6 Best Minerva Urecal Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026

Comedy feel good

Minerva Urecal was a prolific Hollywood character actress often cast as landladies and battle-axes, appearing in nearly two hundred films throughout the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. In They Stooge to Conga (1943): The Three Stooges take a repair job at a house secretly serving as Nazi spy headquarters, with chaotic results. Just as strong is Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948): A stage mentalist’s terrifying gift for true precognition forces him to desperately try to prevent a family’s tragic fate.

That Funny Feeling (1965) 01

That Funny Feeling (1965)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A maid embarrassed by her tiny apartment invents an elaborate charade using the fancy home she cleans to impress her wealthy new boyfriend.

Good Sam (1948) 02

Good Sam (1948)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A relentlessly generous man's habit of helping everyone else leaves his own family struggling to get by.

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) 03

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A killer on the run hitches a ride and takes over a beach house, slowly revealing his true nature to his unsuspecting companions.

The Trap (1946) 04

The Trap (1946)

IMDb ★ 6.8

Charlie Chan investigates the garroting murders of showgirls vacationing at a Malibu Beach resort.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) 05

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A stage mentalist's terrifying gift for true precognition forces him to desperately try to prevent a family's tragic fate.

They Stooge to Conga (1943) 06

They Stooge to Conga (1943)

IMDb ★ 7.5

The Three Stooges take a repair job at a house secretly serving as Nazi spy headquarters, with chaotic results.

Vlad Zakh

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