Directed by:
Frank TashlinCinematography:
Haskell B. BoggsComposer:
Walter ScharfCast:
Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, James Gleason, Hope Emerson, Mary Treen, Connie Stevens, Chester Conklin, Frank Jenks (more)VOD (1)
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Carla Naples ran away from her small town life, her small town family, and a small town boy with a crush on her to become a big star. But while on a shoot in Mexico she got secretly married and turns up pregnant with no proof of marriage her agent suggests a little bit of help keeping her babies and keeping them secret, he suggests family but Carla knows there's only one person who'll do anything for her and that's small town crush Clayton Pool. Carla's little sister has had a crush on Clayton as long as Clayton has had a crush on Carla. Clayton agrees to find the baby on his doorstep and keep it for Carla until... Carla fails to tell him it's not one baby, but three... and the laughs go on from there. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jerry Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
The King of Comedy (1982)
Arizona Dream (1993)
Marilyn Maxwell
USA
Best movies:
Champion (1949)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Reginald Gardiner
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Lodger (1927)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Hans Conried
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
James Gleason
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Hope Emerson
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Westward the Women (1951)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Mary Treen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Connie Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Tapeheads (1988)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Chester Conklin
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Frank Jenks
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Woman on the Run (1950)
Will Wright
USA
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Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Len Hendry
USA
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Rear Window (1954)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
North by Northwest (1959)
Ida Moore
USA
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The Country Girl (1954)
To Each His Own (1946)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Hank Mann
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Barbara Pepper
USA
Best movies:
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Ted Allan
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Joe Gray
USA
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Isobel Elsom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)