List of the best Frank Tashlin movies: The Man From the Diner's Club(1963), Son of Paleface(1952), The Girl Can't Help It(1956), Rock-a-Bye Baby(1958), Susan Slept Here(1954), Hollywood or Bust(1956), The Geisha Boy(1958), The Disorderly Orderly(1964), Cinderfella(1960), Bachelor Flat(1961), The Lieutenant Wore Skirts(1956), Caprice(1967) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1963
96 Minutes
Director
clerk mobster girlfriend fiancée boss madcap lighthearted winsome office spa mexico wedding fraud tax evasion faking death mix-up pursuit love underdog 1960s
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Comedy, Western
USA
1952
95 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Jane Russell Roy Rogers Bill Williams Lloyd Corrigan Paul E. Burns Gordon Carveth Michael Cirillo Iron Eyes Cody Chester Conklin Russ Conklin
cowboy thief federal agent confident engaging united states wild west debt money escape adventure 19th century
Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Director
Tom Ewell Jayne Mansfield Edmond O'Brien Henry Jones John Emery Juanita Moore Barry Gordon
mobster press agent bombshell singer rock star henchman rousing cheeky outlandish new york city apartment chicago recording studio organized crime popular music unrequited love romance ambition songwriting forbidden love
A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.
Comedy
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Marilyn Maxwell Connie Stevens Salvatore Baccaloni Reginald Gardiner Hans Conried Ida Moore Gary Lewis Judy Franklin Isobel Elsom Alex Geary
movie star sister agent father repairman baby amusing madcap charming house movie set office mexico small town secret childcare babies unrequited love marriage sacrifice
A TV repair man must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart, now a famous movie star, so her career will not suffer.
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Director
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Comedy
USA
1956
94 Minutes
Director
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
1958
98 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Marie McDonald Sessue Hayakawa Nobu McCarthy Suzanne Pleshette Barton MacLane Robert Hirano
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Comedy
USA
1964
90 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Glenda Farrell Everett Sloane Susan Oliver Jack E. Leonard Alice Pearce Kathleen Freeman Barbara Nichols Milton Frome
Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
Comedy
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Ed Wynn Judith Anderson Anna Maria Alberghetti Henry Silva Robert Hutton
young man stepmother stepsister friend young woman fairy airy amusing heartwarming emotional intense positive family home dining room bedroom romance lie wedding dreams transformation
A gender-swapped retelling of Charles Perrault's classic, where Cinderfella is visited by a fairy godfather to help him escape from his wicked stepmother and stepbrothers.
Comedy
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Director
Tuesday Weld Richard Beymer Terry-Thomas Celeste Holm Francesca Bellini Howard McNear Ann Del Guercio Roxanne Arlen Alice Reinheart Stephen Bekassy Margo Moore
professor fiancée daughter neighbor student airy playful madcap cool malibu, calif. apartment beach surprise visit vacation secret marriage college life young love discovery transformation 1960s
British college professor seeks peace in a California beach house but has nothing but trouble from an uninvited female 'juvenile delinquent', a neighbor with a mischievous dog, and a bevy of amorous American woman.
Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Director
writer wife beautiful woman agent commanding officer playful madcap apartment military base hawaii gender roles trading places domestic life military service aging adventure love rivalry 1950s
In this hilarious romp starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North and Rita Moreno, a middle-aged ex-serviceman who plans to re-enlist (Ewell) is shocked to learn that not only did he fail his medical... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1967
98 Minutes
Director
An industrial designer causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1959
119 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Debbie Reynolds Robert Wagner Ray Walston Les Tremayne Connie Gilchrist Frank McHugh Joe Besser Alena Murray Stella Stevens Nina Shipman
Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
90 Minutes
Director
Tony Randall Anita Ekberg Robert Morley Maurice Denham Guy Rolfe Sheila Allen Margaret Rutherford James Villiers Julian Glover Grazina Frame Clive Morton
Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Comedy
1962
84 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Joan O'Brien Zachary Scott Mae Questel Jesse White Jack Weston Ted de Corsia Barbara Pepper Milton Frome Del Moore Michael Ross
repairman elderly woman nephew lawyer love interest amusing madcap california estate family investigation missing persons schemes mistaken identity wealth mystery pursuit 1960s
A TV repairman becomes the sole heir to a fortune and the prey of those unscrupulous enough to relieve him of it.
Comedy
1968
92 Minutes
Director
A World War II officer attempts to raise the morale of his men by recovering a torpedoed cargo boat loaded with beer.
Comedy, Drama
1966
110 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Rod Taylor Arthur Godfrey John McGiver Paul Lynde Edward Andrews Eric Fleming Dom DeLuise Dick Martin Elisabeth Fraser George Tobias
pr person technician ship captain security head secret agent amusing madcap offbeat playful boat catalina island, calif. aerospace research lab mistaken identity false accusations espionage love love discovery quest 1960s
Spies follow a PR woman (Doris Day) who works for a space scientist (Rod Taylor) and whose father (Arthur Godfrey) runs a sightseeing boat.
Comedy
1963
90 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Jill St. John Agnes Moorehead John McGiver Ray Walston Nancy Kulp Francesca Bellini John Abbott Jerry Hausner Peggy Mondo Mary Treen
young man rich girl mother boss employee amusing playful spirited department store suburbia house affluent neighborhood wealth disapproval relationships challenge work family forbidden love transformation
A klutzy poodle sitter (Jerry Lewis) goes to work in his girlfriend's (Jill St. John) mother's (Agnes Moorehead) department store.