The Great Bank Hoax 1978  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Great Georgia Bank Hoax
Shenanigans
Director: Joseph Jacoby
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas, Paul Sand, Michael Murphy, Arthur Godfrey, Connie Forslund, Sara Newman, John C. Becher, Guy Le Bow, Roy Tatum, John Lefkowitz, Alek Primrose, Bibi Osterwald
The bank examiner is scheduled to arrive at the Pewter Bank when the bank comptroller Julius Taggart (Ned Beatty) informs bank officers Jack Stutz and Manny Benchley (Burgess Meredith and Richard Basehart) that someone has embezzled $100,000. The embezzler turns out to be the chief clerk Richard Smedley (Paul Sand), and he claims that he did it to point out a flaw in the bank's bookkeeping. When the bank officials come up with a scheme to rob the bank in order to cover up the embezzlement, more than a few complications ensue involving not only the bank officers but pillars of the community as well.
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 The Man Who Wasn't There 1983  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, William Forsythe, Vincent Baggetta, Michael Ensign, Miguel Ferrer, John C. Becher
This 3-D comedy represents an inept attempt to mix an espionage plot with special effects.
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 The Odd Couple 1968  G, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, David Sheiner, Larry Haines, Iris Adrian, Patricia D. Bohannon, Billie Bird, Ted Beniades, John C. Becher, Al Barlick, Matty Alou
This is one of Neil Simon's best and most popular comedies. Felix Ungar's (Jack Lemmon) wife has thrown him out, and, after contemplating suicide, Felix decides to move into his best friend Oscar Madison's (Walter Matthau) apartment. Oscar's wife is also divorcing him, and the temporary move makes sense. But, Felix is a compulsive organizer, and Oscar is an excessive slob. Will their opposite personalities make or break the possibility of their living in the same apartment?
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Up the Sandbox 1972 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Jane Hoffman, John C. Becher, Jacobo Morales, Paul Benedict, George S. Irving, Jane House, Rita Karin
In this witty comedy, outrageous fantasies fill the moments of boredom endured by a young housewife, Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand).
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| 1. The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
aka: The Great Georgia Bank Hoax
aka: Shenanigans
2. The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
3. The Odd Couple (1968)
4. Up the Sandbox (1972)
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