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Writers:
Ed Haas (story)
Norm Liebmann (story)
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Release Date:
16 December 1964 (USA) more
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Plot:
When he flunks out of med school, Jerome Littlefield goes to work as an orderly in a private rest home where he wreaks havoc for everyone concerned... more | add synopsis
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Jerry Lewis to Receive Honorary Oscar
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Cast

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Jerry Lewis ... Jerome Littlefield
Glenda Farrell ... Dr. Jean Howard
Everett Sloane ... Mr. Tuffington

Karen Sharpe ... Julie Blair
Kathleen Freeman ... Nurse Higgins
Del Moore ... Dr. Davenport
Alice Pearce ... Miss Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
Milton Frome ... Board Member
John Macchia
Jack E. Leonard ... Fat Jack
Barbara Nichols ... Miss Marlowe, Actress patient
Susan Oliver ... Susan Andrews
Danny Costello ... 1st Ambulance Driver
Michael Ross ... 1st Ambulance Intern
Benny Rubin ... Waiter
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Runtime:
Finland:89 min | USA:90 min | UK:89 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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In the travel agency's window is a sign that reads, "TWA movie-in-flight: Jerry Lewis in 'The Disorderly Orderly'". more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Jerome is chasing the patient with the full-body cast, you can see the string attached to the cast that is pulling it down the hill. more
Quotes:
Julie Blair: Can you drive an ambulance?
Nurse Higgins: Well, in the Army I drove a tank...
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Poor Laughs, 8 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Disorderly Orderly, The (1964)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Totally unfunny Jerry Lewis film finds him playing (gasp) a dumb orderly who wishes to become a doctor. Lewis falls in love with a suicidal patient and she could hold the key to him getting his wish. I really love Jerry Lewis and find him quite funny in interviews but man have I been disappointed in his solo work. One of the characters tells the dumb orderly that his problem is that he tries too hard and I think that's the problem with Lewis. The jokes are so forced that they are more annoying than anything else. A few laughs but after thirty minutes I started looking at my carpet.

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