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51. The Man (1972)
G | 93 min | Drama
An African-American senator becomes the designated survivor of a tragic accident that kills the President of the United States. Now the first black President, he attempts to end the bigotry and divide standing in his way.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres
Votes: 412
52. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Passed | 130 min | Comedy, Music
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Christy Cabanne, Norman Houston | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer
Votes: 2,256
53. Dinah! (1974–1980)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home ... See full summary »
Stars: Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White, Norm Crosby
Votes: 312
54. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy
When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 1,954 | Gross: $0.66M
55. Charley's Aunt (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter
Votes: 683
56. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 589
57. Beau James (1957)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic of the political career of Jimmy Walker, flamboyant and somewhat corrupt Mayor of New York City from 1926-1932.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith
Votes: 486
58. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
59. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Legendary comedienne Lucille Ball is roasted by Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Foster Brooks, Rich Little, and Don Rickles among others.
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Dan Rowan
Votes: 170
60. The Great Lover (1949)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young, Roland Culver
Votes: 551
61. Startime (I) (1959–1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
Stars: Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes
Votes: 229
62. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
63. The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Comedy
A compassionate lawyer pretends to be heartless in order to boost his clientele, but it jeopardizes his romantic life.
Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Jack Benny, Priscilla Lane, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 352
64. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 221
65. AFI Life Achievement Award (1973– )
Documentary
The Award is the highest honor for a career in film and celebrates an individual whose career has greatly contributed to the enrichment of American culture.
Stars: Carole Bayer Sager, George Stevens Jr., Jack Nicholson, Gregory Peck
Votes: 50
66. College Holiday (1936)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Expecting to put on a musical show, singing and dancing college students are brought to a struggling hotel to be guinea pigs in an ancient Greek-themed eugenics experiment.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mary Boland
Votes: 198
67. The Andy Williams Show (1962–1969)
60 min | Music
Having hosted summer programs for three seasons before this, Andy Williams' program finally became a regular, year-round show. In addition to Andy, the program also featured numbers by a ... See full summary »
Stars: Andy Williams, The Osmonds, Jay Osmond, Merrill Osmond
Votes: 274
68. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine
Votes: 370
69. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 185
70. The Bob Hope Show (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Peter Leeds
Votes: 263
71. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 633
72. Children of Pleasure (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Successful songwriter falls for society girl who is just playing around. He doesn't realize that his girl-Friday is the one he really loves until it is almost too late. Although he is ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson, Judith Wood, Kenneth Thomson
Votes: 192
73. Shower of Stars (1954–1958)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A CBS variety show that ran monthly from 1954-1958, broadcast in color. Stars appearing included Betty Grable, Mario Lanza, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Fredric March, Shirley MacLaine, and ... See full summary »
Stars: William Lundigan, Jack Benny, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa
Votes: 84
74. The Kraft Music Hall (1967–1971)
60 min | Music
A few years after Perry Como left as host, "The Kraft Music Hall" was revived as a regular series from 1967-71. There was no set host during this period, and various guest hosts, usually a ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Alan King, Eddy Arnold, Anne Meara
Votes: 131
75. Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Jack Benny, Gene Raymond, Nancy Carroll, Sydney Howard
Votes: 212
76. The George Gobel Show (1954–1960)
30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
Stars: George Gobel, Jeff Donnell, John Scott Trotter, Peggy King
Votes: 84
77. Man About Town (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 194
78. Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Approved | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.
Director: Irving Brecher | Stars: Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Robert Keith, Adele Jergens
Votes: 396
79. Artist and Models (1937)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick
Votes: 373
80. Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 141
81. Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
60 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A show featuring various specials. Some specials were comedy, and others were serious drama by famous authors.
Stars: Robert Emhardt, Milton Berle, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope
Votes: 161
82. The Funny Side (1971)
60 min
This short lived (Sep 1971 - Dec 1971) series looked at the humorous side of married life using music and dance production numbers, and comedy sketches.
Stars: John Amos, Warren Berlinger, Teresa Graves, Pat Finley
Votes: 32
83. The Slowest Gun in the West (1960 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 54 min | Comedy, Western
In Primrose, Arizona, no self-respecting gunfighter wants to ruin his reputation by killing the town's sheriff who's not only a coward but the slowest draw in the West too.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Phil Silvers, Jack Benny, Ted de Corsia, Jack Elam
Votes: 171
84. Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 165
85. The Steve Allen Show (1968–1971)
90 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Pat Harrington Jr., Bob Einstein
Votes: 31
86. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope (1974 TV Special)
48 min | Comedy
Dean Martin hosts a star studded celebrity roast of Bob Hope.
Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Flip Wilson, James Stewart
Votes: 164
87. The Lucky Stiff (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. After meeting her at the club, he is present when her boss (and more?) is killed, and she is... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Irene Hervey
Votes: 132
88. Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny, George K. Arthur
Votes: 270
89. The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1969–1970)
60 min | Music
Engelbert hosts a show that was a mix of comical banter, silly sketches and an array of musical talent, current and past. Guests include old vaudevillians like Milton Berle and Jack Benny plus TV performers Shirley Jones and Ken Berry.
Stars: Engelbert Humperdinck, Jack Parnell, The Mike Sammes Singers, The Irving Davies Dancers
Votes: 42
90. The Liberace Show (1969– )
60 min | Music
Liberace's series of specials for the British ATV Company.
Stars: Liberace, Richard Wattis, Georgina Moon, Jack Wild
Votes: 24
91. Mr. Broadway (1933)
63 min | Comedy
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
Directors: Johnnie Walker, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Ruth Etting, Bert Lahr
Votes: 27
92. The George Burns Show (1958–1959)
30 min | Comedy
This The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) spin-off found George Burns relocated to his downtown office working as a producer and trying to deal with an assortment of entertainers and oddball theatrical acts, as well as his previously established friends.
Stars: George Burns, Bea Benaderet, Harry von Zell, Larry Keating
Votes: 84
93. The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A mouse version of The Jack Benny Program (1950).
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson
Votes: 475
94. The Frank Sinatra Show (1950–1952)
60 min | Music
The Frank Sinatra Show (also known as Bulova Watch Time) was an American musical variety series hosted by Frank Sinatra from 1950 to 1952.
Stars: Frank Sinatra, June Hutton, Ben Blue, The Whippoorwills
Votes: 45
95. The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns
Votes: 389
96. ABC Late Night (1973–1976)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
ABC's Wide World of Entertainment is a late night block of programs created by the ABC television network.
Stars: Steve Allen, Jack Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 174
97. The Irv Kupcinet Show (1953–1984)
Talk-Show
First talk show that featured interviews with celebrities from the worlds of politics, media and sports. Ran from 1953 to 1980, and hosted by newspaper columnist Irv Kupcinet, who became a pioneer in the television talk show genre.
Stars: Irv Kupcinet, Patty Duke, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford
Votes: 52
98. The Medicine Man (1930)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan
Votes: 279
99. Dinah's Place (1970–1974)
30 min | Talk-Show
Talk and cooking with Dinah Shore and guests, including Frank Sinatra.
Stars: Dinah Shore, Vincent Price, Bill Cosby, Joanne Woodward
Votes: 52
100. Jack Benny's Birthday Special (1969 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Dan Blocker, Dennis Day
Votes: 22