Best Slapstick Comedy Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

The 14 best-rated slapstick comedy movies and TV series of the 1940s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Hellzapoppin' 1941 ★ 7.2

El Mago 1949 ★ 7.4

Hold That Ghost 1941 ★ 6.8

A Plumbing We Will Go 1940 ★ 7.0

The Naughty Nineties 1945 ★ 6.7

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949 ★ 6.6

The Counterfeit Cat 1949 ★ 6.4

Buck Privates Come Home 1947 ★ 6.4

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap 1947 ★ 6.3

Hit the Ice 1943 ★ 6.0

In Society 1944 ★ 5.8

Here Come the Co-Eds 1945 ★ 5.9

Africa Screams 1949 ★ 5.8

King of the Zombies 1941 ★ 5.2