List of the best Dick Shawn movies: Goodbye Cruel World(1982), The Wizard of Baghdad(1960), What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?(1966), Wake Me When It's Over(1960), The Producers(1968), Maid to Order(1987), Beer(1985), The Check Is in the Mail(1986), Penelope(1966), Way... Way Out(1966), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963) ... ...
Comedy
1982
100 Minutes
Anchorman Rodney (Dick Shawn) has a transvestite twin brother and an ex-wife married to a Sumo wrestler.
Fantasy
1960
92 Minutes
Genii-Ali Mahmud
Dick Shawn Diane Baker Barry Coe John Van Dreelen Robert F. Simon Vaughn Taylor Michael David Stanley Adams
A lazy genie's (Dick Shawn) boss will turn him into a mortal if he fails to unite a prince (Barry Coe) and princess (Diane Baker).
Comedy
1966
119 Minutes
James Coburn Dick Shawn Sergio Fantoni Aldo Ray Harry Morgan Carroll O'Connor Leon Askin Giovanna Ralli
lieutenant captain soldier italian pretty woman nazi amusing playful sicily small town world war ii culture clash celebration battle deception wretched excess quest 1940s
An Italian captain (Sergio Fantoni) will surrender a town to GIs (James Coburn, Dick Shawn), after the annual wine festival.
Comedy
1960
126 Minutes
Gus Brubaker
Ernie Kovacs Dick Shawn Margo Moore Jack Warden Nobu McCarthy Don Knotts Robert Strauss Noreen Nash Parley Baer Marvin Kaplan Robert Emhardt
A GI (Dick Shawn) talks his captain (Ernie Kovacs) into building an island resort out of war surplus.
Comedy
USA
1968
88 Minutes
Lorenzo St. DuBois
Zero Mostel Gene Wilder Dick Shawn Kenneth Mars Estelle Winwood Christopher Hewett Andreas Voutsinas Lee Meredith Renee Taylor Frank Campanella
producer accountant playwright actor director hippie hilarious cheeky charming office theater courtroom prison broadway theater theater production nazism scams shady dealings quest fall
A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Comedy
USA
1987
92 Minutes
Stan Starkey
Ally Sheedy Beverly D'Angelo Dick Shawn Michael Ontkean Valerie Perrine Tom Skerritt Merry Clayton Begonia Plaza
heiress maid chauffeur cook millionaire fairy amusing lighthearted playful los angeles jail mansion beverly hills, calif. wealth loss of money magic learning experience servitude class distinctions transformation
A spoiled rich girl is visited by her fairy godmother and turned into a maid.
Comedy
USA
1985
82 Minutes
Talk-Show Host
Loretta Swit Rip Torn Dick Shawn Kenneth Mars David Alan Grier William Russ Saul Stein
ad executive businessman worker cowboy spokesman airy madcap bar city office advertising alcohol working class manipulation stereotypes unlikely hero rivalry discovery 1980s
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar.
Comedy
USA
1986
91 Minutes
Brian Dennehy Anne Archer Dick Shawn Hallie Todd Chris Hebert Michael Bowen Nita Talbot
Frustrated with all the minor irritants of the rat-race Richard Jackson decides to buy a goat, disconnect the electricity and become self-sufficient. But will this life be any less annoying?
Comedy
1966
97 Minutes
Dr. Gregory Mannix
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).
Comedy
USA
1966
106 Minutes
Igor Valkleinokov
Jerry Lewis Connie Stevens Robert Morley Dennis Weaver Howard Morris Brian Keith Dick Shawn Anita Ekberg William O'Connell Bobo Lewis
In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
Comedy, Adventure
USA
1963
175 Minutes
Sylvester Marcus
Spencer Tracy Edie Adams Milton Berle Jimmy Durante Jonathan Winters Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn
thief cop dentist friend owner furniture mover suspenseful madcap california desert car airplane basement santa rosita state park death treasure surveillance betrayal traffic jam quest
A group of motorists hear about a crook's hidden stash of loot, and race against each other across the country to get to it.