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Jumping Jacks

  • 1952
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.1K
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Jumping Jacks (1952)
ComedyMusical

Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.

  • Director
    • Norman Taurog
  • Writers
    • Robert Lees
    • Frederic I. Rinaldo
    • Herbert Baker
  • Stars
    • Dean Martin
    • Jerry Lewis
    • Mona Freeman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Norman Taurog
    • Writers
      • Robert Lees
      • Frederic I. Rinaldo
      • Herbert Baker
    • Stars
      • Dean Martin
      • Jerry Lewis
      • Mona Freeman
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jumping Jacks (1952)
    Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks (1952)

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    Dean Martin
    Dean Martin
    • Cpl. Chick Allen
    Jerry Lewis
    Jerry Lewis
    • Hap Smith
    Mona Freeman
    Mona Freeman
    • Betsy Carter
    Don DeFore
    Don DeFore
    • Lt. Kelsey
    Robert Strauss
    Robert Strauss
    • Sgt. McClusky
    Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman
    • Pvt. Dogface Dolan
    • (as Dick Erdman)
    Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    • Brig. Gen. W.W. Timmons
    Marcy McGuire
    Marcy McGuire
    • Julia Loring
    Danny Arnold
    • Pvt. Evans
    Dorothy Adamson
    • Cigarette Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    • Maitre d'
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Brodus
    • Soldier in Show
    • (uncredited)
    Drew Cahill
    • Soldier at Bar
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cherney
    • Intern
    • (uncredited)
    Russ Conway
    Russ Conway
    • Full Colonel
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Dailey
    • Soldier in Show
    • (uncredited)
    John Dutra
    • Bugler
    • (uncredited)
    Norma Eberhardt
    Norma Eberhardt
    • Canteen Hostess
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Norman Taurog
    • Writers
      • Robert Lees
      • Frederic I. Rinaldo
      • Herbert Baker
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Hal B. Wallis purchased a completed screenplay from Paramount, titled "Ready, Willing and Four F", and used it as the basis for this film. The screenplay was written in 1943 by Frederic I. Rinaldo. Robert Lees received a screenplay credit, while Brian Marlow is credited as story writer.
    • Goofs
      When Hap is in the parachute jump tower, and has to keep the rubber ball in his hand throughout his fall, notice Hap drops not one, but two balls. At the end of the fall he has the ball in his hand.
    • Quotes

      Sgt. McClusky: You know I'm beginning to like you.

      Hap Smith: You are? Is that good?

      Sgt. McClusky: Yeah! And I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.

      Hap Smith: What?

      Sgt. McClusky: I'm not half as tough as I sound.

      Hap Smith: You're not?

      Sgt. McClusky: Nah! It's just something that comes over me. Sometimes I think I'm my own worst enemy.

      Hap Smith: No, you're not, Sarge. Not as long as I'm alive.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      I CAN'T RESIST A BOY IN A UNIFORM
      Music by Jerry Livingston

      Lyrics by Mack David

      Sung by Mona Freeman (dubbed by Imogene Lynn) (uncredited) and danced with Jerry Lewis

    User reviews11

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    7/10
    Martin & Lewis did their first stage show in Atlantic City on July 25th, 1946
    So, Martin & Lewis came out near the end of the slapstick comedy era. They were the last of the great classic comedians, that grew out of vaudeville and kept the sub-genre of the slapstick comedy alive for 50 years. In the silent era of film, you had the likes of, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. In the 1930s and 40s, it was names like, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello, who reigned as kings on the slapstick stage. Martin and Lewis would debut in the movie theaters in 1949 and dominated the 1950s. But, by 1956 (oddly enough the same year that Abbott and Costello broke up), Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis called it quits. This left the decaying bones of the slapstick sub-genre to low-budget films, mostly made by the aged Three Stooges, Jerry Lewis' solo career and a small resurgence of new comedians on television, that kept the sub-genre alive until its untimely death in the 1970s.

    This film is a textbook example of what a great Martin and Lewis film looked like. Dean and Jerry were huge in the 1950s. They had crowds show up to their Atlantic City, New Jersey shows, like Elvis was in town. They were big in the movies and on television. This film follows the same formula, that the old Abbott and Costello war films were like. The difference with this one was the Korean War was going on and it was a different attitude in the 1950s. They weren't trying to sell war bonds, so much as, just make a comedy about basic training and war games. Dean (as Chick Allen), is a corporal in the Army, who is part of the para-troopers and also used to do a nightclub act back in the states. In a desperation move to put on a great show, he asks for the assistance of his old fellow performer, Jerry (as Hap Smith), which unfortunately ends in Hap getting pulled into training camp and becoming, accidently, a para-trooper himself. It is hilarious watching Hap, who has no business being near the Army, get through this film without getting himself killed. Dean throws in some great songs and this film is a classic in a sub-genre still at its peak.

    7.3 (C+ MyGrade) = 7 IMDB.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 11, 1952 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Schrecken der Division
    • Filming locations
      • Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Wallis-Hazen
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,800,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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