6 Best Roscoe Karns Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 16, 2026

Roscoe Karns brought fast-talking, wisecracking energy to 1930s Hollywood comedy and became a reliable presence in some of the era’s sharpest screwball classics. It Happened One Night and Twentieth Century are the 1934 classics, His Girl Friday schemes to stop a reporter’s remarriage, The Man Who Came to Dinner strands a celebrity with a broken leg, Front Page Woman pits rival reporters, and The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell closes the list.

Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A visionary officer's controversial warnings about airpower lead to his own dramatic court martial.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Ann Sheridan features in this comedy where an arrogant celebrity's broken leg forces him to overstay his welcome.

Directed by William Keighley · 1h 52m · Rated NR

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His Girl Friday (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A newspaper editor schemes to stop his star reporter ex-wife from remarrying and leaving journalism.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV, MGM Plus, Pure Flix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Front Page Woman (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Rival newspaper reporters compete for scoops while navigating their own budding romance.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 22m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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It Happened One Night (1934)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 98% Metacritic 87

A runaway heiress and a fast-talking reporter share a bus ride that turns into a real romance.

Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Won 5 Oscars14 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Twentieth Century (1934)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A theatrical producer desperately schemes to win back the actress he made a star, now a Hollywood sensation.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Roscoe Karns Movies

Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

His Girl Friday (1940)

Front Page Woman (1935)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Twentieth Century (1934)

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