Movies by Shirley MacLaine
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2012)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Shirley MacLaine, Patton Oswalt …
Directed by: Ben Stiller
In this remake of the 1947 classic comedy, shy photo manager Walter Mitty is constantly daydreaming to escape his humdrum life and domineering mother, but when he gets embroiled in a…
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Bernie (2011)
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
In this black comedy inspired by real-life events, affable Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. But despite the suspicious nature of her…
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Valentine's Day (2010)
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
In this Los Angeles-set comedy from director Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman), the tripwires of modern love are exposed in a carousel involving relationships and the single life on the most…
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Coco Chanel (2008)
Cast: Barbora Bobulova, Shirley MacLaine, Malcolm McDowell …
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Shirley MacLaine (in a Golden Globe-nominated role) stars in this Lifetime biopic, which tells the story of one of fashion's most prominent women, Coco Chanel, beginning with her humble…
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: The 1960s (2008)
Cast: Shirley Jones, Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds …
With a focus on the 1960s, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing series explores the wide array of musicals -- including classic and experimental fare -- released during one…
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Kevin Sullivan
Returning to Prince Edward Island as a middle-aged writer, Anne Shirley (Barbara Hershey) discovers a secret that forces her to revisit old memories of her difficult young life before…
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Closing the Ring (2007)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star in Richard Attenborough's bittersweet tale of love, loss, promises and secrets. Fifty years after the death of her true love, Ethel Ann…
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Bewitched (2005)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Hoping to revive his career, washed-up actor Jack Wyatt is convinced that Isabel Bigelow would make the perfect Samantha to his Darrin in a film update of the 1960s sitcom "Bewitched." But…
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In Her Shoes (2005)
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
This tale of two sisters from producer Ridley Scott and inspired by Jennifer Weiner's novel is based on the theory that wild-child Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and straight-laced Rose (Toni…
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Rumor Has It (2005)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
In this Rob Reiner comedy, Sarah Huttinger (Jennifer Aniston) travels to California for her sister's wedding, where her grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) reveals a bit of gossip:…
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Carolina (2003)
Cast: Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola …
Directed by: Marleen Gorris
In this romantic comedy featuring Shirley MacLaine as a wacky grandma, Southern girl Carolina (Julia Stiles) envisions an entirely different existence for herself, far from the maddening mix…
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Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Parker Posey, Shannen Doherty …
Directed by: Ed Gernon
Make no mistake about it: The cosmetic industry can be quite ugly. That's what Mary Kay (Shirley MacLaine), the leader of one cosmetics company, finds out when an upstart firm with lots…
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
A star-studded cast including Kirstie Alley, Rebecca De Mornay, Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine and Alan Bates headlines this engrossing dramatization of what led to the infamous 1692 witch…
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These Old Broads (2001)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds, Joan Collins …
Directed by: Matthew Diamond
When one of their old movies becomes an unexpected cult hit after being rereleased, Hollywood legends Kate Westbourne, Addie Holden and Piper Grayson sign on to film a reunion special.…
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The Dress Code (2000)
Cast: Alex D. Linz, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine stars in this quirky comedy that also marks her directorial debut, the story of an unusually gifted boy named Bruno (Alex D. Linz) with a knack for spelling and a penchant…
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Joan of Arc (1999)
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Peter O'Toole, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Leelee Sobieski shines as the legendary 15th-century warrior, who, at age 17, led one of the world's greatest campaigns for freedom in this miniseries that blends inspiration, triumph…
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AFI's 100 Years, 100 Stars (1999)
Cast: Shirley Temple, James Caan, Clint Eastwood …
Fifty of today's hottest stars honor 50 of Tinseltown's greatest screen icons in this primetime TV special hosted by Shirley Temple. The American Film Institute presents its list of…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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Get Bruce! (1999)
Cast: Bruce Vilanch, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal …
Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn
Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch -- an outsize talent if ever there was one -- is the subject of a scintillating documentary that asks the question: Are comics naturally funny? In Bruce's…
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Joan of Arc (1999)
Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Chad Willett, Jacqueline Bisset …
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Leelee Sobieski shines as the legendary 15th-century warrior, who, at age 17, led one of the world's greatest campaigns for freedom in this miniseries that blends inspiration, triumph…
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Francis Lederer, Roddy McDowall …
Directed by: Hugh Munro Neely
Using rare film footage, photographs and a previously unseen interview, this documentary narrated by Shirley MacLaine explores the life of Louise Brooks, one of the silver screen's most…
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The Evening Star (1996)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis …
Directed by: Robert Harling
