Cast: Sterling Holloway

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sterling Holloway. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Wild Boys of the Road

1933 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Frankie Darro · Edwin Phillips · Rochelle Hudson · Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Synopsis In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.

7.2

201 votes

7.2

201 votes

The Merry Widow

1934 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Maurice Chevalier · Jeanette MacDonald · Edward Everett Horton · Una Merkel

Synopsis Sonia is an immensely wealthy widow from Marshovia, a small country where she controls half the wealth. The country depends on her spending her money there and when she moves to Paris in the quest to find a husband, the...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Movie · 154 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Spencer Tracy · Milton Berle · Sid Caesar · Jonathan Winters

Synopsis After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Joan Blondell · William Demarest · Sterling Holloway · Sandra Gould

Synopsis Philanderer Joe Britt sees his indiscretions shown on his own TV set after it was worked on by a unique repairman.

6.5

59 votes

6.5

59 votes

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Martha Scott · William Gargan · Edmund Gwenn · Sterling Holloway

Synopsis Nostalgic, poignant story of a schoolteacher in a midwestern town who devotes her life to teaching. A warm reassuring film in the tradition of "Miss Dove" and "Mr. Chips".

6.4

52 votes

6.4

52 votes

Dancing Lady

1933 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Franchot Tone · Fred Astaire

Synopsis Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he...

6.4

179 votes

6.4

179 votes

A Walk in the Sun

1945 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Milestone

Cast Dana Andrews · Richard Conte · George Tyne · John Ireland

Synopsis Lewis Milestone's solid, low-key war film manages to avoid the flag-waving clichs of most WWII pictures, as it concentrates on the thoughts of the members of an infantry platoon as they undertake an assault on a German-held farmhouse outside Salerno....

6.1

361 votes

6.1

361 votes

Of Human Hearts

1938 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Walter Huston · James Stewart · Beulah Bondi · Gene Reynolds

Synopsis This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a...

6.0

46 votes

6.0

46 votes

I Live My Life

1935 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Joan Crawford · Brian Aherne · Aline MacMahon · Frank Morgan

Synopsis Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece-where she meets, Terry, an archaeologist. Kay flirts with Terry and he falls for Kay. Kay heads back to New York and Terry follows her to propose marriage....

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

Gilligan's Island (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold · Leslie Goodwins · Gary Nelson · Jerry Hopper

Cast Bob Denver · Alan Hale Jr. · Jim Backus · Natalie Schafer

Synopsis TV Series (1964-1967). 3 Seasons. 98 episodes. Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive and ultimately escape from a previously...

5.7

290 votes

5.7

290 votes

Fast Workers

1933 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Tod Browning

Cast John Gilbert · Robert Armstrong · Mae Clarke · Muriel Kirkland

Synopsis Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not failed. But...

5.6

59 votes

5.6

59 votes

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Tourneur

Cast Walter Pidgeon · Rita Johnson · Henry Hull · Stanley Ridges

Synopsis Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

5.6

27 votes

5.6

27 votes

Lawyer Man

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Powell · Joan Blondell · David Landau · Helen Vinson

Synopsis Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm....

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

Adventures of Superman (TV Series)

1952 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction George Blair · Thomas Carr · Philip Ford · Harry W. Gerstad

Cast George Reeves · Noel Neill · Phyllis Coates · Jack Larson

Synopsis TV Series (1952-1958). 6 Seasons. 104 Episodes. Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a...

5.2

522 votes

5.2

522 votes

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Elvis Presley · Michele Carey · Rudy Vallee · Don Porter

Synopsis Greg Nolan meets Bernice, and loses both his job and his apartment. However, Bernice manages to get him a new apartment, but it is so expensive that he has to get two full-time jobs. Nolan has trouble finding time to...

3.9

49 votes

3.9

49 votes

Hell Below

1933 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Robert Montgomery · Walter Huston · Madge Evans · Jimmy Durante

Synopsis On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Friction between the two officers becomes intolerable once at sea and after Commander Toler is...

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Gift of Gab

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Karl Freund

Cast Edmund Lowe · Gloria Stuart · Ruth Etting · Phil Baker

Synopsis Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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Varsity Show

1937 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Dick Powell · Fred Waring · Ted Healy · Rosemary Lane

Synopsis Winfield College students who are trying to put together the annual varsity show come into conflict with their faculty adviser, a stodgy old professor whose ideas are hopelessly out of date, and who won't even let the new "swing" music...

Not rated

Not rated