Above and Beyond 1952  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine, Jim Backus, Stephen Dunne, Robert Burton, Hayden Rorke, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Simmons, Jeff Richards, John McKee, Christopher Olsen
This biographical drama is about Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbetts' (Robert Taylor) training and preparation for his B-29 bombing mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and helped bring an end to World War II.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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The Court Jester 1956   N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Parker, Edward Ashley, Robert Middleton, John Carradine, Alan Napier, Michael Pate, Herbert Rudley, Lewis Martin, Patrick Aherne
Danny Kaye is at his best as the medieval court jester who tries to restore the rightful king to his throne. 1 User Review
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I Will, I Will...for Now 1976  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda, Warren Berlinger, Madge Sinclair, Candy Clark
This dated, trashy satire on love and marriage features Elliott Gould and Diane Keaton as a rich New York couple who get involved in a sex clinic and extramarital affairs.
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Not with My Wife, You Don't 1966  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor, Richard Eastham, Ann Doran, Bob Hope, Eddie Ryder, George Tyne
Julie (Verna Lisi) is a bored Air Force wife whose husband, Tom (Tony Curtis), worries about her fidelity to their marriage.
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 The Road to Hong Kong 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Bill Nagy, Felix Aylmer, Peter Madden, Many Guest Stars
This final "Road" picture with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby has the pair entering the worlds of space travel and espionage while their cohort (Dorothy Lamour) appears in a short cameo.
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Strictly Dishonorable 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer, Esther Minciotti, Arthur Franz, Hugh Sanders, Silvio Minciotti, Sandro Giglio
Based on Preston Sturges' play, this film is a remake of the 1931 film about opera star Augustino Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that does not help in his courting of the lovely Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh).
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That Certain Feeling 1956 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Cast: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey, Al Capp, Jerry Mathers, David Lewis, Herbert Rudley, Florenz Ames, Douglas Wood
Cartoonist Francis X. Dignan (Bob Hope) ghosts for the creator of a popular syndicated comic strip, Larry Larkin (George Sanders). Eva Marie Saint plays Larkin's ex-wife in this poor Hope film. 1 User Review
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The Trap 1959 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Peter Baldwin, Richard Shannon, Carl Milletaire, Walter Coy
Ralph (Richard Widmark) is the son of a slain sheriff in a California town. Ralph had been the henchman for a crime boss (Lee J. Cobb), but now he is determined to avenge his father's death.
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| 1. Above and Beyond (1952)
2. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
3. The Court Jester (1956)
4. How to Commit Marriage (1969)
5. I Will, I Will...for Now (1976)
6. Not with My Wife, You Don't (1966)
7. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
8. Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
9. That Certain Feeling (1956)
10. The Trap (1959)
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