List of the best Joan Shawlee movies: Cuban Pete(1946), Prehistoric Women(1950), Guerrillas in Pink Lace(1964), Irma La Douce(1963), Buck Privates Come Home(1947), The Apartment(1960), Francis Joins the WACS(1954), Some Like It Hot(1959), Woman on the Run(1950), Buddy Buddy(1981), Willard(1971), Live a Little, Love a Little(1968) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
1946
61 Minutes
Joan Shawlee Beverly Simmons Jacqueline de Wit Pedro de Cordoba
An ad agency sends a blonde (Joan Fulton) to lure a Cuban bandleader (Desi Arnaz) to New York for a radio show.
Adventure
USA
1950
74 Minutes
Lotee
Laurette Luez Alan Nixon Joan Shawlee Judy Landon Mara Lynn Jo Dennison Kerry Vaughn Tony Devlin James Summers Dennis Dengate
A civilization of gorgeous cavewomen abduct men for mating purposes. One of their victims is Engor, who seems to be smarter than the rest of the men. He discovers fire, battles a monstrous ... See full summary »
Adventure, Action
1964
96 Minutes
Miss Gloria Maxine
George Montgomery Valerie Varda Joan Shawlee Robin Grace Jane Earl Ruth Earl
Chorus girls (Valerie Varda, Joan Shawlee) and a fake priest (George Montgomery) flee from the Japanese in the Philippines.
Comedy
USA
1963
147 Minutes
Amazon Annie
Shirley MacLaine Jack Lemmon Lou Jacobi Herschel Bernardi Joan Shawlee Hope Holiday Bill Bixby Grace Lee Whitney
police officer prostitute pimp amusing playful paris france love romance prostitution deception love quest 1960s
In Paris, a former policeman falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.
Comedy
USA
1947
77 Minutes
Sylvia Hunter
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Tom Brown Nat Pendleton Joan Shawlee Beverly Simmons Don Beddoe Don Porter Donald MacBride Lane Watson William Ching
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Sylvia
Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Ray Walston David Lewis Jack Kruschen Joan Shawlee Edie Adams Hope Holiday Naomi Stevens Frances Weintraub Lax
insurance salesman manager mistress charming witty tender dark new york city apartment office romance infidelity ambition big business love rivalry underdog 1960s
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Comedy
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Sgt. Kipp
Donald O'Connor Julie Adams Mamie Van Doren Chill Wills Lynn Bari ZaSu Pitts Joan Shawlee Allison Hayes Mara Corday Karen Kadler Elsie Holmes
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
Comedy
USA
1959
120 Minutes
Sweet Sue
Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe E. Brown Nehemiah Persoff Joan Shawlee Billy Gray George E. Stone Dave Barry
musician friend sexy woman millionaire mobster playful hilarious wild chicago train florida beach hotel nightclub deception sex friendship wealth escape love
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
77 Minutes
Blonde
Ann Sheridan Dennis O'Keefe Robert Keith John Qualen Frank Jenks Ross Elliot Jane Liddell Joan Shawlee J. Farrell MacDonald Steven Geray Victor Sen Yung
witness wife reporter investigator killer husband brooding engaging tense san francisco street search witnessing murder rekindled romance missing persons mob love pursuit quest 1940s
Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
Comedy
USA
1981
96 Minutes
Receptionist
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Paula Prentiss Klaus Kinski Dana Elcar Miles Chapin Michael Ensign Joan Shawlee Nino Formicola C.J. Hunt Bette Raya
During a high profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Horror
USA
1971
95 Minutes
Alice
Bruce Davison Ernest Borgnine Elsa Lanchester Sondra Locke Michael Dante Jody Gilbert William Hansen John Myhers Joan Shawlee Almira Sessions
A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors.
Musical
USA
1968
90 Minutes
Robbie's Mother
Elvis Presley Michele Carey Don Porter Rudy Vallee Dick Sargent Sterling Holloway Celeste Yarnall Eddie Hodges Joan Shawlee Mary Grover Emily Banks
elvis presley landlady photographer amusing passionate office building united states photo shoot secret double life love discovery 1960s
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake Irving Bacon Hazel Shermet James Brown Lotus Robb
actor actress emotional engaging touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging actors love ambition alcoholism love sacrifice transformation 1950s
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
86 Minutes
Bob Hope Joan Fontaine Basil Rathbone Audrey Dalton Hugh Marlowe Vincent Price Arnold Moss John Carradine John Hoyt Hope Emerson Robert Hutton
A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.