 The AristoCats 1970  G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Vito Scotti, Nancy Kulp, Pat Buttram, Paul Winchell, George Lindsey, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hermione Baddeley, Charles(2) Lane, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Roddy Maude-Roxby
When wealthy Mme. Bonfamille (voice of Hermione Baddeley) dies, she leaves her fortune to her cat Duchess (voice of Eva Gabor) and her three kittens. The jealous butler, Edgar (voice of Roddy Maude-Roxby), abandons the cats in the French countryside so that he will have the fortune. But, there are rescuers out there in the form of alley cat Thomas O'Malley (voice of Phil Harris), mouse Roquefort (voice of Sterling Holloway), and hounds Lafayette and Napoleon (voices of George Lindsey and Pat Buttram) who come to their aid, and by story's end the cats are back home where they belong.
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Beverly Hills Brats 1989  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dimitri Sotirakis
Cast: Burt Young, Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Terry Moore, Cathy Podewell, Ramon Estevez, Aron Eisenberg, George(2) Kirby, Natalie Schafer, Vito Scotti
To get his parent's attention, a rich kid hires a man to kidnap him only to have both of them taken by real crooks. Ho-hum.
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The Boatniks 1970  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Wally Cox, Don Ameche, Joey Forman, Vito Scotti, Tom Lowell, Bob Hastings, Joe E. Ross
Coast Guard Ensign Thomas Garland (Robert Morse) ineptly pursues a trio of jewel thieves (Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, and Mickey Shaughnessy) who are trying to retrieve a picnic basket of stolen jewels that have been dropped accidentally into Newport Harbor.
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Cactus Flower 1969  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Vito Scotti, Irene Hervey, Rick Lenz, Eve Bruce, Irwin Charone, Matthew Saks
Goldie Hawn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in her role of the mistress of a dentist (Walter Matthau). Twists and turns of the plot evolve as the dentist coerces his secretary (Ingrid Bergman) to pretend to be his wife.
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Captain Newman, M.D. 1963 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Miller
Cast: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Bobby Darin, Eddie Albert, Jane Withers, Larry Storch, Robert Duvall, James Gregory, Dick Sargent, Bethel Leslie, Robert F. Simon, Vito Scotti, Crahan Denton, Paul Carr
This film adaptation of Leo Rosten's tragi-comedy bestseller is about Army neuropsychiatrist Dr. Newman (Gregory Peck) whose patients suffer breakdowns from battle fatigue. His job is to heal his patients and return them to active duty. But, he needs more help and gets it in the form of new arrivals–orderly Jackson Leibowitz (Tony Curtis) and nurse Lt. Francie Corum (Angie Dickinson). Jackson performs more than his fair share of pranks, but he aids Newman and Francie in dealing with the traumatized patients. Meanwhile, Newman and Francie are attracted to each other, and a romance blooms.
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 1981   PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Danny Aiello, Adam Arkin, Danny Glover, Sid Haig, Ruth Buzzi, Lou Jacobi, Vito Scotti
This film never seems to get off the ground. The story is about the misadventures of two hustlers who endure a series of misfortunes. 1 User Review
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| | One of the best comedies I've ever seen. | anonymous 06/18/2007 | | This movie stars a great variety of comedians. The diversity of personalities and their comic styles makes it possible for me to watch it over and over again. My VHS is wearing out. How I wish it was on DVD. The comedy is always in good taste, focasing on the lives of loosers just trying to get the most out of life. |
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Conquest of Space 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Phil Foster, William Redfield, William Hopper, Ross Martin, Michael Fox, Joan Shawlee, Benson Fong, Vito Scotti, John Dennis, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Mike Mahoney
The crew–Captain Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), Sergeant Mahony (Mickey Shaughnessy), Jackie Siegle (Phil Foster), and Imoto (Benson Fang)–are led by General Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke) on the first spaceship heading to Mars. Problems develop when General Merritt tries to sabotage the trip because he believes they are trespassing on God's domain. His son, Captain Merritt, kills him in order to save the mission, and the crew lands on Mars on Christmas day. Special effects are great.
