Top Five Buddies in Frock Flicks

I love a good buddy flick, and it made me start to think about what historical TV shows and movies could fit into that criteria. So let me show you the Top Five Buddies in Frock Flicks that I came up with!

Lucius Vorenus & Titus Pullo

I’m rewatching *Rome* (2005-2007) and the undeniably wonderful chemistry between Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) was basically the impetus for this post! No matter what scraps and scrapes they get into, they always manage to come out on top!

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

Gary Oldman and Tim Roth bring irreverent, surrealist wit to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (or was that Guildenstern and Rosencrantz?) as they explore existentialism, Freudian psychology, and early avionics in the film adaptation of Tom Stoppard’s play, *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead* (1990).

Holmes & Watson

Whichever pairing of actors is your favorite, you can’t really go wrong. But I am partial to Basil Rathbone’s detective and Nigel Bruce’s doctor from the 1939 film series.

Darcy & Bingley

There’s a plethora of versions of *Pride and Prejudice* to choose from, so pick your favorite duo! For us, it’s always going to be Colin Firth and Crispin Bonham-Carter as the cold and distant snob and his Golden Retriever of a BFF in the BBC’s *Pride and Prejudice* (1995).

Jeeves and Wooster

There could be many more options for this list, so share some of your favorites in the comments!

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18 thoughts on “Top Five Buddies in Frock Flicks”

Holmes & Watson are delightful. And I agree, Basil makes the best Holmes.

ED says:

September 15, 2023 at 8:51 am

Mr Rathbone is very, very good but I personally feel that Mr Jeremy Brett JUST inches him out in a photo finish – and it’s only fair to acknowledge that for Mr Brett himself Mr Rathbone was always THE Sherlock Holmes.
1. Al Don says:
  
  September 15, 2023 at 5:33 pm
  
  This is Vasily Livanov erasure and I take much umbrage.
  
  (I actually think Brett is the best, but I do prefer Livanov to Rathbone.)

Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles. :)

Gretchen says:

September 15, 2023 at 6:03 pm

Oh yes quite!

Honourable mention to the Three Musketeers (and D’Artagnan): a list of frock flick buddies without Athos, Porthos, Aramis and their young protege just feels incomplete!

Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnahan?

Withnail and I Withnail and I Withnail and I Withnail and I!

Al Don says:

September 15, 2023 at 5:35 pm

Hear, hear!

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… Here HARE here!
1. winstonmurphy says:
  
  September 17, 2023 at 1:11 am
  
  I was going to reply with a further quote – because obviously in my head I think about W&I every day. Actually every day something about not being an expert on bulls or that we have failed to paint it black or that I will never play the Dane..
  But then you’d reply with further quality quotes – and really every line is quotable isn’t it? And so much of that film speaks to me of getting old, of lost friendships, of misplaced youth.
  And we’d occupy this message thread and get blocked, which would be awful and silly and.. and..
  The costumes are great too!

Hope and Crosby.

Solo and Kuryakin (Man from U.N.C.L.E. , tv series…not the Guy Ritchie trash film)
I mean, the iconic black turtleneck alone!

winstonmurphy says:

September 17, 2023 at 1:06 am

Thanks, I just disappeared down a
David McCallum internet wormhole !!!

A few years ago I saw a really cute movie called Dear Eleanor about two teens who travel across the country to meet Eleanor Roosevelt; those characters were called Max and Ellie. I’ll add them to this list. Also, I think we have to include Annie and Sandy–pets count as buddies!!!