Ross Hagan, Carl Ballantine, Poncie Ponce, Harry Hickox

  Elvis Presley plays a racecar driver in this story revolving around stock car racing. It does feature, as part of the racing scene, real-life racers Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough.


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Visit to a Small Planet   1960     2 stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams, Jerome Cowan, Gale Gordon, Lee Patrick, Ellen Corby

  Based on Gore Vidal's satirical play, this is the story of an alien (Jerry Lewis) who visits Earth to study its inhabitants.

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A Woman of Distinction   1950     3 stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell  
Cast: Ray Milland, Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Mary Jane Saunders, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, Alex Gerry, Lucille Ball

  College dean Susan Middlecott (Rosalind Russell) is embarrassed when newspapers write about a visiting professor and former boyfriend, Alec Stevenson (Ray Milland), and announce that he is her lover.

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The 'burbs   1989     2 stars    PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Horror
Director: Joe Dante  
Cast: Tom Hanks, Rick Ducommun, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Gale Gordon, Dick Miller, Brother Theodore, Courtney Gains, Robert Picardo, Rance Howard, Franklyn Ajaye, Cory Danziger

  Ray and Carol Peterson (Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher) spend what they had hoped would be a quiet week in their suburban home when Ray notices that new neighbors, the Klopeks (Henry Gibson, Brother Theodore, and Courtney Gains), are behaving strangely. Ray and his best friend Art (Rick Ducommun), along with other neighbors, pry into the Klopeks' activities and suspect that gruesome activities are being carried out by the Klopeks.



Cast
Tom Hanks Ray Peterson
Rick Ducommun Art Weingartner
Carrie Fisher Carol Peterson
Bruce Dern Mark Rumsfield
Corey Feldman Ricky Butler
Wendy Schaal Bonnie Rumsfield
Henry Gibson Dr. Werner Klopek
Gale Gordon Walter Seznick
Dick Miller Vic the Garbageman
Brother Theodore Uncle Reuben Klopek
Courtney Gains Hans Klopek
Robert Picardo Joe the Garbageman
Rance Howard Detective
Franklyn Ajaye Detective
Cory Danziger Dave Peterson
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Movie Quick Pick
1. All Hands on Deck (1961)
2. All in a Night's Work (1961)
3. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
4. Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
5. Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
6. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
7. Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
8. Speedway (1968)
9. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
10. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
11. The 'burbs (1989)


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