Two friends who live by their wits and are fond of playing tricks on one another are given the secret to a gold deposit and must contend against starvation, the elements, and greedy crooks to secure their reward. Somewhat entertaining comic western, originally titled Amico mio… frega tu che frego io, but nothing more than …
Wild Wild Winter (Universal, 1966)
Guys who find that the women at Alpine College won’t go out with them because of advice from the dean’s secretary, Susan Benchley (Chris Noel), recruit surf bum Ronnie Duke (Gary Clarke) to woo her, though she already has a fiancé, the captain of the school’s ski team (Steve Franken). Ronnie pretends to be the …
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Lost in Alaska (Universal, 1953)
Bud and Lou are two volunteer firemen who rescue a man attempting suicide (Tom Ewell) on account of disappointment in love. When it turns out that the man has an incredibly wealthy gold claim up north, the boys accompany him back to help him win the gal (and to get some of the gold, of …
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House of Errors (PRC, 1942)
Dismal comedy from PRC stars Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers, here portraying hapless losers, fired from their jobs at a newspaper, hoping to land a big story on their own as reporters covering the invention of a new machine gun. The gun, of course, is the target of those who would steal it, and the …
How To Steal a Million (Twentieth Century Fox, 1966)
A delightful comic entry in the 1960s heist genre, with Audrey Hepburn as the scion of a wealthy family that has its position through skillful art forgery and Peter O’Toole as the man whom she recruits to help her steal one of her family’s fakes, on loan to a museum, before an insurance evaluation can …
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Super-Sleuth (RKO, 1937)
A bombastic radio detective, Bill Martin (Jack Oakie), with a dim view of the police finds himself the latest target of a “poison pen” killer. Is he up to the task of foiling the fiend? Can the woman (Ann Sothern) who loves him keep him alive and employed and on good terms with the police? …
Broadway Limited (Hal Roach / UA, 1941)
Madcap mishaps and misunderstandings as a publicity stunt goes awry aboard the eastbound Broadway Limited, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier passenger train. There are plenty of laughs from Victor McLaglen, Patsy Kelly, Zasu Pitts, and the others in the cast, even if the ending is a little weak, and it’s pure delight to see a streamlined …
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In Like Flint (Twentieth Century Fox, 1967)
James Coburn returns as super-cool secret agent Derek Flint, this time helping the ousted Lloyd Cramden (Lee J. Cobb) determine just what happened during a missing three minutes on a golf course and then working to foil the villains and effect a rescue from their island base. There’s plenty of silliness in evidence — witness …
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The Cuckoos (RKO, 1930)
Early Wheeler & Woolsey vehicle is flawed but nonetheless entertaining. The loosely constructed plot has the boys as phony fortune tellers who get involved with a wealthy woman and her daughter, a fortune-hunting nobleman, and also gypsies, but what plot there is serves more as a vehicle to move from musical number to musical number, …
Air Raid Wardens (MGM, 1943)
Two unsuccessful businessmen try to contribute to the war effort. After being turned down by all the uniformed services, the well-meaning bumblers hope to make good in their town’s civil defense organization, but even here their talent for accidental destruction makes them misfits. Will they get a chance to serve their country and redeem themselves …