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Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
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28 November 1963 (USA)
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Norman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble! full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jerry Lewis | ... | Norman Phiffier |
 | Jill St. John | ... | Barbara Tuttle |
 | Ray Walston | ... | Mr. Quimby |
| John McGiver | ... | Mr. John P. Tuttle |
 | Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle |
| Francesca Bellini | ... | Shirley Lott |
| Peggy Mondo | ... | Lady wrestler |
| Nancy Kulp | ... | Emily Rothgraber |
| John Abbott | ... | Roberts |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Hazel, a Dowager |
| Kathleen Freeman | ... | Mrs. Glucksman |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Irving Cahastrophe, the Gourmet Manager |
| Milton Frome | ... | Francois, the Driver |
| Mary Treen | ... | Mattress Customer |
| Dick Wessel | ... | Traffic cop (as Richard Wessel) |
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90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Norman Phiffier's previous jobs include that of caddy, TV repairman, and Paramount Theater usher. Jerry Lewis played a caddy in The Caddy (1953) and a TV repairman in both Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958) and It'$ Only Money (1962). He also made a number of movies for Paramount, including Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
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Crew or equipment visible: As Norman Phiffier attempts to load a large mirror onto a delivery truck, a reflection of the camera crew is briefly visible.
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Mr. Quimby:
Forgive me for saying this, but this boy has character, and I know what character is! I remember when I had it!
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References Death of a Salesman (1951)
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The Typewriter
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Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffier, a poodle dog walker who is going to marry a rich girl named Barbara Tuttle (Jill St. John) who works as an elevator operator at a department store.Barbara doesn't want Norman to know that she's rich.Barbara's mother Phoebe Tuttle (Agnes Moorehead) doesn't want her daughter to marry such a fool as Norman so she gets Norman a job from the store Barbara works and gets him the worst jobs.Norman has to eat fried ants for example.Frank Tashlin's Who's Minding the Store from 1963 is filled with hilarious situations.Jerry Lewis causes disasters and makes people crack up.It's hard to say the best movie of Jerry Lewis but this must be one of the them.It has everything Jerry Lewis fans need.Watch this movie if you want to get a good laugh a'la Jerry Lewis.