List of the best Scatman Crothers movies: Bronco Billy(1980), Deadly Eyes(1982), The Shining(1980), Scavenger Hunt(1979), Mean Dog Blues(1978), The King of Marvin Gardens(1972), Detroit 9000(1973), The Journey of Natty Gann(1985), Lady in a Cage(1964), Truck Turner(1974), Friday Foster(1975), The Fortune(1975) ... ...
Romance
USA
1980
116 Minutes
Doc Lynch
Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Scatman Crothers Bill McKinney Geoffrey Lewis Sam Bottoms Dan Vadis Sierra Pecheur
cowboy entertainer heiress assistant husband ex-convict amusing quirky endearing united states circus city hall bar mental institution love circus business fortune crime redemption
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Horror
Canada|Hong Kong
1982
87 Minutes
George Foskins
Sam Groom Sara Botsford Scatman Crothers Lisa Langlois Cecil Linder James B. Douglas Lesleh Donaldson
Contaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production. Dachshunds were dressed up as rats for the special effects.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1980
142 Minutes
Dick Hallorann
Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers Barry Nelson Philip Stone Joe Turkel Anne Jackson Tony Burton Lia Beldam Billie Gibson
wife bartender psychic jack torrance chef caretaker chilling suspenseful disturbing creepy overlook hotel colorado violence axe insanity writer's block cabin fever extrasensory perception escape pursuit
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Comedy
USA
1979
116 Minutes
Sam
Richard Benjamin Cloris Leachman James Coco Scatman Crothers Ruth Gordon Cleavon Little Roddy McDowall Robert Morley Richard Mulligan Tony Randall Dirk Benedict
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
Crime, Drama
1978
108 Minutes
Mudcat
Gregg Henry Kay Lenz George Kennedy Scatman Crothers Tina Louise Felton Perry Gregory Sierra James Wainwright William Windom John Daniels Marc Alaimo
A country singer (Gregg Henry) gets five years in a work farm run by a guard (George Kennedy) with a killer Doberman pinscher.
Drama
USA
1972
104 Minutes
Lewis
Jack Nicholson Bruce Dern Ellen Burstyn Julia Anne Robinson Scatman Crothers Charles Lavine Arnold Williams John P. Ryan Sully Boyar Josh Mostel William Pabst
radio personality con artist brother girlfriend stepdaughter brooding emotional atlantic city, n.j. hotel philadelphia sibling rivalry disillusionment depression brotherhood deception temptation underdog 1970s
A daydreamer convinces his radio personality brother to help fund one of his get-rich-quick schemes.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
1973
110 Minutes
Reverend Markham
Alex Rocco Hari Rhodes Vonetta McGee Ella Edwards Scatman Crothers Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Biracial detectives (Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes) track loot from a fundraiser for the first black governor of Michigan.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1985
101 Minutes
Sherman
Meredith Salenger John Cusack Ray Wise Lainie Kazan Barry Miller Scatman Crothers Verna Bloom Bruce M. Fischer
In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Junkyard Proprietor's Assistant
Olivia de Havilland Ann Sothern James Caan Jeff Corey Rafael Campos Scatman Crothers Jennifer Billingsley Charles Seel
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Action
USA
1974
91 Minutes
Duke
Isaac Hayes Yaphet Kotto Alan Weeks Annazette Chase Sam Laws Nichelle Nichols Scatman Crothers Paul Harris Earl Maynard Annik Borel
bounty hunter pimp madam prostitute assassin partner cool unrestrained gutsy brash los angeles estate bar roof pool vengeance prostitution on the run accidental death contract killing
Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter in Los Angeles.
Crime, Drama
1975
90 Minutes
Noble Franklin
Pam Grier Yaphet Kotto Godfrey Cambridge Thalmus Rasulala Eartha Kitt Jim Backus Scatman Crothers Ted Lange Tierre Turner Paul Benjamin
photographer assassin private investigator billionaire friend boss thrilling tense los angeles airport office fashion show assassination racism conspiracy murder investigation politics mystery underdog
Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.
