Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5465 Films to Rent
Pat and Mike (1952)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
- Athlete Katharine Hepburn pursues track triumphs with the aid of coach Spencer Tracy. Hepburn–Tracy coupling runs like a well–oiled…
Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
Road To Bali (1952)
- Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
- The only Technicolor Road picture they made, this time the comic and the crooner star as two song–and–dance men who set out to rescue a…
Scared Stiff (1952)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin make a ‘spooktacle’ of themselves in this version of Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard’s Broadway hit.
Stalag 17 (1952)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger…
- Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
Three Stooges - Volume 2 (1952-1956)
- Feat. The Three Stooges
- Five shorts: Squareheads of the Round Table (1948), Gents in a Jam (1952), Tricky Dicks (1953); Rumpus in the Harem, Hot Stuff (1956, recycled of…
Titfield Thunderbolt, The (1952)
- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne…
- Gorgeously shot comedy with Stan Holloway leading the way in saving his local branch railway from being cut by British Rail. At the more whimsical…
Waiting Women (1952)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Anita Bjork, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson…
- A group of women discuss their relationships while waiting for their husbands (all of whom are brothers) at a summer villa, and each of their…
We're Not Married (1952)
- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen…
- Overlooked Marilyn Monroe starrer is a multi–episode comedy in which six married couples find out their weddings weren't legitimate.
What Price Glory? (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet
- Soldiers James Cagney and Dan Dailey take time out from the trenches of WWI for some zesty romantic rivalry over local attraction Corrinne Calvet.