9 Movies Starring Danny Kaye

Wonder Man

Wonder Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1945-10-09

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1315 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Don Hartman (screenplay)

Melville Shavelson (screenplay)

Philip Rapp (screenplay)

Jack Jevne (adaptation)

Eddie Moran (adaptation)

Arthur Sheekman (original story)

Fullplot:

Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.

On the Riviera

On the Riviera

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-05-01

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (551 Reviews)

Director:

Walter Lang

Cast:

Writer:

Valentine Davies (screen play)

Phoebe Ephron (screen play)

Henry Ephron (screen play)

Rudolph Lothar (based on a play by)

Hans Adler (based on a play by)

Jessie Ernst (adapted by)

Fullplot:

Jack Martin (Danny Kaye), an American entertainer working cabarets on the French Riviera, does an impersonation of philandering industrialist Henri Duran (Kaye, again) so convincingly that even Duran's beautiful wife (Gene Tierney) is fooled by it. When Duran's business interests compel him to be in London when he should be hosting a large soiree at his home, Martin is persuaded to impersonate Duran at the party. But matters threaten to get out of hand when Martin (as Duran) is confronted by several of the philanderer's women, and by Duran's ruthless business rival, M. Periton (Jean Murat).

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2464 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Vidor

Cast:

Writer:

Moss Hart (screenplay)

Myles Connolly (based on a story by)

Fullplot:

A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid".

Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (636 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Norman Panama

Melvin Frank

Fullplot:

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has to see another love affair fail. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancèe Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his two dolls, Clarence and Terrence. Morgan's doll maker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen secret plans to the top secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, Papinek decides to use Morgan's dolls as a mailbox and hides the secret plans in the heads of the dolls. Another secret spy ring also wants to get their hands on Jerry's luggage and they *also* follow him. Eventually, Jerry is chased by both these organizations as well as the police, who suspects him of murder.

The Court Jester

The Court Jester

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-01-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(8693 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Norman Panama

Melvin Frank

Fullplot:

The throne of rightful king of England, the small babe with the purple pimpernel birthmark, has been usurped by the evil King Roderick. Only the Black Fox can restore the true king to the throne--and all he needs is the king's key to a secret tunnel. And while he's trying to steal it, someone has to change the king's diapers. The task falls to Hawkins, the gentlest member of the Fox's band. The Fox's lieutenant, Maid Jean, guards Hawkins and the babe while they travel, but when they meet the King's new jester on the road, they decide to initiate a daring plan for Hawkins to replace him, become an intimate at the court, and steal the key. So, humble Hawkins becomes Giacomo: the king of jesters and jester to the king. But things begin to get zany when the King's daughter falls for Giacomo, the King falls for Jean, people randomly sing what are supposed to be recognition codes, and a witch with very effective spells (and poison pellets) begins to interfere.

Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-10-01

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (477 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Glenville

Genres:

ComedyWar

Cast:

Writer:

S.N. Behrman (screenplay)

George Froeschel (screenplay)

Franz Werfel (original play "Jacobowsky and the Colonel")

S.N. Behrman (play)

Fullplot:

Jacobowsky, a Jewish refugee, flees from the Nazis with an aristocratic, anti-semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. Jurgens learns to appreciate Kaye, despite their competition for the same woman, and together they outwit their pursuers.

The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1222 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Rose (screenplay)

Melville Shavelson (screenplay)

Robert Smith (story)

Red Nichols (suggested by the life of)

Fullplot:

Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.

Skokie

Skokie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (259 Reviews)

Director:

Herbert Wise

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

This is the story of some Modern day Nazi activists who plan to march through the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie. The town officials tell the citizens to ignore them cause there's nothing that they can do. But one citizen (Kaye) who's a death camp survivor says that he was told this nearly forty years ago in Germany and before he knew it he was in a concentration camp. He says this time if they march, he will not ignore them; he will take action. So, the mayor does what he can to stop them, so the Nazi's leader (Dzundza) goes to the ACLU, and the Jewish lawyer (Rubinstein) he speaks to, says that this is a violation of the First Ammendment and takes the case to court.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-03-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (146 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Carlo Collodi (novel)

Fullplot:

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