Phil Silvers — Actor (16)
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If I'm Lucky (1946) IMDb TMDB
If I'm Lucky
director: Lewis Seiler actor: Vivian Blaine / Perry Como …
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
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The Slowest Gun in the West (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Slowest Gun in the West
director: Herschel Daugherty actor: Phil Silvers / Jack Benny …
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Finsterwald, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid.
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Just Off Broadway (1942) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Just Off Broadway
director: Herbert I. Leeds actor: Lloyd Nolan / Marjorie Weaver …
other title: El puñal asesino / Le Témoin disparu
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
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A Thousand and One Nights (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Thousand and One Nights
director: Alfred E. Green actor: Evelyn Keyes / Phil Silvers …
other title: Notti d'oriente / 1001 Nacht …
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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My Gal Sal (1942) IMDb TMDB
My Gal Sal
director: Irving Cummings actor: Rita Hayworth / Victor Mature …
other title: Follie di New York / Die Königin vom Broadway …
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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Summer Stock (1950)
Summer Stock
director: Charles Walters actor: Judy Garland / Gene Kelly …
other title: L'allegra fattoria / Festa no Campo …
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.
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The Strongest Man in the World (1975) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
The Strongest Man in the World
director: Vincent McEveety actor: Kurt Russell / Joe Flynn …
other title: 魔力神童 / L'uomo più forte del mondo …
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.