Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
If a Man Answers (1962)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Micheline Presle…
- Very light comedy with Sandra Dee as a rich socialite conspiring with her mother in an attempt to make new hubby Bobby Darin jealous.
It's Only Money (1962)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott
- Comedy with Jerry Lewis playing a hapless TV repairman who aspires to be a private detective, but ends up getting confused for the man he is trying…
Lucy Show, The (TV Series) (1962-1968)
- Feat. Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon
- Lucille Ball's followup to I LOVE LUCY (without husband Desi Arnaz) was a longrunning classic in its own right, with many of the Ball offspring…
McHale's Navy (TV Series) (1962-1965)
- Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway
- Predating MASH, Borgnine and Flynn engage in naval nonsense in this fondly remembered maritime comedy of hierarchical hi–jinks and seaman…
Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian…
- James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, and a gaggle of kids take the holiday from hell in this early, jovial precursor to NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION.
Road to Hong Kong, The (1962)
- Dir. Norman Panama
Feat. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins…
- Last in the series of 'Road' movies starring Hope and Crosby, this time the mad–cap duo play a pair of con–men who accidentally learn of…
That Touch of Mink (1962)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. Doris Day, Cary Grant
- Pure–hearted country girl Doris Day becomes a romantic target for rich playboy Cary Grant, after his Rolls splashes her with mud.
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Three Stooges in Orbit / Meet Hercules (1962)
- Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita
- Two features in which the three kings of slapstick are propelled into space with hostile Martians, and visit ancient Rome via a time machine.
Trial and Error (The Dock Brief) (1962)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid
- Sellers plays a washed–up barrister who must represent wife–murderer Attenborough, who insists upon his guilt. This is ignored by Sellers…
Two For The Seesaw (1962)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shirley Maclaine, Edmon Ryan…
- 'Odd couple' comedy set in NYC, where a Nebraskan lawyer (Mitchum) moves to start life anew and hits the romantic playground in the company of kooky…