List of the best Charles Lamont movies: Ma and Pa Kettle at Home(1954), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation(1953), Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town(1950), Get Hep to Love(1942), Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion(1950), Little Red Schoolhouse(1936), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man(1951), False Pretenses(1935), Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd(1952), Frontier Gal(1945), Below the Deadline(1936), Flame of Araby(1952) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1954
81 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Alan Mowbray Alice Kelley Brett Halsey Oliver Blake Stan Ross
Elwin Kettle might win a scholarship to an agricultural college. Essay contest judges Mannering and Crosby decide to choose between the two finalists by spending a weekend at the home of ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Ray Collins Sig Ruman Jack Kruschen Teddy Hart
The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Richard Long Jim Backus Hal March Meg Randall Charles McGraw
father mother bank robber partner son daughter-in-law madcap family home washington state new york city hotel police station vacation mistaken identity bank robbery baby-sitting theft deception pursuit adventure
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
Drama
USA
1942
79 Minutes
Director
Gloria Jean Donald O'Connor Jane Frazee Robert Paige Peggy Ryan Edith Barrett
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Comedy
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Patricia Medina Walter Slezak Douglas Dumbrille Leon Belasco Marc Lawrence Tor Johnson Wee Willie Davis Fred Nurney
Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
Drama
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Director
teenager sister brother dog juvenile delinquent homeless person melodramatic gritty powerful new york city reform school ohio street orphans troubled youth running away siblings false accusations murder adventure
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Nancy Guild Arthur Franz Adele Jergens Sheldon Leonard William Frawley Gavin Muir Syd Saylor Billy Wayne
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Comedy
USA
1935
67 Minutes
Director
Problems develop when a girl borrows money from a friend so that she can impress a wealthy man who wants to marry her.
Comedy
USA
1952
70 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Charles Laughton Hillary Brooke Fran Warren Bill Shirley Leif Erickson Syd Saylor Rex Lease Frank Yaconelli
pirate captain waiter aristocrat rival amusing madcap haiti island tavern pirate ship pirates treasure hunting schemes romance seafaring adventure quest 17th century
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Western
USA
1945
84 Minutes
Director
Yvonne De Carlo Rod Cameron Andy Devine Fuzzy Knight Andrew Tombes Sheldon Leonard Clara Blandick Jan Wiley Jack Overman Frank Lackteen Beverly Simmons
sheriff criminal murderer barkeep daughter partner raw brutal intense brooding suspenseful melodramatic bar prison murder life after prison fugitives passion western films adventure
A wanderer returns after six years and a one-night honeymoon to make amends with his bride and five year-old daughter.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Director
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.
Adventure
USA
1952
77 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara Jeff Chandler Maxwell Reed Susan Cabot Lon Chaney Buddy Baer Richard Egan Royal Dano Dewey Martin Neville Brand Henry Brandon
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.
Comedy
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Virginia Welles James Flavin Paul Cavanagh Mary Ellen Kay David Janssen Ralph Dumke Richard Gaines Richard Deacon Dick Winslow Charles Horvath
Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.
Drama
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Director
Yvonne De Carlo Rod Cameron David Bruce Walter Slezak Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Rambeau J. Edward Bromberg
seductress ballerina prince journalist singer outlaw melodramatic tender outlandish berlin ballroom arizona san francisco concert hall espionage franco-prussian war on the run patronage american west love triangle
A Viennese ballerina is forced to flee to Arizona during the Franco-Prussian War, where she proceeds to vamp numerous men in order to get what she wants.
Drama
USA
1938
66 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Ralph Morgan Linda Gray Robert Barrat Paul Sutton Edward Woods Edwin Mordant Chester Gan Victor Wong
A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Director
The apparent hanging of a suicidal student is revealed to be murder, as he was already dead when the noose was placed around his neck, killed by a sharp needle that penetrated the back of his skull with great force.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Director
A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
Drama
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Director
Vivian Tobin Dickie Moore Cora Sue Collins
Aggravated by the meddling of Lucille Weymouth, her disapproving Park Avenue mother-in-law, Broadway actress Lola Allen quarrels with her weakling husband John. After reconciling with each ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Director
Valerie Hobson G.P. Huntley Jr. Paul Harvey Betty Compson Claire McDowell Frank Melton Dorothea Kent Maynard Holmes Edgar Norton Gigi Parrish Howard C. Hickman
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
67 Minutes
Director
The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Director
George Houston Ruth Coleman Mamo Clark Douglas Walton William von Brincken Colin Campbell Syd Saylor Juan Torena Nick Thompson
Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem.... See full summary »
Comedy
1955
79 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Fred Clark Lynn Bari Max Rosenbloom Frank Wilcox Henry Kulky Sam Flint Harold Goodwin Roscoe Ates Paul Dubov
Two suckers (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) follow a con man (Fred Clark) to 1912 Hollywood, where they get even as stuntmen.
Comedy
1953
77 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Mari Blanchard Robert Paige Martha Hyer Horace MacMahon Jack Kruschen Jean Willes Joe Kirk Jack Tesler Harold Goodwin
A spaceship takes two buddies (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) to Mardi Gras and then Venus, where men are not allowed.
Comedy
1956
81 Minutes
Director
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1935
65 Minutes
Director
Reginald Denny Patricia Farr Claudia Dell James Bush Dorothy Revier John St. Polis
Drama
1936
62 Minutes
Director
Iris Adrian Claude Allister William Bakewell Joe Barton Patricia Farr Arthur Hoyt Lew Kelly Vivien Oakland Duncan Renaldo Jameson Thomas John Kelly
A manicurist is mistaken for the winner of a large sweepstakes and finds herself pursued by fortune hunters.
Comedy
1955
79 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Michael Ansara Marie Windsor Dan Seymour Kurt Katch Richard Deacon Richard Karlan Mel Welles Ed Parker
Comedy
1933
21 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple Frank Coghlan Jr. Mary Blackford Sidney Miller Lloyd Ingram Helene Chadwick Huntley Gordon Harry Myers
Sonny falls for the pretty girl next door and decides to take her to a party. First, however, he must get his little sister to go to sleep, which is proving to be harder than he expected.
Comedy
1953
77 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff Craig Stevens Reginald Denny Helen Westcott John Dierkes Henry Corden Marjorie Bennett Carmen de Lavallade
Policemen Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) go to London and meet a doctor (Boris Karloff) and his evil alter ego.