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Who's Minding the Store?

  • 1963
  • Approved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
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Comedy

Norman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble!Norman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble!Norman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble!

  • Director
    • Frank Tashlin
  • Writers
    • Frank Tashlin
    • Harry Tugend
  • Stars
    • Jerry Lewis
    • Jill St. John
    • Ray Walston
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frank Tashlin
    • Writers
      • Frank Tashlin
      • Harry Tugend
    • Stars
      • Jerry Lewis
      • Jill St. John
      • Ray Walston
    • 25User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Jerry Lewis in Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
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    Jerry Lewis, Agnes Moorehead, Jill St. John, and John McGiver in Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
    Dick Wessel in Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
    Jerry Lewis and Kathleen Freeman in Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
    Jerry Lewis and Peggy Mondo in Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
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    Jerry Lewis
    Jerry Lewis
    • Norman Phiffier
    Jill St. John
    Jill St. John
    • Barbara Tuttle
    Ray Walston
    Ray Walston
    • Mr. Quimby
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Mr. John P. Tuttle
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle
    Francesca Bellini
    • Shirley Lott
    Peggy Mondo
    Peggy Mondo
    • Lady wrestler
    Nancy Kulp
    Nancy Kulp
    • Emily Rothgraber
    John Abbott
    John Abbott
    • Mr. Orlandos
    Isobel Elsom
    Isobel Elsom
    • Hazel, a Dowager
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    • Mrs. Glucksman
    Fritz Feld
    Fritz Feld
    • Irving Cahastrophe, the Gourmet Manager
    Milton Frome
    Milton Frome
    • Francois, the Driver
    Mary Treen
    Mary Treen
    • Mattress Customer
    Dick Wessel
    Dick Wessel
    • Traffic Cop
    • (as Richard Wessel)
    Jerry Hausner
    Jerry Hausner
    • Smith
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Tie Salesman
    Mary Jane Carey
    • Alice, the Maid
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Tashlin
    • Writers
      • Frank Tashlin
      • Harry Tugend
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was the seventh of eight Jerry Lewis films directed by former cartoon director Frank Tashlin.
    • Goofs
      When Jerry Lewis is painting the ball on the end of the flagpole it is gold. It was stated earlier in the film that there was only one flagpole. Later on in the movie when Quimby (Ray Walston) falls out of a window and hangs from the flagpole the ball is silver.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Norman Phiffier: I believe a man has gotta be king in his own ranch-type-style tract house.

    • Connections
      Edited into Edgar Neville: Emparedado entre comillas (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      The Typewriter
      By Leroy Anderson

    User reviews25

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    Jerry minding the store
    Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffier, a poodle dog walker who is going to marry a rich girl named Barbara Tuttle (Jill St. John) who works as an elevator operator at a department store.Barbara doesn't want Norman to know that she's rich.Barbara's mother Phoebe Tuttle (Agnes Moorehead) doesn't want her daughter to marry such a fool as Norman so she gets Norman a job from the store Barbara works and gets him the worst jobs.Norman has to eat fried ants for example.Frank Tashlin's Who's Minding the Store from 1963 is filled with hilarious situations.Jerry Lewis causes disasters and makes people crack up.It's hard to say the best movie of Jerry Lewis but this must be one of the them.It has everything Jerry Lewis fans need.Watch this movie if you want to get a good laugh a'la Jerry Lewis.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 1963 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ¿Quién controla la tienda?
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Jerry Lewis Pictures
      • York Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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