List of the best Dean Martin movies: Kiss Me, Stupid(1964), The Stooge(1953), Living It Up(1954), Scared Stiff(1953), The Caddy(1953), Hollywood or Bust(1956), How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life(1968), Sailor Beware(1952), Rough Night in Jericho(1967), Jumping Jacks(1952), Pardners(1956), Money From Home(1953) ... ...
Romance
USA
1964
126 Minutes
Dean Martin Kim Novak Ray Walston Felicia Farr Cliff Osmond Barbara Pepper Doro Merande Howard McNear Henry Gibson Alan Dexter Tommy Nolan
music teacher pop star wife prostitute mechanic songwriter playful witty wild sultry small town nevada family home bar trailer gas station romantic dilemma business scheme jealousy sex appeal
Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.
Comedy
USA
1953
100 Minutes
Bill Miller
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Polly Bergen Marion Marshall Eddie Mayehoff Richard Erdman Frances Bavier
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Dr. Steve Harris
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Janet Leigh Edward Arnold Fred Clark Sheree North Sammy White Sid Tomack Sig Ruman Richard Loo Raymond Greenleaf
railroad worker doctor reporter editor love interest charming unrestrained los alamos, n.m. railroad tracks small town doctor's office new york city hotel love triangle deception fame radiation newspapers mistaken diagnosis quest
An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
108 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lizabeth Scott Carmen Miranda George Dolenz Dorothy Malone William Ching Paul Marion Jack Lambert Tom Powers Tony Barr
busboy nightclub employee singer lawyer mobster love interest cheeky amusing nightclub hotel cruise ship cuba castle island ghosts murder mobsters deception haunted houses mistaken identity
Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up on a spooky Caribbean island inherited by a young woman.
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Joe Anthony
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Donna Reed Fred Clark Barbara Bates Joseph Calleia
Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
Comedy
USA
1956
94 Minutes
Steve Wiley
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Pat Crowley Anita Ekberg Max Rosenbloom Willard Waterman Jack McElroy Michael Ross Frank Wilcox Kathryn Card Richard Karlan
gambler chorus girl dog film fan bookie actress madcap playful lighthearted amusing car new york city chicago las vegas hollywood, calif. casino road trip on the run unlikely allies romance
A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.
Comedy
USA
1968
102 Minutes
David Sloane
Dean Martin Stella Stevens Eli Wallach Anne Jackson Betty Field Jack Albertson Katharine Bard Woodrow Parfrey Alan Oppenheimer Shelley Morrison George Furth
womanizer wife mistress secretary lighthearted amusing playful new york city romance adultery friendship deception love pursuit 1960s
When a carefree bachelor tries to get his best friend to drop his mistress and return to his wife, he finds himself with romantic problems as well.
Comedy
USA
1952
108 Minutes
Al Crowthers
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Marion Marshall Robert Strauss Betty Hutton
bumbler singer nurse chief petty officer movie star recruit madcap lighthearted outlandish office naval base television studio hospital nightclub san diego military life navy wager allergies contest
Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
Western
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Dean Martin George Peppard Jean Simmons John McIntire Slim Pickens Don Galloway Brad Weston Richard O'Brien Carol Andreson Stephen Sandor Warren Vanders
sheriff businesswoman driver henchman partner thrilling wild west small town ranch street stagecoach corruption feud crime old west revenge pursuit 19th century
A former deputy and a strong-willed widow are determined to stop a ruthless town boss.
Comedy
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Corp. Chick Allen
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mona Freeman Don DeFore Robert Strauss Ray Teal Marcy McGuire Danny Arnold Richard Erdman Edwin Max Alex Gerry
entertainer partner paratrooper soldier general sergeant madcap cheery playful stage military base barracks backstage new york city entertainment impersonation military life musical revue romance contest
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Slim Mosely Jr., Slim Mosely Sr.
