Dick Shawn Movies

The Year Without a Santa Claus

79/100

When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his Elves set out to change his mind.

Love at First Bite

62/100

This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to move out of his Transylvanian castle. There with the aid of assistant Renfield, he stumbles ... See full summary »

Angel

56/100

15 year-old Molly is the best in her class in high school. Nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as prostitute "Angel" on Sunset Blvd. The well-organized separation... See full summary »

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

67/100

In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving aerial reconnaissance the false impression of fierce ground fighting.

Evil Roy Slade

73/100

The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.

Penelope

64/100

Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of sixty thousand dollars.

Wake Me When It's Over

66/100

Gus Brubaker has been drafted... again. Due to a clerical error, Gus finds himself deployed to a little Japanese island where everyone is bored to death. So Gus decided to build a hotel and hire locals to run the place.

Rented Lips

37/100

A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always ... See full summary »

The Wizard of Baghdad

51/100

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.

Good-bye Cruel World

45/100

A man decides he is going to make a film before he commits suicide. With the help of a cameraman, he visits those he wants to tell in this satirical dark comedy of strange characters.

The Solid Gold Show

100 years into the future (from 1977) people activate a time tunnel and summon characters from TV shows of yesteryear to entertain them. Mr. Magoo, Howdy Doody, Happy Harmony and the like ... See full summary »

Looking Up

88/100

Sheriff Who

73/100

Comic western about a gang of owlhoots, led by Roy Slade, who defeat every lawman sent to arrest them.

Fast Friends

69/100

A young divorced woman struggles to raise her young son and to succeed at her new job on the staff of a TV talk show, where she becomes close to the show's head writer.

Here's Edie

68/100

Edie's songs include "My Ship: and "When My Sweetie Walks Down the Street." She also performs with Andre Previn. Dick Shawn introduces a new dance to replace "The Twist" called "The ... See full summary »