- Release Date: 1940
- Runtime: 82 min
- Genre: Comedy, Musical
- Starring: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Verree Teasdale ... see all
- Director: Mark Sandrich
- Plot: Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen... Read more
User Reviews
Delightful screwball work
Nov 14, 2006
jhboswell - imdb.com
Nov 14, 2006jhboswell - imdb.com
As previous reviewers have said, this film was an embellishment of the famous feud between radio icons Fred Allen, the star of Allen's Alley, and the immortal Jack Benny. The film shows them at their fussy best, with Allen in... Full review
Didn't reach my expectations
Jun 03, 2004
Ethan J. Muse - imdb.com
Jun 03, 2004Ethan J. Muse - imdb.com
Warning--Contains minor SPOILERS.First of all, let me say that I've been wanting to see this movie for over 10 years. Although I'm still in my 20s, Jack Benny has been my favorite comedian for a little over 13 years. I... Full review
A screamingly funny Jack Benny musical.
Apr 08, 2003
John - imdb.com
Apr 08, 2003John - imdb.com
Though I've not seen this movie since the 1960s, I do have the musical numbers on an audio cassette (somewhere ...) and can attest to the great soundtrack. Jack Benny was one of a kind, a comedian who could have... Full review
Critics Reviews
MTV.com
The best scene in Love Thy Neighbor is the animated opening-credits sequence, produced by Warner Bros.
Love Thy Neighbor was produced to capitalize on the famous radio feud between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen.
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News
Love Thy Neighbor was produced to capitalize on the famous radio feud between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars (actually friends in real life) play "themselves," constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights. ... Full Article
Love Thy Neighbor was produced to capitalize on the famous radio feud between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen . The two stars (actually friends in real life) play "themselves," constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined... ... Full Article




