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The Toy (1982), starring Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty The Toy is a comedy starring Richard Pryor — Jackie Gleason isn’t as much a co-star as a secondary character, but very important — he’s the antagonist. He plays U.S. Bates, a veritable living caricature of the wealthy millionaire. Some...
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May 9, 2016 user
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Don’t Drink the Water (1969) starring Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell In short, Don’t Drink the Water is a cold war comedy based on a play by Woody Allen. It stars Jackie Gleason as a New Jersey caterer who, along with his wife (Estelle Parsons) and daughter...
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May 8, 2016 user
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Synopsis of How to Commit Marriage (1969) starring Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman In How to Commit Marriage, seemingly happily married couple Frank and Elaine Benson (played by Bob Hope and Jane Wyman) are on the verge of divorce. But they plan to wait until after their daughter’s marriage. The...
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May 4, 2016 user
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Plot Synopsis: of Izzy and Moe, starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, courtesy of Amazon.com This is the film based on the true adventures of Izzy and Moe. They were two retired vaudeville performers who, being unemployed, decide to become prohibition enforcement agents. They are initially treated with...
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Editorial Review of The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott courtesy of Amazon.com In The Hustler, Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler “Fast” Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen’s atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman’s Felson is a swaggering pool shark...
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May 3, 2016 user
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Gigot (1962), starring Jackie Gleason Simply put, Gigot is one of the finest films I’ve ever seen. The phrase that keeps coming to my mind is “Chaplinesque” — it’s cliched, and it’s trite, but it’s absolutely accurate. In Gigot, Jackie Gleason plays the title role of Gigot, a...
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Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story (2002) starring Brad Garrett Gleason is a wonderfully done television biography of Jackie Gleason, starring Brad Garrett, best known for his television sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Til Death. I was absolutely flabbergasted by Brad Garrett’s performance. Not only did he do a wonderful...
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May 3, 2016 user
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris Requiem for a Heavyweight is a very powerful, very hard-hitting movie about boxing. Rod Serling wrote a teleplay that shows the steamy underbelly of professional boxing — and it’s not a pretty picture....
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