List of the best Melvin Frank movies: The Court Jester(1955), Above and Beyond(1953), The Prisoner of Second Avenue(1975), A Touch of Class(1973), The Facts of Life(1960), Callaway Went Thataway(1951), The Jayhawkers(1959), The Reformer and the Redhead(1950), Strange Bedfellows(1965), Strictly Dishonorable(1951), The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox(1976), Lost and Found(1979) ... ...
7.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Director
Danny Kaye Norman Panama Glynis Johns Basil Rathbone Angela Lansbury Cecil Parker Mildred Natwick Robert Middleton Michael Pate Herbert Rudley Noel Drayton
carnival worker maid king princess jester witch lighthearted hilarious cheeky england forest castle woods hut courtyard royalty impersonation schemes magic father/daughter relationship
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
6.9/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Norman Panama Eleanor Parker James Whitmore Jim Backus Larry Keating Larry Gates Marilyn Erskine Stephen Dunne Robert Burton Hayden Rorke
pilot commander wife captain colonel bleak emotional washington, d.c. hiroshima, japan military base world war ii nuclear attack guilt marriage duty sacrifice discovery 1940s
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
105 Minutes
Director
Jack Lemmon Anne Bancroft Gene Saks Elizabeth Wilson Florence Stanley Maxine Stuart Ed Peck Gene Blakely Ivor Francis Stack Pierce Sylvester Stallone
housewife ad executive brother amusing quirky new york city apartment depression identity financial crisis marriage fall 1970s
A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
6.5/10
Romance
UK
1973
105 Minutes
Director
George Segal Glenda Jackson Paul Sorvino Cecil Linder Michael Elwyn Mary Barclay Nadim Sawalha Ian Thompson
Romantic comedy about a pair of clandestine lovers in a London-Spain tryst.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
103 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Ruth Hussey Don DeFore Louis Nye Philip Ober Marianne Stewart Peter Leeds Holly Irving William Lanteau Robert F. Simon
suburbanite friend husband wife witty passionate amusing suburbia household abandoned building hotel boat affair marriage friendship vacation love-hate relationship middle age forbidden love temptation
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel Jesse White Fay Roope Natalie Schafer Douglas Kennedy Elisabeth Fraser John Indrisano Stan Freberg
advertiser actor television producer agent witty engaging hollywood, calif. los angeles mexico filmmaking impersonation cover-up fame quest escape 1950s
Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1959
100 Minutes
Director
Jeff Chandler Fess Parker Nicole Maurey Henry Silva Herbert Rudley Frank de Kova Don Megowan Leo Gordon Shari Lee Bernath Jimmy Carter
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
Melvin Frank June Allyson Dick Powell David Wayne Cecil Kellaway Ray Collins Robert Keith Marvin Kaplan Kathleen Freeman Wally Maher Alex Gerry
attorney zookeeper daughter commodore niece reporter amusing heartwarming california small town zoo ranch sacramento, calif. office politics corruption investigation blackmail romance misunderstanding
Hot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1965
98 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Gina Lollobrigida Gig Young Edward Judd Howard St. John Nancy Kulp Peggy Rea
artist pr person boss executive friend amusing lighthearted playful london apartment office bedroom failing marriage protest unlikely romance reconciliation arrangement reputation discovery transformation
Carter meets Toni and impulsively marries her to find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later on the eve before their divorce they meet again and spend the night together.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Melvin Frank Ezio Pinza Janet Leigh Millard Mitchell Gale Robbins Maria Palmer Esther Minciotti Silvio Minciotti Arthur Franz Sandro Giglio Hugh Sanders
An Italian opera singer (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of convenience with an innocent fan (Janet Leigh) from Mississippi
5.7/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1976
104 Minutes
Director
George Segal Goldie Hawn Roy Jenson Conrad Janis Thayer David Jennifer Lee Pat Ast Sid Gould
outlaw prostitute burlesque dancer mormon gang member con artist hilarious lighthearted wagon train salt lake city dance hall town romance theft double-cross disguise schemes on the run adventure love
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
5.1/10
Romance
UK
1979
106 Minutes
Director
George Segal Glenda Jackson Maureen Stapleton Hollis McLaren John Cunningham Paul Sorvino Ken Pogue Janie Sell Diana Barrington Leslie Carlson John Candy
A college professor (George Segal) and an English divorcee (Glenda Jackson) meet and marry while on a vacation in France. When the bride returns home she finds life less than rosey as the ... See full summary »
4.9/10
Comedy
USA
1987
86 Minutes
Director
Howie Mandel Christopher Lloyd Cloris Leachman Colleen Camp Amy Steel Stephen Elliott George Di Cenzo
wild man brother mother scientist madcap playful los angeles california wilderness household dogs culture shock reunion inheritance schemes family discovery transformation 1980s
A boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.
Comedy
1968
113 Minutes
Director
Gina Lollobrigida Shelley Winters Peter Lawford Phil Silvers Telly Savalas Lee Grant Janet Margolin
italian soldier captain daughter wife widow hilarious cheeky charming lighthearted italy village paternity money family scams impersonation pursuit love 1960s
Three veterans are reunited in Italy with a mutual lover (Gina Lollobrigida) they've been supporting for 20 years.
Comedy
1954
103 Minutes
Danny Kaye Melvin Frank Mai Zetterling Torin Thatcher David Burns Leon Askin Abner Biberman
ventriloquist manager fiancée repairman spy psychiatrist hilarious playful engaging paris stage shop airplane hotel car dealership ventriloquism mental breakdown secret plans espionage mistaken identity
A ventriloquist (Danny Kaye) with a rude dummy sees a London psychiatrist (Mai Zetterling) and winds up chased by spies.
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