List of the best Norman Panama movies: The Court Jester(1955), Above and Beyond(1953), Callaway Went Thataway(1951), The Reformer and the Redhead(1950), The Road to Hong Kong(1962), Strictly Dishonorable(1951), How to Commit Marriage(1969), I Will, I Will... for Now(1975), The Maltese Bippy(1969), Barnaby and Me(1977), Knock on Wood(1954) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
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.
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
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.
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.
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
Director
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 »
Musical, Comedy
UK
1962
91 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Joan Collins Dorothy Lamour Robert Morley Walter Gotell Peter Sellers Felix Aylmer
con artist partner spy agent scientist madcap campy hilarious outlandish tibet underwater headquarters rocket outer space travel memory formula espionage space travel survival
Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.
Comedy
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Director
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
Comedy
USA
1969
98 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Jackie Gleason Jane Wyman Maureen Arthur Leslie Nielsen Tina Louise Paul Stewart Professor Irwin Corey JoAnna Cameron Tim Matheson
Young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give the baby up for adoption. The baby's Mother's parents wind up adopting the baby using a fake name.
Comedy
USA
1975
107 Minutes
Director
Elliott Gould Diane Keaton Paul Sorvino Victoria Principal Robert Alda Warren Berlinger Madge Sinclair Candy Clark
Elliott Gould and Diane Keaton take out a lease on love with an option to buy in this glossy romantic comedy costarring Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal and Candy Clark. Unhappily divorced ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1969
92 Minutes
Director
Dan Rowan Dick Martin Carol Lynley Julie Newmeyer Mildred Natwick Fritz Weaver Robert Reed David Hurst Dana Elcar Leon Askin Alan Oppenheimer
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
Comedy
1977
90 Minutes
Director
Sid Caesar Juliet Mills Sally Boyden
A widow (Juliet Mills), her daughter (Sally Boyden) and their pet koala join an international con man (Sid Caesar) on the run.
Comedy
1954
103 Minutes
Director
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.