Cast: Jimmy Durante

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


The Man Who Came to Dinner

1942 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Bette Davis · Ann Sheridan · Monty Woolley · Elisabeth Fraser

Plot A pompous writer and critic forced to stay with a midwestern family during the winter thoroughly disrupts their well-ordered lives. Original play (1939) by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

6.9

830 votes

6.9

830 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

Plot 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...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Youngson

Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant

Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Speak Easily

1932 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

5.2

102 votes

5.2

102 votes

On an Island with You

1948 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Esther Williams · Peter Lawford · Ricardo Montalban · Jimmy Durante

Plot A young navy lieutenant is brought in as techninical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her - and...

5.1

44 votes

5.1

44 votes

Pepe

1960 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · Dan Dailey · Shirley Jones · Vicki Trickett

Plot The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the...

5.1

286 votes

5.1

286 votes

What! No Beer?

1933 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Jimmy Durante · Roscoe Ates · Phyllis Barry

Plot Although he has never met her, Elmer Butts loves Hortense secretly and from afar. He dreams of making a million dollars so he can buy her a Rolls automobile and...

5.0

28 votes

5.0

28 votes

Billy Rose's Jumbo

1962 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Doris Day · Stephen Boyd · Jimmy Durante · Martha Raye

Plot Pop and Kitty Wonder are the owners of the Wonder Circus and because of Pop's addiction to gambling they are constantly in debt and the creditors are very close to...

4.7

138 votes

4.7

138 votes

Music for Millions

1944 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Margaret O'Brien · José Iturbi · Jimmy Durante · June Allyson

Plot "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is rapidly turning completely female, what with the draft. As...

4.7

22 votes

4.7

22 votes

Hell Below

1933 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

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

Plot 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...

Not rated

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Melody Ranch

1940 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Gene Autry · Jimmy Durante · Ann Miller · Barton MacLane

Plot With a longer-than-usual running time on original release and booked and sold to the exhibitors as a "Gene Autry Special", which Republic would do once a year from 1939-1943 in...

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The Christmas Party (S)

1931 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Charles Reisner

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Wallace Beery · Jackie Cooper · Marion Davies

Plot Jackie wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team, but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM decide to help...

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Not rated

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

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The Great Rupert

1950 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel

Cast Jimmy Durante · Terry Moore · Tom Drake · Frank Orth

Plot A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.

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The Phantom President

1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast George M. Cohan · Claudette Colbert · Jimmy Durante · George Barbier

Plot Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's...

Not rated

Not rated

The Passionate Plumber

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick

Cast Buster Keaton · Jimmy Durante · Irene Purcell · Polly Moran

Plot Elmer Tuttle, a plumber in Paris, is enlisted by beautiful Patricia Alden to help her make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. Tony, however, is two-timing Patricia with Nina Estrados. Elmer,...

Not rated

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The Big Scary 'S' Word

2020 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States

Direction Yael Bridge

Cast Lee Carter · Jimmy Durante · Eric Foner · Naomi Klein

Plot After documenting the taboo word that it shows Socialism has historically been in the US, the film argues it is way past time to replace the failed capitalist economic system.

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The Wet Parade

1932 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Dorothy Jordan · Robert Young · Lewis Stone · Walter Huston

Plot The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family.

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George White's Scandals

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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