Comedy
USA
1975
88 Minutes
Fisherman
Jack Nicholson Warren Beatty Stockard Channing Florence Stanley Richard B. Shull Tom Newman John Fiedler Scatman Crothers Dub Taylor Ian Wolfe Rose Michtom
heiress husband wife friend con artist cheeky madcap winsome train los angeles beach airplane marriage wealth travel adultery inheritance schemes love rivalry
Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
Drama
USA
1975
133 Minutes
Orderly Turkle
Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Brad Dourif William Redfield Michael Berryman Peter Brocco Dean R. Brooks Alonzo Brown Scatman Crothers Danny DeVito Christopher Lloyd
anti-hero nurse native american mentally challenged patient bleak gutsy powerful mental institution oregon boat abuse rebellion conformity mental illness rivalry transformation 1960s
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Musinga
Angie Dickinson Peter Finch Roger Moore Errol John Woody Strode Juano Hernandez Frederick O'Neal Mary Wickes Scatman Crothers Rafer Johnson Chuck Wood
nurse pilot hospital administrator native witch doctor chief brooding tense melodramatic congo hospital jungle pregnancy military medicine native people relationships world war ii discovery love
While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.
Western
USA
1976
99 Minutes
John Wayne Lauren Bacall James Stewart Ron Howard Richard Boone Hugh O'Brian Harry Morgan Rick Lenz John Carradine Sheree North Scatman Crothers
gunslinger outlaw innkeeper son sheriff ex-lover gritty gutsy moving carson city, nev. american west cancer swan song revenge notoriety death quest rivalry 1900s
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Crime, Drama
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Shelley Winters Pat Hingle Don Stroud Diane Varsi Bruce Dern Clint Kimbrough Robert Walden Robert De Niro Alex Nicol Michael Fox Scatman Crothers
mother son gang leader gunman prostitute lover wild thrilling outlandish gritty ozark mountains bank prison small town hideout ma barker crime spree mother/son relationship family dysfunction control
A psychologically-disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
Comedy
1966
109 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Janet Leigh Mary Ann Mobley Gila Golan Leslie Parrish James Best Kathleen Freeman Buddy Lester Fritz Feld Renie Riano Scatman Crothers
artist psychiatrist girlfriend patient friend zoologist madcap cheery lighthearted psychiatrist's office house party relationships psychiatry impersonation love schemes love transformation metamorphosis
An artist (Jerry Lewis) tries to help his psychiatrist fiancee (Janet Leigh) by posing as suitors for her lovesick patients.
Comedy, Action
USA
1976
113 Minutes
Gene Wilder Jill Clayburgh Richard Pryor Patrick McGoohan Ned Beatty Clifton James Ray Walston Stefan Gierasch Len Birman Valerie Curtin Richard Kiel
editor woman art dealer thug sheriff federal agent hysterical thrilling train chicago restaurant train station police station murder art travel false accusations mystery love rescue
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Comedy
USA
1959
92 Minutes
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Jim Davis Gloria Talbott Will Wright Mary Young Mickey Finn Bob Gunderson Fred Kohler Jr. Ethan Laidlaw
insurance salesman outlaw boss cowboy girlfriend madcap thrilling wild west small town office insurance botched job deception robbery jesse james quest love underdog 1880s
Outlaw T.J. "Jesse" James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth, who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
War
1956
94 Minutes
Robert Wagner Terry Moore Broderick Crawford Buddy Ebsen Robert Keith Brad Dexter Mark Damon Ken Clark Harvey Lembeck Skip Homeier L.Q. Jones
landowner sharecropper commander soldier friend wife dark intense tennessee plantation pacific ocean island jungle world war ii national guard arrogance friendship friendly fire courage quest
A spoiled young Southerner (Robert Wagner) sees action under an unbalanced colonel (Broderick Crawford) in the World War II Pacific.
Comedy
USA
1978
92 Minutes
Peter Falk Ann-Margret Eileen Brennan Sid Caesar Stockard Channing James Coco Dom DeLuise Louise Fletcher John Houseman Madeline Kahn Fernando Lamas
detective resistance fighter old flame sexy woman police detective amusing lighthearted san francisco office false accusations investigation infidelity jewelry theft race against time pursuit underdog mystery 1940s
San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.