Best Comedy Films of 1971

All in the Family: Season 02

Season two of All ... two as the top-rated program on American television -- a status it would maintain for the next four years! [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks was ... undersea fantasy, which combines animation with live-action on a gargantuan scale, dwarfing all previous Disney sequences along these lines. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Little Murders

Actor Alan Arkin has ... realizes that the only way to get back into the world is to become as insane as everyone else. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Hospital

Directed by Arthur Hiller ... win, The Hospital garnered a Best Actor nomination for Scott, who lost to Gene Hackman for The French Connection. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

And Now for Something Completely Different

Monty Python's And Now ... the Year Race", and, of course, "The Dead Parrot". Additionally, Terry Gilliam's animated-cartoon interpolations act as buffers between sketches. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Kotch

For his only directorial ... Paxton from a novel by Katharine Topkins. Watch for director Jack Lemmon in a bit as a bus passenger. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Barefoot Executive

At last the secret ... comic "regulars"-Wally Cox, Harry Morgan, Alan Hewitt, Hayden Rorke et al.--keeps The Barefoot Executive moving at a fast clip [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Bananas

One of Woody Allen's ... later, more somber films, Bananas still works as an often hilarious amalgam of sight gags, one-liners, and bizarre asides. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

La Folie des Grandeurs

This French historical comedy/farce, ... When Saluste decides to resume meddling in the monarch's affairs using Blaze as his henchman, his schemes backfire badly. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Million Dollar Duck

In $1,000,000 Duck, the ... the part usually assumed by someone like Michele Lee or Stefanie Powers. $1,000,000 Duck was directed by Vince McEveety. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Is There Sex After Death?

Alan Abel, best known ... After Death? originally earned an "X" rating, but has been pared down to a hard "R" for videotape release. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Brady Bunch: Season 03

Season three of The ... Ann B. Davis delivers a bravura performance in the dual role of housekeeper Alice and her martinet cousin Emma. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Trafic

This comedy is one ... devastating effect. This film was released again in 1972 in the American market with 11 minutes cut from it. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Corpse Grinders

When the owner of ... proud of it) from Ted. V. Mikels, the man responsible for Astro Zombies and Blood Orgy of the She-Devils. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Love Pill

This sex related comedy ... the development of a pill to instill insatiable sexual appetites in women. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Snowballin'

Set in the beautiful ... ski instructor as he teaches a class full of curvaceous beauties how to glide gracefully down the slippery slope. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Star Spangled Girl

Jerry Paris's Star Spangled ... of a Love American Style episode. The original Broadway production, incidentally, starred Richard Benjamin, Anthony Perkins, and Connie Stevens. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Vampire Happening

Italian producer Pier A. ... a look, but most viewers will find it simultaneously ridiculous and dull, a combination found frequently in Francis' films. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

When Women Lost Their Tails

In this comic sequel ... When Women Had Tails, a group of prehistoric men and women experiment with the recently discovered phenomenon of sex. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Dad's Army

For fans of the ... effort. At the time the Home Guard was formed, a German invasion was expected to occur almost any day. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

In this comedy, based ... gang of hoods make increasingly ludicrous attempts on the life of a Mafia boss. Each attempt ends in failure. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

How to Frame a Figg

In this comedy, a ... corrupt superiors. A sweet young woman helps him clear his name. He is also assisted by Leo the computer. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

On the Buses

Based on a popular ... infantile, with no wit or sophistication, which of course ensured its appeal to a large segment of the masses." [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

She'll Follow You Anywhere

She'll Follow You Anywhere ... them irresistible. Son each man learns the truth behind the old adage of being careful what you wish for. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

Lenny Bruce was a ... brief excerpts from some of his acts, and features interviews with "eggheads" such as Kenneth Tynan and Malcom Muggeridge. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Percy

Low-brow British humor abounds ... alleged humor comes in when Anthony and Percy set out to investigate the life of the latter's former owner. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Women in Revolt

Andy Warhol produced this ... the casting couch. Several other Warhol/Morrissey "superstars" appear in supporting roles, including Jane Forth, Geri Miller, and Maurice Braddell. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio

This is a bawdy ... The film was originally rated X, but was later re-edited and given an R by the MPAA in 1977. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

The Policeman

This Israeli film is ... which takes a lot of doing, as Azulai keeps missing the obvious clues they dangle in front of him. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'

Richard Pryor's performance at ... comic into a successful international star of films and television. There is an advisory warning for the strong language. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Chismes De Lavaderos

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Tonta Tonta Pero No Tanto

When an Indian woman ... from the laid-back pace of life in her quiet hometown in a classic Mexican comedy starring Maria Elena Velasco. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

Departamento de Soltero

Departamento de Soltero concerns ... with the lover. The two meet and decide on an elaborate plan to give the husband his proper comeuppance. [ best comedy films - 1971 ]

El Nano