Thirteen years after losing her only child to cancer, Aurora Greenway struggles to keep her late daughter's splintering family together. With one grandson in jail and the other nearly…
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Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Pregnant 18-year-old Connie (Ricki Lake) has been kicked out by her boyfriend. On a train, she meets Hugh Winterbourne (Brendan Fraser) and his pregnant wife, Patricia (Ricki Lake again).…
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The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein …
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this acclaimed documentary takes its name from Vito Russo's groundbreaking book. The filmmakers examine the subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies --…
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The West Side Waltz (1995)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Ernest Thompson
Reclusive widow Margaret Mary Elderdice (Shirley MacLaine) would prefer to be alone with her piano. But she eventually sacrifices her solitude to take advantage of the fact that her next-door…
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Guarding Tess (1994)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton …
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Longing for action but feeling more like a heavily armed butler, Doug Chesnic is a serious-minded Secret Service agent assigned to protect the very demanding Tess Carlisle (Golden Globe…
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Used People (1992)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Love is the last thing newly widowed Pearl Berman is looking for, but that's what she finds when suave Joe Meledandri attends her husband's funeral. As it turns out, Joe has loved…
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Defending Your Life (1991)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse …
Directed by: Albert Brooks
After Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) crashes his BMW convertible into a bus, he's transported to "Judgment City," where he meets the love of his life, Julia (Meryl Streep). Unfortunately,…
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Carrie Fisher's scathing confessional novel -- adapted from her best-seller about a woman who becomes addicted to drugs while pursuing a Hollywood acting career -- makes a bitingly funny…
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Waiting for the Light (1990)
Cast: Teri Garr, Shirley MacLaine, Hillary Wolf …
Directed by: Christopher Monger
Set in 1962, this offbeat comic tale follows a single mother of two (Teri Garr) who's just taken over a roadside cafe with her children and her aunt (Shirley MacLaine), a former circus…
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Featuring a star-studded cast, this bittersweet drama follows the abiding friendship among five tight-knit women who congregate at a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town to laugh, cry and…
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Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
While living in London, a Bengali immigrant (Shabana Azmi) strives to support the talents of her piano-playing child prodigy (Navin Chowdhry). Her search for a teacher to hone her son's…
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Cannonball Run II (1984)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Richard Kiel …
Directed by: Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds reprises his role as J.J. McClure in this star-studded sequel to the original cross-country adventure. When a wealthy man puts a million dollars on the first driver to make it…
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks directs this Academy Award-winning drama that follows widowed Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, Emma (Debra Winger), through the years as they support each other…
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A Change of Seasons (1980)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek …
Directed by: Richard Lang
Anthony Hopkins plays a college professor in the midst of a midlife crisis who takes out his frustrations by sleeping with a coed half his age (Bo Derek). After his angry wife (Shirley…
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Loving Couples (1980)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Jack Smight
This witty sex comedy stars Shirley MacLaine and James Coburn as a pair of married doctors who get caught up in tag-team mate swapping. After middle-aged Evelyn (MacLaine) begins a tryst with…
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Being There (1979)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
The uncomplicated life of simple-minded Chance is changed after a run-in with wealthy Eve, and soon his "wisdom" -- mostly garden related -- has Washington's political elite hailing him…
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The Turning Point (1977)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Shirley MacLaine stars as DeeDee, a former classical ballerina who cut short her rise to fame when she decided to settle down and raise children. When her daughter shows promise as a…
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The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott …
Directed by: Waris Hussein
When her brother (Perry King of "Riptide" fame) starts exhibiting strange behavior -- including an unexplained ability to speak fluent Spanish -- Norah Benson (Shirley MacLaine) digs deeper…
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Desperate Characters (1971)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Carol Kane, Kenneth Mars …
Directed by: Frank D. Gilroy
A childless middle-aged couple -- freelance book translator Sophie Bentwood (Shirley MacLaine) and her lawyer husband, Otto (Kenneth Mars) -- face the deterioration of their Brooklyn…
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fabregas …
Directed by: Don Siegel
In this antic Western, Hogan (Clint Eastwood) is a mercenary who hires his gun out to the highest bidder. But he meets his match in Sister Sara (Shirley MacLaine), who's committed to…
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Sweet Charity (1969)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Chita Rivera …
Directed by: Bob Fosse
Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon's smash Broadway hit. Director Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with his…
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The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth …
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
This fanciful comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Harriet Blossom, the neglected wife of brassiere manufacturer Robert (Richard Attenborough), whose passion in life is music. Harriet's…
