Movies starring Don Ameche

The Magnificent Dope (1942)

83 mins Comedy

The Magnificent Dope: Henry Fonda stars as Tad Page, the small town kid who ends up in the city where the slick Dwight Dawson (Don Ameche) tries to take advantage of him...

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

112 mins Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

There is a wonderful touch of irony to "Heaven Can Wait" because the hero of the movie, the man that we end up warming to is a man who has spent his entire life eyeing up women even when he's married. It sort of feels wrong t...

Columbo: Suitable for Framing (1971)

76 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

For me it was the crime solving exploits of Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote" which I was hooked on in my younger years whilst for others it might have been Raymond Burr as Perry Mason or Jack Klugman...

Trading Places (1983)

116 mins Comedy

Wealthy brothers Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy) decide to have a little bet over whether a con man could become a brilliant CEO and a CEO a con man if their circumstances suddenly changed. So they set...

Cocoon (1985)

117 mins Adventure , Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Movie Review "Cocoon" (1985) - Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and Hume Cronyn star as a trio of old men who each day sneak out of their retirement home to take a dip in the pool at a nearby vacant house. But their fun is interru...

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

110 mins Comedy, Family, Fantasy

It's over 25 years since I first watched "Harry and the Hendersons" but watching it for the first time in a long time made me feel like child again. The minute I saw Harry again and that wonderfully expressive face any issues...

Cocoon: The Return (1988)

116 mins Adventure , Comedy, Sci-Fi

Movie Review "Cocoon: The Return" � The old guys Art, Ben and Joe (Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and Hume Cronyn) are back on Earth with their partners when Kitty (Tahnee Welch) and her team return to rescue the last Cocoons be...

Oscar (1991)

109 mins Comedy, Crime

Those who say that Sylvester Stallone can't do comedy should watch him in "Oscar" as he does a nice job of playing a gangster trying to go straight but having one of those days where every thing is transpiring against him fro...

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

84 mins Adventure , Drama, Family

The first voice you hear in "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey" is that of Michael J. Fox, he is the voice of dog called Chance, the inner voice because unlike in many movies there are no manipulated mandibles in this ch...

Corrina, Corrina (1994)

115 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

"Corrina, Corrina" is a movie with a lot of laid back charm as it deals with life after the death of a loved one, whilst sort of merging it with an unorthodox romance. There is not a single offensive element to the movie as i...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Don Ameche as one of the principle cast members.