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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jerry Lewis | ... | Lester March | |
| Joan O'Brien | ... | Wanda Paxton | |
| Zachary Scott | ... | Gregory DeWitt | |
| Jack Weston | ... | Leopold | |
| Jesse White | ... | Pete Flint | |
| Mae Questel | ... | Cecilia Albright | |
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Pat Dahl | ... | Sexy Girl |
| Barbara Pepper | ... | Fisherwoman | |
| Francine York | ... | Sexy Girl | |
| Milton Frome | ... | Cop at Pier | |
| Del Moore | ... | Patrolman | |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Patrolman | |
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Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a missing heir in a rich family. He begins to notice little things, like how much those family portraits look like him. Surely..no..he can't be...can he ? Written by David Gibson <djg6@ukc.ac.uk>
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21 November 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
It'$ Only Money See more »Filming Locations:
Gulls Way Estate - 26800 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Sung by Mae Questel
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I've noticed that in Jerry Lewis' earlier solo films, he tended to play his roles a bit more...quietly. In films like "The Delicate Delinquent" and "The Sad Sack", Lewis was reasonably restrained. However, as the 1960s arrived, Lewis began a long period in which being loud and overplaying things was his schtick. This mugging was quite obvious here in "It'$ Only Money". He's very loud, his voice is much more intensely annoying and ethnic and he is anything but subtle. As a result, it's difficult going at times.
The film finds Jerry playing a TV repairman. A rich inventor has recently died and Jerry's detective friend (Jesse White) wants to use Jerry to infiltrate the dead man's mansion. What no one knows at this point is that Jerry is the heir to the estate--the rich guy's long-lost son. The first to realize this is a shyster lawyer (Zachary Scott) who plans on using his homicidal assistant (Jack Westin) to kill Lewis before he can collect his fortune. And, his plan is to then marry the dead guy's sister (Mae Questel) and then kill her--and taking the fortune for himself. Can Jerry somehow survive? And, for that matter, can the audience survive the ordeal?! Considering how much Lewis mugs during the train recording sequence, when he's shaving and when looking at the painting of his dead father, it's doubtful. Subtle and well acted, it ain't! If you do watch, look for Barbara Pepper (Mrs. Zipfel from "Green Acres") and Mae Questel (the voice of Olive Oyl and Betty Boop). Pepper is just there in a cameo as the lady at the fishing pier and Questel plays Jerry's aunt with the very annoying voice (hence, it's easy to tell they are supposed to be related).