6 Best S.Z. Sakall Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 14, 2026

S.Z. Sakall brought cuddly, endearing warmth to Hollywood, and his flustered Hungarian charm earned him the nickname Cuddles. Casablanca and Yankee Doodle Dandy are his best-known films, In the Good Old Summertime has feuding shop employees falling in love as pen pals, The Dolly Sisters rise to vaudeville stardom, Christmas in Connecticut fakes a domestic homemaker, and Romance on the High Seas hires a lookalike singer on a cruise.

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.0

S.Z. Sakall appears in this musical about two feuding music shop employees who are secretly falling in love as anonymous pen pals.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Romance on the High Seas (1948)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Fortunio Bonanova features in this musical comedy where a suspicious wife hires a lookalike singer to take her place on a cruise meant to catch her husband cheating.

Directed by Michael Curtiz & Busby Berkeley · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Dolly Sisters (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.5

S.Z. Sakall is in this Technicolor musical about two Hungarian immigrant sisters who rise to stardom as a glamorous vaudeville act.

Directed by Irving Cummings · 1h 54m · Rated NR

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A magazine writer's invented domestic life is put to the test when she must host a war hero for the holidays.

Directed by Peter Godfrey · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Casablanca (1942)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 99% Metacritic 100

A cynical nightclub owner has to choose between the woman he loves and doing the right thing during the Second World War.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 42m · Rated PG

Won 3 Oscars18 wins & 12 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · 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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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 91% Metacritic 89

Broadway legend George M. Cohan's rise, told in a flag-waving wartime tribute.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 2h 06m · Rated NR

Won 3 Oscars6 wins & 6 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube, 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 S.Z. Sakall Movies

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

The Dolly Sisters (1945)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Casablanca (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

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