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Criss Cross 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Tony Curtis, Richard Long, Alan Napier, Percy Helton, Griff Barnett, Vito Scotti
Armored-car driver Steve (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by his ex-wife, Anna (Yvonne De Carlo), to enter into a plot to rob the armored car he drives. Tony Curtis makes his film debut.
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Herbie Goes Bananas 1980  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephen W. Burns, John Vernon, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Rocco, Fritz Feld, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III, Vito Scotti, Ruben Moreno, Tina Menard, Jorge Morena, Allan Hunt
The "Love Bug"–the intelligent Volkswagen, Herbie–is back. Pete (Stephen W.Burns) has inherited Herbie, and he and his friend D.J. (Charles Martin Smith) take Herbie to Brazil for the Grand Primio race. Along the way, Herbie plays the matador in a bull ring, and more complications await as they encounter a smuggling ring. But, Herbie, of course, foils its plans to steal the gold.
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Herbie Rides Again 1974 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Dan Tobin, Vito Scotti, Raymond Bailey, Liam Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Elaine Devry, Don Pedro Colley, Chuck McCann, Larry J. Blake
In this sequel to "The Love Bug," that daring Volkswagen, Herbie, comes to the rescue and saves the widowed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) and her niece Nicole (Stephanie Powers). The villain is Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn), and he wants to build a skyscraper where Mrs. Steinmetz's house now stands. Hawk's nephew, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry), falls in love with Nicole and provides legal aid in the fight against Hawk. Meanwhile, Herbie finds a different kind of aid when he leads all of the San Francisco Volkswagens in a battle against the bulldozers.
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Master of the World 1961 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Witney
Cast: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster, Richard Harrison, Vito Scotti, Wally Campo, David Frankham, Ken Terrell, Peter Besbas
Adapted from two Jules Verne novels, this is the story of Robur (Vincent Price) who created a machine to destroy military equipment. Strock (Charles Bronson) is working overtime to prevent any more damage from Robur's attacks.
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Napoleon and Samantha 1972 G, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cast: Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Arch Johnson, Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Henry Jones, Vito Scotti, John Crawford, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby
Two children, Napoleon (Johnny Whitaker) and Samantha (Jodie Foster), work their way across Oregon with their pet lion searching for their benefactor (Michael Douglas). Disney.
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Pay or Die 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin, Renata Vanni, Franco Corsaro, Robert F. Simon, Robert Ellenstein, Paul Birch, Vito Scotti, John Marley
Members of the Mafia-dominated Black Hand are intimidating New York citizens living in the Little Italy sector in the early 1900s. NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine) is sent in with fellow officers to clean up the area.
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 Pinocchio 1984 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Carl Reiner, Paul Reubens, James Belushi, Lainie Kazan, Vincent Schiavelli, James Coburn, Don Novello, Vito Scotti, Michael Richards, Helena Kallianiotes, Avery Schreiber
The Carlo Collodi story comes to the screen again via TV as part of "Faerie Tale Theater" series. Carl Reiner takes the role of woodcarver Geppetto who dreams of having a son when he creates a wooden puppet, Pinocchio (Paul Reubens). The Blue Fairy (Lainie Kazan) appears on the scene and grants Geppetto's wish by turning Pinocchio into a living marionette. But, Pinocchio must prove himself to be a good boy and must never lie or his nose will grow. Problems lie ahead, but, by story's end, Pinocchio proves that he has a good soul.
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The Pleasure Seekers 1964 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Ann - Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gene Tierney, Brian Keith, Gardner McKay, Isobel Elsom, Pamela Tiffin, Vito Scotti, Peter Brocco
This remake of 1954's award winning "Three Coins in the Fountain" changes location (Madrid), but it is still the story about seeking romance in Europe.
