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Top Banana

1954, Movie, NR, 100 mins

Top Banana: Review

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This version of the Broadway musical breaks all the cinematic rules but still manages to provide fine entertainment. Shot on what appears to be a stage like that of New York's Winter Garden Theater, where the show actually ran, they just let the cameras roll and allowed the many fine comics to have their moments. Silvers is a manic-depressive, egotistical TV comedy star who bears more than a little resemblance to Milton Berle at the height of his career. When his ratings beg... read more leave a comment

Top Banana: Trailers and Videos

Top Banana (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Burlesque with an Antenna!
Rapid fire dialogue and TV-style camera, as comedian Jerry Biffle (Phil Silvers) and his crew (Herbie Faye, Joey Faye, Jack Albertson) explain fundamentals of comedy in the movie version of Silvers' Broadway show Top Banana, 1954.
Free | TCM

Posted: 11/18/2009
Top Banana (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Man of the Year
Johnny Mercer music and lyrics in the opening number, from Phil Silvers' movie adaptation of his hit Broadway show about the egotistical TV comic Jerry Biffle, Top Banana, 1954.
Free | TCM

Posted: 11/18/2009
Top Banana (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song
Phil Silvers (as un-hinged TV comic Jerry Biffle) with his posse (Herbie Faye, Joey Faye, Jack Albertson, Johnny Coy) performs the Johnny Mercer title tune in the 1954 movie version of Silvers' stage hit Top Banana.
Free | TCM

Posted: 11/18/2009
Top Banana (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Unsolicilated!
Quick thinking TV comic Jerry Biffle (Phil Silvers) deals with an unhappy sponsor with help from lackeys (Joey Faye, Herbie Faye) in the movie adaptation of Silvers' Broadway hit Top Banana, 1954.
Free | TCM

Posted: 11/18/2009
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Top Banana: Cast & Details

Year: 1954
Rated NR
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Cast
 Phil Silvers: Jerry Biffle
Rose Marie: Betty Dillon
Danny Scholl: Cliff Lane
Judy Lynn: Sally Peters
Jack Albertson: Vic Davis
Johnny Coy: Tommy Phelps

 

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