Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

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90 min - Comedy - 14 December 1963 (Japan)

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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!

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Cast

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	...	Mr. Orlandos
	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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Storyline

Barbara is a very rich girl who falls in love with Norman Phiffier, a poor young man. She doesn't tell him who she really is and prepares to marry him. But, Mrs. Tuttle (Barbara's mother) doesn't want her daughter to mary such a poor man. So, she hires Norman at one of her big stores, and gives him the most difficult and disgusting works. She hopes that seeing Norman humiliated, Barbara will finally leave him. But things don't work exactly this way... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1963 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Der Ladenhüter See more »

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Jerry Lewis Pictures, Paramount Pictures, York Pictures Corporation See more »

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Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

One way or another, Norman Phiffier's last name gets mispronounced seven times in the film. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When a large shelf of supposedly full shoe boxes crashes through a store window, it empties its contents onto the street below. But as they hit the pavement, it's obvious that most of the boxes are actually empty. See more »

Quotes

Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle: I want you to give this nut every impossible, dirty job there is.
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Connections

Referenced in "Animaniacs: Flipper Parody/Temporary Insanity/Operation: Lollipop/What Are We? (#1.6)" (1993) See more »

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"The Typewriter"
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