1949 Comedy Movies

153 movies found (page 1/6):

Whisky Galore!(1949)

3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick - With Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood, Gordon Jackson, James Robertson Justice, John Gregson, ...

Africa Screams(1949)

| 1h 19min | Comedy, Adventure

3.0/5 (with 23 votes)

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.

Directed by Charles Barton - With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, ...

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Jour de fête(1949)

1h 20min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 85 votes)

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.

Directed by Jacques Tati - With Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur, Guy Decomble, André Pierdel, Henri Marquet, Jacques Beauvais, ...

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Passport to Pimlico(1949)

1h 24min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 33 votes)

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

Directed by Henry Cornelius - With Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Murray, Raymond Huntley, Sydney Tafler, Hermione Baddeley, ...

The Great Madcap(1949)

1h 32min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

Buñuel's first "comeback" film since "L'Age d'Or" in 1930 (he made only a few musicals in the interim), "El Gran Calavera" concerns a family's attempts to change the patriarch's somewhat indulgent and hedonistic ways by fooling him into thinking his large fortune is gone. They assume a life of poverty in Mexico in an attempt to teach him a lesson. However, he discovers it's a ruse, but continues to perpetuate the facade of ignorance while sneaking off during the day to conduct his thriving business. Why? To teach his family a lesson - they are all lazy, worthless leeches!

Directed by Luis Buñuel - With Luis Alcoriza, Rubén Rojo, Gustavo Rojo, Andrés Soler, Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, ...

The Little Orphan(1948)

| 8min | Animation, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

The Bide A Wee Mouse Home has sent the orphan mouse Nibbles to spend Thanksgiving with Jerry. Unfortunately, Nibbles is always hungry.

Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Totò le Mokò(1949)

1h 21min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 40 votes)

Mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his from Naples: Antonio Lumaconi (Totò Le Mokò), a street musician.

Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia - With Totò, Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo Ninchi, Carla Calò, Elena Altieri, Marcella Rovena, ...

Ma and Pa Kettle(1949)

1h 16min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.

Directed by Charles Lamont - With Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Esther Dale, Emory Parnell, ...

Totò cerca casa(1949)

1h 19min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 33 votes)

Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.

Directed by Mario Monicelli, Steno - With Totò, Alda Mangini, Lia Amanda, Mario Castellani, Pietro De Vico, Giacomo Furia, ...

The House Across the Street(1949)

1h 9min | Crime

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.

Directed by Richard L. Bare - With Wayne Morris

Dear Wife(1949)

1h 28min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in opposition to the local political machine. Unknown to Miriam, said machine nominates her father, Judge Wilkins. As support grows for Bill, the presence of rival candidates under one roof poses problems, especially for Ruth, wife to Bill and daughter of the judge.

Directed by Richard Haydn - With Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, Edward Arnold, Billy De Wolfe, Mary Philips, ...

Jerry's Diary(1949)

| 6min | Comedy, Animation

3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

The kiddie radio host, Uncle Dudley, reminds his listeners that it is "Be Kind to Animals" week. Tom resolves to be kind to his mouse-nemesis, Jerry, but the cat changes his mind after sneaking a look at Jerry's diary.

Directed by Joseph Barbera

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El Mago(1949)

1h 40min | Comedy

3.7/5 (with 10 votes)

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

Directed by Miguel M. Delgado - With Cantinflas, Leonora Amar, José Baviera, Ernesto Finance, Miguel Manzano, Amparo Arozamena, ...

It Happens Every Spring(1949)

1h 27min | Comedy

3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon - With Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins, ...

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A Run for Your Money(1949)

1h 25min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

Directed by Charles Frend - With Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith

High Diving Hare(1949)

| 7min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Western

3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

Yosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act when the regular act cancels.

Directed by Friz Freleng

What a Beautiful Legs!(1949)

1h 41min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.

Directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares - With Germán Valdés, Rosita Quintana, Nelly Montiel, Francisco Reiguera, María Elena Velasco, Ramón Valdés, ...

Little Rural Riding Hood(1949)

| 6min | Animation, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 27 votes)

The last of Tex Avery's variations on "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilized behavior when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success...

Directed by Tex Avery

My Friend Irma(1949)

1h 43min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.

Directed by George Marshall - With John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, ...

Ginza Cancan Girls(1949)

1h 8min | Music, Comedy

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips in Tokyo's Ginza nightlife district.

Directed by Koji Shima - With Hideko Takamine, Shizuko Kasagi

The Emperor of Capri(1949)

1h 26min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.

Directed by Luigi Comencini - With Totò, Laura Gore, Pina Gallini, Yvonne Sanson, Marisa Merlini, Alda Mangini, ...

Father Was a Fullback(1949)

1h 24min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.

Directed by John M. Stahl - With Fred MacMurray, Rudy Vallée, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Betty Lynn, Thelma Ritter, ...

Gigi(1949)

1h 22min | Romance / Love, Comedy

2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. But when Gaston throws off his latest mistress, it looks as if Gigi just might be ready to begin her destined career.

Directed by Jacqueline Audry - With Colette Georges, Danièle Delorme, Frank Villard, Gaby Morlay, Georgette Tissier, Jean Tissier, ...

Sorrowful Jones(1949)

| 1h 28min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield - With Bob Hope

Henry, the Rainmaker(1949)

1h 4min | Comedy

The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. Henry Latham is an average family man who is galvanized into entering a mayoral race over the issue of garbage disposal. When incumbent mayor Colton solves this issue himself, Henry turns his attentions to the current water shortage. His efforts to become a rainmaker prove cataclysmic, to say the least.

Directed by Jean Yarbrough

Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949)

| 1h 27min | Comedy

2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon - With Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Frank McHugh, George Cleveland, ...

Mother Is a Freshman(1949)

| 1h 21min | Comedy

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon - With Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée, Barbara Lawrence, Gene Evans, Debra Paget, ...

Golden Arrow(1949)

1h 22min | Comedy

On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.

Directed by Gordon Parry - With Burgess Meredith, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Pavla Vrbenská, Kathleen Harrison, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Kove, ...

The Huggetts Abroad(1949)

1h 29min | Comedy

3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

Directed by Ken Annakin - With Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, Dinah Sheridan, Peter Hammond, ...

Confidencias de un ruletero(1949)

1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.

Directed by Alejandro Galindo - With Resortes, Lilia Prado, Julio Villarreal, Maruja Grifell, Isabel del Puerto, Alberto Mariscal, ...

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1949 Comedy Movies

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Whisky Galore!(1949)

Africa Screams(1949)

Jour de fête(1949)

Passport to Pimlico(1949)

The Great Madcap(1949)

The Little Orphan(1948)

Totò le Mokò(1949)

Ma and Pa Kettle(1949)

Totò cerca casa(1949)

The House Across the Street(1949)

Dear Wife(1949)

Jerry's Diary(1949)

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El Mago(1949)

It Happens Every Spring(1949)

A Run for Your Money(1949)

High Diving Hare(1949)

What a Beautiful Legs!(1949)

Little Rural Riding Hood(1949)

My Friend Irma(1949)

Ginza Cancan Girls(1949)

The Emperor of Capri(1949)

Father Was a Fullback(1949)

Gigi(1949)

Sorrowful Jones(1949)

Henry, the Rainmaker(1949)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949)

Mother Is a Freshman(1949)

Golden Arrow(1949)

The Huggetts Abroad(1949)

Confidencias de un ruletero(1949)

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