To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jerry Lewis | ... | Prof. Julius Kelp / Buddy Love | |
| Stella Stevens | ... | Stella Purdy | |
| Del Moore | ... | Dr. Mortimer S. Warfield | |
| Kathleen Freeman | ... | Millie Lemmon | |
| Med Flory | ... | Warzewski | |
| Norman Alden | ... | Football Player / Student | |
| Howard Morris | ... | Elmer Kelp | |
| Elvia Allman | ... | Edwina Kelp | |
| Milton Frome | ... | Dr. M. Sheppard Leevee | |
| Buddy Lester | ... | Bartender | |
| Marvin Kaplan | ... | English Student | |
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David Landfield | ... | College Student |
| Skip Ward | ... | Football Player | |
| Julie Parrish | ... | College Student | |
| Henry Gibson | ... | Gibson - College Student | |
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Nerd. Milquetoast. Klutz. These are just three of the many undesirable words that can be used to describe Professor Julius Kelp. But all that changes when the chemistry expert invents a potion that transforms him into a suave, sexy chick magnet, whom Julius aptly names Buddy Love. Unfortunately, there's one side effect: Buddy can't control when he'll change back into Julius, an event that always happens at inopportune times. How will Julius/Buddy resolve his Jekyll-and-Hyde dilemma? Written by alfiehitchie
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25 July 1963 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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$7,630,000Company Credits
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Professor Julius Kelp: Well, if a man with an ulcer and a splinter in his finger and a nail in his foot was then struck by lightning, if you could say that man was not hurt then yes you could say I'm not hurt.
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(uncredited)
Music by Jacques Offenbach from "Geneviève de Brabant"
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Gym Attendant: Are you hurt?Professor Julius Kelp: Well, if a man with an ulcer and a splinter in his finger and a nail in his foot was then struck by lightning, if you could say that man was not hurt then yes you could say I'm not hurt.
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False ending which first displays, "That's all, folks!!" then inserts a NOT in between "that's" and "all," then a 5-minute story epilogue goes to the actual ending, which is credited as "The beginning." The actor credits are done as curtain calls, with each performer bowing behind their name. See more »Soundtracks
The Marine Hymn(uncredited)
Music by Jacques Offenbach from "Geneviève de Brabant"
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I think that people can be divided into two groups: those that love Jerry Lewis movies, and those that hate them. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground.
Having said that, I am a confirmed hater of Jerry Lewis films. I find them sophomoric and excruciatingly bad, and each one has the same basic plot: Jerry Lewis' character is introduced, then he proceeds to stumble through the rest of the movie.
I'll make an exception for this film; it is the one winner out of all of Lewis' losers. The plot has been described in detail here, but it's basically the Jekyll-Hyde plot placed in a college circa 1963, where nerdy chemistry professor Jerry yearns for the love of one of his students (Stella Stevens). Lewis' transformation from Dr. Kelp to ultracool lounge lizard Buddy Love manages to be both campy and fascinating.
Great cinematography and good acting, plus a warm message and the luscious Stella Stevens make for a fine movie experience. As far as I am concerned, you can throw away all of Lewis' other movies and keep this one...it's a winner.