Richard Deacon Movies

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight...

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of...

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a...

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...

Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates.

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one...

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz,...

A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a...

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he...

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in...

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open...

Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

An entry in the Bell Science animated film series, on the nature of time.