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Woman Times Seven (1967)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Shirley MacLaine earned a Golden Globe nod for her performance in this set of seven comedic tales about adultery, playing an errant widow at her spouse's funeral and a woman who turns to…
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Gambit (1966)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom …
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Harry is an elite, but clumsy, burglar. He meets the partner of his dreams in Nicole, a Eurasian dancer. They team up with the perfect crime- to steal a precious sculpture from a…
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What a Way to Go! (1964)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum …
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
A frazzled widow tells her psychiatrist the unbelievable circumstances that made her a multimillionaire in this star-studded comedy. In a series of flashbacks, Louisa (Shirley MacLaine)…
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
One bright-yellow Rolls Royce has three different owners in this star-studded comedy-drama with an ensemble cast that includes Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, George C. Scott,…
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Irma La Douce (1963)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
The stars and director of The Apartment reteam for this risqué farce set in Paris. Jack Lemmon is a policeman in the Red Light District who falls in love with hooker Shirley MacLaine…
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My Geisha (1962)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson …
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Shirley MacLaine is Lucy Dell, an actress who disguises herself as a geisha in order to land a lead role in her director husband's (Yves Montand) film version of "Madame Butterfly."…
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Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan …
Directed by: Robert Wise
At a loss after his wife asks for a divorce, straight-laced lawyer Jerry Ryan (Robert Mitchum) leaves Nebraska and moves to New York, where he meets Gittel Mosca (Shirley MacLaine), a…
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The Children's Hour (1961)
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner …
Directed by: William Wyler
In this daring drama, Karen and Martha are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment…
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All in a Night's Work (1961)
Cast: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson …
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine star in this sweet 1961 comedy about Tony Ryder (Martin), who takes over the duties of magazine publisher when his uncle dies suddenly, supposedly while…
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Can-Can (1960)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Paris in the 1890s comes to life in this adaptation of Cole Porter's rollicking musical about changing tastes. Simone (Shirley MacLaine) is a cabaret dancer who performs the forbidden…
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The Apartment (1960)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
With furthering his career in mind, an insurance clerk lends his apartment to his adulterous higher-ups for their amorous affairs. But his fast track to an executive suite gets derailed when…
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Career (1959)
Cast: Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Sam (Anthony Franciosa) and Maury (Dean Martin) toil in small theater productions while trying to make it big on Broadway. But when Maury refuses to cast Sam in a new show, Sam steals…
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Ask Any Girl (1959)
Cast: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young …
Directed by: Charles Walters
Nominated for a Golden Globe and copping a British Academy Award, Shirley MacLaine turns in a sparkling performance as small-town ingenue Meg Wheeler in this lighthearted romp. Meg moves to…
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Some Came Running (1958)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
When soldier and writer Dave Hirsch (Frank Sinatra) returns from World War II, he finds that his seemingly quiet hometown hides complex secrets. As he tries to readjust, he falls in with a…
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The Sheepman (1958)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen …
Directed by: George Marshall
This lighthearted 1958 Western stars Glenn Ford as Jason Sweet, a gambler turned sheep rancher who locks horns with local cattle baron Col. Stephen Bedford (Leslie Nielsen) over grazing…
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The Matchmaker (1958)
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Although matchmaker Dolly (Shirley Booth) is trying to get Horace (Paul Ford) and Irene (Shirley MacLaine) together, she wishes she could have Horace for herself. On the other side of town,…
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Around the World in 80 Days: Special Edition (1956)
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
This Oscar-nominated hit adaptation of Jules Verne's novel recounts the adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven), who takes on a seemingly impossible wager: traveling around…
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The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's second American comedy demonstrates the director's flair for gallows humor. The trouble with Harry is ... he's "expired," and the residents of a quaint New…
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You're Never Too Young / Artists and Models (1955)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn …
Directed by: Norman Taurog, Frank Tashlin
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are in top form as their slapstick humor and musical numbers blend effortlessly in this vintage double bill that packs a rollicking punch. In You're Never Too…
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Artists and Models (1955)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine …
Rick, a struggling artist living with his author pal Eugene, wants to break into the comic book industry and uses Eugene's wild dreams to inspire him. In one of Eugene's dreams, he…
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The Dress Code (2000)
Cast: Alex D. Linz, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine stars in this quirky comedy that also marks her directorial debut, the story of an unusually gifted boy named Bruno (Alex D. Linz) with a knack for spelling and a penchant…