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lori Nelson Jeff Morrow Jackie Loughery John Baragrey Agnes Moorehead Lon Chaney Milton Frome Richard Nugent Lee Van Cleef
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Herman "Honey Talk" Nelson
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Marjie Millar Pat Crowley Richard Haydn Robert Strauss Gerald Mohr Sheldon Leonard Romo Vincent Jack Kruschen Lou Lubin
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Sam Hollis
Dean Martin Alain Delon Joey Bishop Rosemary Forsyth Tina Marquand Peter Graves Michael Ansara Linden Chiles Andrew Prine Stuart Anderson Roy Barcroft
nobleman fiancée gunrunner native american woman native american love interest amusing brash hilarious texas louisiana wagon train country road wild west engagement native americans friendship love triangle love old west
In 1845 Texas, a Louisiana belle is courted by a wanted Spanish nobleman and a Texas brawling gunrunner but her suitors' passionate duel is interrupted by the cavalry and a Comanche attack.
Comedy
USA
1951
98 Minutes
Bill Baker
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Ruth Hussey Eddie Mayehoff Marion Marshall Polly Bergen Hugh Sanders John McIntire Francis Pierlot Lillian Randolph Selmer Jackson
The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Comedy
USA
1961
94 Minutes
Dean Martin Shirley MacLaine Charles Ruggles Cliff Robertson Norma Crane Gale Gordon Jerome Cowan Jack Weston Ian Wolfe Mabel Albertson Mary Treen
Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Action
USA
1966
102 Minutes
Matt Helm
Dean Martin Stella Stevens Daliah Lavi Victor Buono Arthur O'Connell Robert Webber James Gregory Nancy Kovack Roger C. Carmel Cyd Charisse Beverly Adams
secret agent photographer spy femme fatale villain beautiful woman amusing cheeky united states secret headquarters espionage photography dangerous assignment sex nuclear attack world domination quest adventure 1960s
Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Ray Hunter
Dean Martin Anna Maria Alberghetti Eva Bartok Dewey Martin Walter Slezak Paul Henreid Jules Munshin Marcel Dalio Evelyn Varden Lisa Montell Lisa Gaye
millionaire assistant sister pilot father boyfriend airy mellow rome hotel household dance floor airplane studio romance marriage father/daughter relationship social customs sister relationship matchmaking
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
108 Minutes
Dean Martin Brian Keith Honor Blackman Carol White Ben Johnson Albert Salmi Don Knight Joyce Van Patten Denver Pyle Merlin Olsen Robert Donner
bandit outlaw sidekick kidnapper wife gang leader lighthearted amusing melodramatic witty engaging patriotic new mexico territory outlaws kidnapping u.s. cavalry betrayal humor gunfight discovery
A man kidnaps the wife of a cavalry commander in order to exchange her for a Gatling gun that's being sold by a gun runner.
Comedy
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Sergeant Vic Puccinelli
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Polly Bergen Mike Kellin Jimmie Dundee Dick Stabile Tommy Farrell Frank Hyers Dan Dayton William Mendrek Kenneth Forbes
sergeant private soldier corporal captain amusing frenetic playful outlandish california military base military life new recruits family friendship performance battle adventure transformation 1940s
Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.
Comedy, Action
USA
1968
105 Minutes
Matt Helm
Dean Martin Elke Sommer Sharon Tate Nancy Kwan Nigel Green Tina Louise John Larch John Brascia Weaver Levy Wilhelm Von Homburg Bill Saito
count thief agent female assassin bachelor villain engaging amusing charming thrilling suspenseful lighthearted great britain denmark luxembourg train fighting gold money danger
Gold bullion worth USD 1 billion has been stolen from a hijacked train in Denmark. The main suspect is Count Massimo Contini. The US government sends Matt Helm, one of its top agents, to investigate and recover the gold.
Action
USA
1967
102 Minutes
Matt Helm
Dean Martin Senta Berger Janice Rule James Gregory Albert Salmi Kurt Kaszner Beverly Adams David Mauro Roy Jenson John Brascia Linda Foster
spy government agent model assassin amusing campy mexico ufo espionage adventure pursuit 1960s
Secret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.
Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Bob Miles
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Diana Lynn Nina Foch Raymond Burr Mitzi McCall Veda Ann Borg Margery Maude Romo Vincent Nancy Kulp Milton Frome
schoolteacher assistant bumbler fiancé gangster coworker madcap lighthearted playful train prep school barbershop train station heist disguise travel misunderstanding unlikely criminal escape discovery
Fleeing a jewel thief, a barber (Jerry Lewis) poses as a child with a woman (Diana Lynn) on a train and hides at a girls school.
Crime, Drama
1975
98 Minutes
Joe Ricco
Dean Martin Eugene Roche Thalmus Rasulala Geraldine Brooks Cindy Williams Philip Michael Thomas
A San Francisco lawyer (Dean Martin) helps his client (Thalmus Rasulala) beat a murder rap marked by racial overtones.
Comedy
1962
93 Minutes
Steve Flood
Dean Martin Lana Turner Eddie Albert Nita Talbot Walter Matthau Paul Ford Margo John McGiver Jack Albertson
novelist husband lawyer mobster neighbor housekeeper lighthearted madcap apartment office los angeles gambling horse racing debt schemes misunderstanding mafia discovery revenge 1960s
A lawyer (Dean Martin) begins to win after his wife (Lana Turner) secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Comedy
1954
103 Minutes
Peter "Pete" Nelson
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Joanne Dru Zsa Zsa Gabor Wallace Ford Sig Ruman Gene Sheldon Nick Cravat Elsa Lanchester Douglas Fowley Sue Casey
Two ex-GIs (Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis) join a woman's (Joanne Dru) circus as assistants to a trapeze artist and lion tamer.
Western
1968
103 Minutes
Van Morgan
Dean Martin Robert Mitchum Inger Stevens Roddy McDowall Katherine Justice John Anderson Ruth Springford Yaphet Kotto Denver Pyle Bill Fletcher Whit Bissell
preacher gambler unrestrained thrilling suspenseful sultry spirited gutsy wild west town gambling murder investigation cheating revenge pursuit 1880s
An 1880s gambler (Dean Martin) and preacher (Robert Mitchum) investigate killings stemming from a game of poker.
Western
USA
1959
141 Minutes
Dude ("Borachón")
John Wayne Dean Martin Ricky Nelson Angie Dickinson Walter Brennan Ward Bond John Russell Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Estelita Rodriguez Claude Akins Bob Steele
sheriff drunk crippled man rancher gunslinger gambler amusing tense mushy gutsy rio bravo hotel jail ranch saloon frontier justice gambling false accusations romance alcoholism
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Drama
USA
1958
137 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Shirley MacLaine Martha Hyer Arthur Kennedy Nancy Gates Leora Dana Betty Lou Keim Larry Gates Stephen Apostle Pec Connie Gilchrist
writer woman teacher gambler brother brooding sad indiana small town fair drinking love triangle marriage war fall wretched excess 1940s
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Western
USA
1965
122 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Martha Hyer Michael Anderson Jr. Earl Holliman Jeremy Slate James Gregory George Kennedy Paul Fix Dennis Hopper John Litel
cowboy sheriff gunslinger gambler brother mother rousing gutsy tense wild west ranch texas revenge family honor land wars showdown revenge sacrifice 1870s
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
Western
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Dee Bishop
James Stewart Dean Martin Raquel Welch George Kennedy Andrew Prine Will Geer Clint Ritchie Denver Pyle Tom Heaton Rudy Diaz Sean McClory
bandit sheriff woman rancher mexican amusing wild thrilling american southwest ranch town abandoned building desert bank love lawlessness regret escape forbidden love rivalry
Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero Patrice Wymore Joey Bishop Akim Tamiroff Henry Silva
thief gangster electrician entertainer casino owner wife cool witty las vegas casino heist money dangerous assignment greed crime gambling adventure pursuit temptation quest
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Comedy, Western
USA
1962
113 Minutes
Chip Deal
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Joey Bishop Henry Silva Ruta Kilmonis Buddy Lester Phillip Crosby Dennis Crosby Hank Henry
sergeant indian woman soldier amusing playful cool indian territory saloon village camaraderie old west racism battle escape love adventure 1870s
Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.
