Movies by Don Ameche
As part of the cast:
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Hidden Hollywood (1997)
Cast: Joan Collins, Shirley Temple, Al Jolson …
Directed by: Shelley Lyons
American Movie Classics and 20th Century Fox take a look at some of the cut sequences that have languished for decades in Fox's vaults -- a real treasure trove for movie buffs. Among the…
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Corrina, Corrina (1994)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Joan Cusack …
Directed by: Jessie Nelson
Whoopi Goldberg stars as Corrina Washington, a housekeeper hired by Manny Singer (Ray Liotta), a widower who lost his wife to cancer -- and has virtually lost his grieving young daughter…
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Duwayne Dunham
A lovable golden retriever, a sassy cat and a feisty bulldog pup mistakenly believe their owners have abandoned them in this lighthearted adventure. The trio sets out on a incredible journey…
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Folks! (1992)
Cast: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson …
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Jon Aldrich (Tom Selleck) lives the good life: He has a stunning home, a fantastic job and a beautiful wife (Christine Ebersole) and children. But when his folks (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson)…
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Oscar (1991)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: John Landis
Big-time gangster Snaps Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) promises his dying father, Eduardo (Kirk Douglas), that he'll go straight. Easier said than done, as Snaps encounters far too many…
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Coming to America (1988)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall …
Directed by: John Landis
Discontented with his pampered life, an African prince heads to America to find someone who will fall for him, not his riches. Joined by his trusty sidekick, the prince plunges into a job at…
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Things Change (1988)
Cast: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky …
Directed by: David Mamet
In David Mamet's acclaimed comedy, Jerry (Joe Mantegna), a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino (Don Ameche), a shoe repairman fingered by the…
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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
In this sequel to the huge hit Cocoon, the seniors who exited Earth in exchange for eternal youth return to terra firma to visit with the loved ones they left behind. Meanwhile, their alien…
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Cast: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick …
Directed by: William Dear
Returning home from vacation, the Hendersons accidentally run over a strange Bigfoot-type animal. They decide to take the friendly "Harry" home, but soon they're scrambling to hide their…
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Pals (1987)
Cast: George C. Scott, Don Ameche, Sylvia Sidney …
Directed by: Lou Antonio
A couple of grizzled trailer-park dwellers uncover buried treasure in this comedy. Army buddies Art (Don Ameche) and Jack (George C. Scott), along with Jack's mom, Fern (Sylvia Sidney),…
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Cocoon (1985)
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Ron Howard
A group of shut-ins at a rest home get a new lease on life when they're offered the gift of eternal youth by visiting aliens led by Brian Dennehy. Steve Guttenberg plays a charter boat…
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Trading Places (1983)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: John Landis
Eddie Murphy established himself as a comedy superstar playing streetwise hustler Billy Ray Valentine, who trades places with wealthy investment executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) to…
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
Cast: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Hy Averback
A rivalry is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise tranquil Army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. With good intentions, Col. Flanders (Don Ameche) organizes a dance…
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The Boatniks (1970)
Cast: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers …
Directed by: Norman Tokar
After being put in charge of one of America's busiest waterways, ham-fisted Ensign Thomas Garland (Robert Morse) finds himself up against three inept jewel thieves who unintentionally…
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Late one night, wealthy New York socialite Alison Courtland (Claudette Colbert) awakens on a Boston-bound train with no memory of how she got there. Richard (Don Ameche), her architect…
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It's in the Bag (1945)
Cast: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, William Bendix …
Directed by: Richard Wallace
Comedy legend Fred Allen stars as flea circus owner Fred Floogle, who auctions off what he believes to be 5 ordinary chairs inherited from an uncle. Only after the sale does he learn that one…
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Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Cast: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Don Ameche is the flight commander on a Navy aircraft carrier in the South Pacific in the days following Pearl Harbor and leading up to the battle of Midway. Actual combat footage is blended…
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Greenwich Village (1944)
Cast: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche star in this upbeat musical centered on a rowdy New York speakeasy filled with memorable characters, such as blowhard manager Danny O'Mara, songwriter…
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Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn …
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
In this restored digital transfer of Ernst Lubitsch's witty classic, newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) tries to convince Satan he's got what it takes to be a…
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Moon Over Miami (1941)
Cast: Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Betty Grable …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Irresistible girl-next-door Betty Grable stars as Kay Latimer, who, along with her sister Susan (Carole Landis), heads to Florida in search of a rich husband in this spirited musical comedy.…
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That Night in Rio (1941)
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
When Baroness Duarte's aristocratic husband suddenly starts paying more attention to her, she suspects something's up. But she'd never guess that he's actually hired an…
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Down Argentine Way (1940)
Cast: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Pin-up gal and girl next door Betty Grable stars as Glenda Crawford, an American heiress who falls for a dashing South American horse breeder in this musical comedy. Glenda's parents…
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Lillian Russell (1940)
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Directed by Irving Cummings, this nostalgic biopic chronicles the life and times of flamboyant chanteuse Lillian Russell (played by Alice Faye), who quickly becomes a shining star on Broadway…
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The Three Musketeers (1939)
Cast: Don Ameche, John Carradine, Joseph Schildkraut …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Alexandre Dumas's classic tale gets a slapstick musical twist as the daring D'Artagnan (Don Ameche) joins the famed heroic trio -- portrayed by the Ritz Brothers -- in their quest…
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Midnight (1939)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore …
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Eve Peabody has just arrived in Paris with only the gown on her back. So what's a girl to do? Pretend to be Hungarian baroness, of course! Claudette Colbert stars as the lovely lass who…
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Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg …
Directed by: Irving Cummings, Snub Pollard
In a film inspired by early Hollywood history, silent film director Mike Connors (Don Ameche) discovers struggling actress Molly Hayden (Alice Faye) and turns her into a slapstick comedy…
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Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Henry King
Despite his wealthy family's displeasure, concert violinist Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) joins a band with composer Charlie Dwyer (Don Ameche) and singer Stella Kirby (Alice Faye).…
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In Old Chicago (1937)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Henry King
With a tab topping $1.8 million and ambitious special effects, this epic Hollywood film was one of the most costly of its day, retelling the infamous tale of the cow that supposedly started…
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That Wonderful Urge / Love Is News (1937)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner …
Directed by: Tay Garnett, Robert B. Sinclair
Tyrone Power stars in two versions of the same romantic comedy -- 1937's Love Is News, and the 1948 remake, That Wonderful Urge -- as a journalist who earns his dough by reporting on the…