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Sabaka 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Hindu
Director: Frank Ferrin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Victor Jory, Lisa Howard, Jeanne Bates, Jay Novello, June Foray, Peter Coe, Lou Krugman, Vito Scotti, Lawrence Dobkin, Nino Marcel, Paul Marion, Louis Merrill
Set in India, this is the story about a religious cult and its very strange practices. Gunga Ram (Nino Marcel) is an elephant driver who swears to avenge the murder of his sister Indria and her husband. To attain his goal, Gunga Ram must overcome the opposition of General Pollegar (Boris Karloff) who the Maharajah of Bakore (Lou Krugman) has ordered to rout out Sabaka worshippers. Then, he plans to destroy Ashok's (Victor Jory) fire shrine of Sabaka and put an end to Ashok's fire-worshipping cult.
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, John Williams, Vito Scotti, James Gregory, Charles Gray, Fabrizio Mioni, Werner Peters, Jacques Roux, Johnny Haymer, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Horst Ebersberg
In this comedy, set during World War II, five Allied generals (Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, Charles D. Gray, John Williams), and Jacques Roux) have been captured. Lowly Army private Harry Frigg (Paul Newman) is promoted to the rank of Major General and given orders to rescue them–a task that is not exactly within Frigg's abilities.
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Stewardess School 1987 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Blancato
Cast: Judy Landers, Donny Most, Mary Cadorette, Brett Cullen, Sandahl Bergman, Sherman Hemsley, Vito Scotti, Vicki Frederick, Wendie Jo Sperber, Dennis Burkley, Rob Paulson
Probably the only place this film should be shown is on a transcontinental airplane trip where the audience has no option to walk out.
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Twice in a Lifetime 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Della Reese, Eric Laneuville, Slim Pickens, Arte Johnson, Vito Scotti, Warren Vanders
This pilot for a TV series didn't bear fruit, nor did it deserve to. It is, however, worth a look if you are bored, as a loud and salty retired navy cook (Ernest Borgnine) operates a tug. Life on the waterfront sets the scene.
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Von Ryan's Express 1965  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carra, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni, Edward Mulhare, Wolfgang Preiss, James Brolin, John Van Dreelen, Adolfo Celi, John Leyton, Vito Scotti, Richard Bakalyan, Michael Goodliffe, Michael St. Clair
During World War II, United States Colonel Joseph Ryan leads a group of 600 British prisoners in an escape from an Italian POW camp. They use a German freight train as their vehicle to get out of Nazi-held territory, and drive the train on a suspenseful trek through Italy to Switzerland searching for a safe haven. Lots of great action.
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 1966 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Aldo Ray, Harry Morgan, Carroll O'Connor, Giovanna Ralli, Leon Askin, Jay Novello, Kurt Kreuger, Rico Cattani, Vito Scotti, William Bryant, Johnny Seven, Art Lewis
During the 1943 Allied invasion of Italy, American soldiers–Capt. Cash (Dick Shawn) and Lt. Christian (James Coburn)–are ordered to invade a strategic town in Italy. The Italian soldiers agree to surrender IF they can first hold the annual soccer game and wine festival. The deal is made. There is aerial reconnaissance, but those viewing from the planes see the celebration and believe it is a battle in progress. American and German soldiers arrive on the scene, and they are greeted by the drunken troops enjoying a wild party.
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The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dayle Haddon, Billy De Wolfe, Nancy Walker, Leon Askin, Don Pedro Colley, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Ivor Francis
Coaches Sam Archer (John Amos) and Milo Jackson (Tim Conway) travel to Africa where they discover a super athlete, Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent), who they bring back to their college in the United States and turn him into a track star.
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| 1. The AristoCats (1970)
2. Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
3. The Boatniks (1970)
4. Cactus Flower (1969)
5. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
6. Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
7. Conquest of Space (1955)
8. Criss Cross (1949)
9. Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
10. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
11. Master of the World (1961)
12. Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
13. Pay or Die (1960)
14. Pinocchio (1984)
15. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
16. Sabaka (1954)
aka: The Hindu
17. The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
18. Stewardess School (1987)
19. Twice in a Lifetime (1974)
20. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
21. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
22. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
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