Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jerry Lewis | ... | Morty S. Tashman | |
Brian Donlevy | ... | Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual | |
Howard McNear | ... | Dexter Sneak | |
Dick Wesson | ... | The A.D. | |
Robert Ivers | ... | Young NY Director Who Argues with T.P. | |
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Pat Dahl | ... | Miss Carson |
Renée Taylor | ... | Miss Giles | |
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Rita Hayes | ... | Singer Who Dubs Davitt |
Stanley Adams | ... | Grumpy | |
Kathleen Freeman | ... | Mrs. Helen Paramutual / Mrs. T.P. | |
Isobel Elsom | ... | Irma Paramutual | |
Sig Ruman | ... | Baron Elston Carteblanche | |
Felicia Atkins | ... | Serina | |
Doodles Weaver | ... | Weaver | |
Fritz Feld | ... | Busby - Roaring '20s Director |
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going, so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
I rented this movie lately after determining from a long search that it had the bit I had remembered ever since I saw it in '61. That scene is the boardroom pantomime Jerry does to a big-band song. That piece did turn out to be as clever (though not as elaborate) as I had remembered. Check it out. It is about 75 minutes into the movie. I had forgotten the rest of the movie, and after seeing it last night, now I know why. I think only Jerry-fans will be able to sit through it all. The "story" is so choppy I kept thinking I must have fallen asleep and missed something. Jerry was pretty full of himself (and preachy) when he did this collection of skits.