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1. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1970)
directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
featuring Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Mickey RooneyThe story of how Santa Claus came to be is brought to life through the magic of stop-motion animation in this Christmas-themed production for the ... More
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2. The Great Race (1965)
directed by Blake Edwards
featuring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan WynnTony Curtis stars as The Great Leslie, a hero among heroes whose purity of heart is manifested by his spotlessly white wardrobe. Leslie's great rival ... More
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3. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon AmesOne of Disney's most entertaining forays into live-action, this hit family comedy stars Fred MacMurray as a college professor so forgetful that he ... More
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4. Snowball Express (1972)
directed by Norman Tokar
featuring Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Johnny WhitakerIn this light-weight Disney family fare, Dean Jones plays Johnny Baxter, who -- along with his wife Sue (Nancy Olsen) and his two kids, Chris ... More
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5. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys HurlbutAt the height of their TV fame, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were contracted by MGM to make two theatrical films. The first of these, The Long, Long ... More
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6. Three Little Words (1950)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan WynnMGM's Three Little Words is a "twin" musical biopic, covering the lives and careers of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Fred Astaire plays ... More
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7. Finian's Rainbow (1968)
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
featuring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan WynnNearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern ... More
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8. Royal Wedding (1951)
directed by Stanley Donen
featuring Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan WynnTwo real-life events were incorporated into the plot of the 1951 MGM musical Royal Wedding. One, the marriage of Fred Astaire's sister Adele to a ... More
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9. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
directed by George Sidney
featuring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby VanCole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical -- altogether appropriate, since its source material, Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, ... More
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10. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl JonesIn 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, ... More
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11. Battle Circus (1953)
directed by Richard Brooks
featuring Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith, William CampbellList of all editionsIn his only MGM film, Humphrey Bogart plays the commanding officer of a M*A*S*H unit during the Korean War. Bogart runs his operation by the book, ... More
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12. The War Wagon (1967)
directed by Burt Kennedy
featuring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Keenan WynnList of all editionsJohn Wayne and Kirk Douglas spend half of The War Wagon trying to knock one another off and the other half working shoulder to shoulder. Settling an ... More
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13. Son of Flubber (1963)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy KirkList of all editionsSon of Flubber represented the first time that Walt Disney ever attempted a theatrical feature sequel: in this case, the earlier film was the 1961 ... More
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14. The Devil's Rain (1975)
directed by Robert Fuest
featuring Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, William Shatner, Keenan WynnList of all editionsThis horror oddity tells the story of a well-networked throng of devil-worshipers populating a small Arizona town who possess a strange crystal icon ... More
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15. Piranha (1978)
directed by Joe Dante
featuring Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick MillerList of all editionsThe sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, a future protégé of Steven Spielberg, this low-budget, high-camp horror spoof of Jaws (1977) features ... More
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16. The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
directed by Joseph Pevney
featuring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Nancy Kulp, Kevin BrodieList of all editionsA small town is terrorized by a grizzly bear in this uninspired western. Jim Cole Clint Walker must defend his inherited property from the designs of ... More
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17. Orca (1977)
directed by Michael Anderson
featuring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan WynnList of all editionsAnother big-budget monster movie from producer Dino de Laurentiis, Orca concerns the mutual revenge pact between an obsessive whaler (Richard Harris) ... More
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18. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Keenan Wynn, Richard HartList of all editionsBarbara Stanwyck plays Polly Fulton, rebellious daughter of a wealthy industrialist (Charles Coburn). Polly marries a conservative economist ... More
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19. That Midnight Kiss (1949)
directed by Norman Taurog
featuring Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, José Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore, Keenan WynnList of all editionsThat Midnight Kiss served to introduce the film-going public to MGM's newest singing sensation, Mario Lanza. Just as he did with Deanna Durbin at ... More
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20. The Clock (1945)
directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Marshall ThompsonList of all editionsThe Clock was designed by MGM as a "small" picture--though characteristically, it was a bigger production than most "A" efforts from any other studio ... More
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21. The Deep Six (1958)
directed by Rudolph Maté
featuring Alan Ladd, William Bendix, James Whitmore, Dianne Foster, Keenan WynnList of all editionsThe conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker ... More
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22. The Naked Hills (1956)
directed by Josef Shaftel
featuring David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, Marcia Henderson, Jim BackusThe talented David Wayne is afforded a rare movie starring role in Allied Artists' The Naked Hills. Wayne plays prospector Tracy Powell, whose all ... More
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23. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
directed by Alvin Rakoff
featuring Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Kim HunterList of all editionsHarlan "Mountain" McClintock (Jack Palance) has been a professional boxer for 14 years. He's been in the ring for over 110 bouts and was once ranked ... More
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24. The Patsy (1964)
directed by Jerry Lewis
featuring Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan WynnList of all editionsToward the end of Jerry Lewis's Paramount studio period, Lewis slapped together this bitter comedy about Hollywood phoniness and fame that has to be ... More
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25. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
directed by Blake Edwards
featuring Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Keenan Wynn, Elaine StritchIn this frothy romantic comedy, a hard-working female Army shrink (Janet Leigh) devises the "perfect furlough" for battle weary men and convinces the ... More







