List of the best Carl Ballantine movies: The World's Greatest Lover(1977), The Shakiest Gun in the West(1968), Mr. Saturday Night(1992), Penelope(1966) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1977
89 Minutes
Uncle Harry
Gene Wilder Carol Kane Dom DeLuise Fritz Feld Carl Ballantine Michael Huddleston Matt Collins Ronny Graham Danny DeVito
baker wife actor producer executive amusing playful los angeles bakery movie studio household aspirations actors fame silent movies marriage underdog rise 1920s
A neurotic baker travels to Hollywood to attend a talent search for an actor to rival the great Valentino. Although not an actor, through blind luck he succeeds, to a certain degree.
Comedy, Western
USA
1968
101 Minutes
Abel Swanson
Don Knotts Barbara Rhoades Jackie Coogan Don "Red" Barry Ruth McDevitt Frank McGrath Terry Wilson Carl Ballantine Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Robert Yuro Herb Voland
dentist bandit smuggler indian amusing lighthearted wild philadelphia american west mistaken identity native americans unlikely allies courage frontier life transformation love pursuit 1870s
A pardoned stagecoach robber, becomes government agent and marries a naive unsuspecting east-coast dentist in order to join a wagon train and catch the smugglers who have been selling guns to the Indians.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
119 Minutes
Billy Crystal David Paymer Julie Warner Helen Hunt Mary Mara Jerry Orbach Ron Silver Sage Allen Jason Marsden Michael Weiner Jackie Gayle
tv personality brother wife agent daughter old man emotional melodramatic amusing catskills new york city nursing home aging family dysfunction comedy retirement second chance rise fall love
The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.
Comedy
1966
97 Minutes
Natalie Wood Ian Bannen Dick Shawn Peter Falk Jonathan Winters Lila Kedrova Lou Jacobi Norma Crane Arthur Malet Jerome Cowan Arlene Golonka
wife husband psychiatrist police detective con artist charming witty madcap new york city bank robbery boredom unusual romance marriage kleptomania adventure love 1960s
A woman (Natalie Wood) disguised as a little old lady robs her husband's (Ian Bannen) bank, then tells her analyst (Dick Shawn).