Comedy, Western
1963
124 Minutes
Joe Jarrett
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg Ursula Andress Charles Bronson Victor Buono Richard Jaeckel Mike Mazurki Jack Elam The Three Stooges Yaphet Kotto
businessman rival beautiful woman outlaw banker townsperson madcap amusing spirited unrestrained galveston, texas desert stagecoach riverboat casino wilderness gambling teamwork scam robbery
Con men (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin) and their girlfriends fight, then unite, over a floating casino in 1870 Galveston.
Comedy
1960
115 Minutes
Tony Curtis Dean Martin Janet Leigh James Whitmore John McIntire Barbara Nichols Larry Keating Larry Storch
impostor professor writer spy wife student amusing quirky madcap university laboratory restaurant secret headquarters empire state building espionage infidelity husband/wife relationship impersonation deception fbi
After his wife (Janet Leigh) catches him kissing a pretty coed, a chemistry professor (Tony Curtis) asks his buddy (Dean Martin) to help him come up with a clever cover story.
Drama
1961
109 Minutes
Susan Hayward Dean Martin Wilfrid Hyde-White Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Frank Maxwell Connie Sawyer Ford Rainey Charles Watts Larry Gates Robert S. Simon
politician wife governor prostitute political consultant emotional spirited united states the south politics ambition secret marriage manipulation rise underdog discovery 1960s
A sharecropper's daughter (Susan Hayward) of dubious repute helps her husband the governor (Dean Martin) clean up corruption.
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
Michael Whiteacre
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1965
109 Minutes
Ernie Brewer
Frank Sinatra Deborah Kerr Dean Martin Cesar Romero Hermione Baddeley Tony Bill John McGiver Nancy Sinatra Davey Davison Michael Petit Joi Lansing
ad executive businessman wife lighthearted mexico wedding divorce holidays mishaps rivalry
A businessman's neglected wife divorces her husband by mistake and marries his best friend by accident.
Comedy
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Leonard "Lennie" Crawley
Shirley MacLaine Paul Newman Robert Mitchum Dean Martin Gene Kelly Bob Cummings Dick Van Dyke Reginald Gardiner Margaret Dumont Fifi D'Orsay
widow psychiatrist millionaire husband artist clown witty madcap amusing quirky psychiatrist's office farm shack paris small town curse wealth marriage death ambition
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Comedy
USA
1949
103 Minutes
Steve
John Lund Marie Wilson Diana Lynn Don DeFore Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Hans Conried Kathryn Givney Percy Helton Erno Verebes Gloria Gordon
A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.
Comedy
USA|Hong Kong
1981
95 Minutes
Jamie Blake
Burt Reynolds Roger Moore Farrah Fawcett Dom DeLuise Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Jack Elam Adrienne Barbeau Terry Bradshaw Jackie Chan Bert Convy
daredevil driver competitor rival friend police officer charming cheeky hilarious car bar hotel jail restaurant highway competition rivalry cross-country race driving cheating
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
Steve Laird
John Lund Marie Wilson Diana Lynn Jerry Lewis Dean Martin Lloyd Corrigan
En route to Hollywood, singer Steve, his partner Seymour and fiancée Jane, Jane's airheaded roommate Irma, and Irma's con artist fiancé Al have a series of misadventures and end up involved with a murderous gang.
Comedy
USA|Hong Kong
1984
108 Minutes
Jamie Blake
Burt Reynolds Dom DeLuise Shirley MacLaine Marilu Henner Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Susan Anton Catherine Bach Ricardo Montalban Jim Nabors Charles Nelson Reilly
sheik doctor servant racer contestant friend hilarious frenetic wild united states road car truck cross-country race prize kidnapping chase organized crime competition pursuit
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.