Richard Deacon Movies

Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft....

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...

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the...

A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.

Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.

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

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...

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

A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage.

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

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

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

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

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

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...

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

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

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!