1) Kings Row - a bunch of people with minimal reps (Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Anne Sheridan) really stepped up to the plate with this one which remains a classic
2) It Started with Eve - probably the best film of Deanna Durbin and Norman Krasna, a delightful musical comedy with Cummings ideal as Durbin's love interest
3) The Devil and Miss Jones - the other claimant for Krasna's best script a terrific pro-Union comedy
4) Saboteur - Hitchcock didn't want Cummings for this role but he's very likeable and the film is fun
5) Twelve Angry Men - the original 1954 presentation - only 60 minutes but it's all there and Cummings is superb in the Henry Fonda role
6) The Bob Cummings Show - a good sitcom with Cummings perfectly cast
7) You and Me - Cummings is good in this "male weapie" directed by John Farrow and written by Ayn Rand!
8) The Carpetbaggers - many nice guy actors like Fred MacMurray make superb slimy villains and Cummins is no exception
9) The Black Book - weird to see Cummings in a French Revolution piece but I liked it
10) Bomber's Moon - Cummings for Playhouse 90... a bit of a flat story but he's really good
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