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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Oliver Platt | ... | Tommy Fawkes | |
| Jerry Lewis | ... | George Fawkes | |
| Lee Evans | ... | Jack Parker | |
| Leslie Caron | ... | Katie Parker | |
| Richard Griffiths | ... | Jim Minty | |
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Sadie Corre | ... | Poodle Woman |
| Oliver Reed | ... | Dolly Hopkins | |
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George Carl | ... | Thomas Parker |
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Freddie Davies | ... | Bruno Parker |
| Ian McNeice | ... | Stanley Sharkey | |
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Christopher Greet | ... | Lawrence Berger |
| Peter Gunn | ... | Nicky | |
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Gavin Millar | ... | Steve Campbell |
| William Hootkins | ... | Al | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Billy Man | |
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Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father, also a comedian started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic relief, with whom he can be famous. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some language and a scene of tragic violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Music by Charles Trenet
Lyrics by Charles Trenet
Performed by Charles Trenet
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In a crucial mid-film scene Jack Parker (Lee Evans) appears at a small Blackpool nightclub as "Val Radio", performing a "dummy act". A Vaudeville term for an act where a comedian mimes in time to music or a recording. Jerry Lewis got his start performing a "dummy act" with phonograph records he played on stage. See more »Goofs
In the same scene a man has both his feet amputated by the propeller of the other boat. He is seen wearing socks and shoes, but moments later, the foot floats past without shoe or sock. See more »Soundtracks
La MerMusic by Charles Trenet
Lyrics by Charles Trenet
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$26,946, 26 March 1995Gross USA:
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How did I never hear of Lee Evans before I saw this movie? He is my new idol. When this movie came out, I gave it a miss because of Jerry Lewis (King of Comedy notwithstanding -- he gives me the creeps, man), but I caught it on Sundance the other night and was bowled over. It starts out sorta weird, but then hooks you with the story of this guy trying to be a standup comic in the shadow of his showbiz-legend dad (is there any worse word than "showbiz"? Maybe "node," but other than that, "showbiz" is just such a bad word!!!), and then all of a sudden you are in Blackpool, England, being treated to (a) some amazing vaudeville performers from an era sadly gone by, and (b) some amazing performances by clowny guys (not the creepy kind), and (c) Leslie Caron singing a torch song in a man-tailored shirt, and (d) a beautiful story of lost dreams, redemption, and wax eggs. Rent it, fool. Rent it now if you have a funny bone in your body.