Birds Do It (1966)

Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project ... See full summary »

Director:

Andrew Marton

Writers:

Art Arthur, Leonard B. Kaufman (story),

Stars:

Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Soupy Sales	...	Melvin Byrd
Tab Hunter	...	Lt. Porter
Arthur O'Connell	...	Prof. Wald
Edward Andrews	...	Gen. Smithburn
Doris Dowling	...	Congresswoman Clanger
Beverly Adams	...	Claudine Wald
Louis Quinn	...	Sgt. Skam
Frank Nastasi	...	Yellow Cab driver
Burt Taylor	...	Devlin
Courtney Brown	...	Arno
Russell Saunders	...	Clurg
Julian Voloshin	...	Prof. Nep
Bob Bersell	...	Doorman
Warren Day	...	Curtis
Jay Laskay	...	Willie

Storyline

Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project completely dust-free, and this he does with his own hilariously fantastic inventions - including a literal attack on dirt by a "knight on a white horse". In his work, he meets Judy, a chimp involved in a top-secret project, which leads Melvin into the one room strictly off-limits to him. Not until he has entered the project room does Melvin learn that any man entering it will be negatively ionized - making him fly like a bird.

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Plot Keywords:

janitor | aviation

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Taglines:

Soupy Sales is Flying High...and the race for space - is up in the air!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mr. Bird geht in die Luft

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Ivan Tors Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dean Martin:  Appears as himself on the golf course, looking up at the birds with annoyance.

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Goofs

During the end sequence, at multiple times, you can see the wires and harness.

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Soundtracks

"Birds Do It"
Written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller

User Reviews

THE worst film I've ever seen!!!

Without a doubt the worst movie and biggest waste of time ever. Not even remotely funny, even in the campiest, most anti-comedic sense of the word. The gags and jokes are so poorly crafted that the simplest acting routines and attempts at humorous dialogue are as forced as the laughter on the Pat Robertson Show.

One thing that birds definitely wouldn't do is sit still for this nauseatingly boring crap. In fact, I met Soupy Sales(in fairness, quite a masterful comic and talented showman in his day) a few years ago and shared these very thoughts. He laughed heartily and said that he understood that several states were thinking of using the movie as a particularly excruciating form of capital punishment. After repeated forced viewings, drawing and quartering would start to sound good.