Better Late Than Never

Feb 21, 1983

1h 29m

★ 3.8

Meet two outrageous guys having the time of their lives on the riviera!

Overview

Two men show up claiming to be the grandfather of a child heiress.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Better Late Than Never Trailers

Cast

Nick Cartland

David Niven

Charley Dunbar

Art Carney

Miss Anderson

Maggie Smith

Sable

Catherine Hicks

Bertie Hargreaves

Lionel Jeffries

Marlene

Melissa Prophet

Bridget

Kimberly Partridge

Butler

George Hilsdon

Louis

Claude Coppola

Nanny

Marie Marczack

Club Manager

John Rico

Doctor

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.

6.4

The War with Grandpa

Aug 27, 2020

Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war.

7.2

The Awful Truth

Oct 21, 1937

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

5.5

Spinout

Oct 6, 1966

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.

6.0

Elsa & Fred

Mar 7, 2014

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

5.0

Galloping Bungalows

Nov 2, 1924

All the qualified men line up to be chosen, as an heiress advertises that she will marry the man with the most interesting mustache, that marriage which comes with a mansion. John Syrup Soother wins the marriage to who he believes is the heiress, Olive Palmer, a tank of a woman who has lost her beauty with age. But he learns that he his betrothed is not the heiress, Diana Palmer, but her mother. Howson Lotts, a shyster and one of Diana's other suitors, sells John a beach-front house for his new life, that house which is not all that it seems on the surface. In the meantime, others still will do anything to be Diana's betrothed, that choice in which John now has a different but still vested interest.

6.8

Overboard

Dec 16, 1987

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

6.1

The Private Eyes

Apr 17, 1980

The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.

6.8

Poppy

Jun 17, 1936

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.

7.5

One, Two, Three

Dec 15, 1961

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.

6.1

Greedy

Mar 4, 1994

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

6.5

The Girl on the Front Page

Sep 26, 1936

The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.

4.7

Children of Pleasure

Apr 26, 1930

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

4.8

When You Come Home

Jan 1, 1948

When You Come Home was Randle’s seventh feature film, and sees him recount his life as a music hall odd job man to his grandaughter.

7.3

Speedy

Apr 7, 1928

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

6.5

Father's Little Dividend

Apr 5, 1951

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.

5.2

Champagne

Aug 17, 1928

A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by running off to France to pursue her lover. Things don't go entirely as planned.

6.0

Tea for Two

Sep 1, 1950

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.

6.7

You Gotta Stay Happy

Oct 28, 1948

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

6.0

Bernard and Doris

Sep 1, 2006

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.