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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 709 films · Page 28.
Musical, musical film, romance film
Stranded in a small town in a downpour, the manager of a traveling musical show convinces the handlers of a boring long-winded local judge running for governor to hire his group to attract people to the politician's rallies. When the show'…
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comedy film, musical film
Agent Russell Edward "Rush" Blake is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton as a major radio star, while Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" – his …
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comedy television program, satire
The Lovedolls return from their untimely demise in this sequel to the Super-8 film Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984). Patch Kelley (Janet Housden) becomes Patch Christ, the leader of an acid-damaged religious cult who rescues has-been Kit…
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A ditzy New Yorker (Julie Hagerty) is devastated to learn that her husband has been unfaithful and impulsively decides to go to Paris to escape. When she consumes too many sedatives and oversleeps on the plane, missing her connection, she …
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comedy drama, drama film, political satire, satire
A bumbling billionaire businessman and failed presidential candidate, Chief Olalekan Ajadi, is very much obsessed with US President Donald Trump. Just when his political campaign seems to be on the verge of another floppy disaster, Ajadi i…
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Satire, anthology film, crime film, drama film
In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family is turned into an unhappy lot by their various reactions to a win on the football pools. When matters reach a point where they begin wishing that they had never won the money, the you…
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comedy film
The story concerns a young documentary film-maker, Bernard Heiman, who has decided to chronicle the making of a pornographic motion picture for his next project. He selects as his subject a movie being directed by Chuck Steak (pronounced S…
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Romantic Drama, Satire, Sport, comedy film
comedy film
Wonder Pictures studio publicity man Lanny Morgan has actress Annabel Allison taken to prison in order to generate publicity before the release of her new film. However, when Annabel is released one month later, she finds that nobody has n…
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Komödie, comedy film
The trouble begins when Lord Strathpeffer, who is on his way to visit an Egyptologist with a case of instruments used by entomologists, loses his way in the fog and wanders into the home (who lives next door to the Egyptologist) of a woman…
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comedy film
Set in the town of Springfield, Believe tells the story of Adam Pendon (Larry Bagby), a struggling truck driver who was recently laid off from his job at the steel mill when it closed. Adam is approached by a salesman for a multi-level mar…
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comedy film
Laurie Harding (Paulo Costanzo) is a small shop clerk in the local Calgary mall. His world is full of tragic accidents - crosswalks, elevators, escalators and virtually anything associated with commercialism or technology is parodied as ob…
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Satire
Komödie, buddy film, comedy film
Upon absconding from incarceration with only a week left to serve, Laurel and Hardy embark on a journey to Scotland clandestinely aboard a cattle boat. Stan, assuming the alias "Stanley McLaurel," harbors the belief that he is the rightful…
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Melodrama, Satire On War
A group of American pilots ferry Lend-Lease Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean through the ALSIB route. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. …
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comedy film
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his temp…
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Komödie, Satire, comedy film, drama film
Hello Lonesome follows three different story lines that show the difficulties of making and maintaining human bonds. The first story line is of Bill (played by Harry Chase), who lives alone in an apartment and is attempting to connect with…
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drama film, political drama, political satire
Komödie, Satire, comedy film
comedy film
Bill Harper is an American ambassador. After his arrival in a small country that is besieged by civil unrest, he befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king. King Lothar is in exile due to the Prince De Polikoff spreading false…
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drama film
This film is a false documentary about a fictional, top-secret Soviet Interkosmos space mission based in East Germany. Two ships are sent out to set up both an industrial colony on Saturn's moon Titan and a recreational colony on Jupiter's…
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comedy film, satirical film
Pooch is a participant in a number of track and field events. Throughout these, a cameraman is following Pooch around, filming him. His first event is a sprinting competition involving hurdles.
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romantic comedy
Fast-talking Jimmy Bates takes responsibility for publicity for a struggling carnival owned by Colonel Munday. His latest scheme to attract customers involves promising to reveal the identity of the father (allegedly one of the local town'…
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