The Patsy
“Jerry's a dumb-like-a-fox bellhop that some smart alecs manipulate into stardom...”
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.
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Cast
37 people
Jerry Lewis
Stanley Belt
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Ina Balin
Ellen Betz
Known for
The Comancheros
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Everett Sloane
Caryl Fergusson
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Lady from Shanghai
Phil Harris
Chic Wymore
Known for
The Aristocats
The Jungle Book
Keenan Wynn
Harry Silver
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon a Time in the West
Peter Lorre
Morgan Heywood
Known for
M
Casablanca
John Carradine
Bruce Alden
Known for
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
The Grapes of Wrath
Hans Conried
Prof. Mulerr
Known for
Peter Pan
The Hobbit
Quinn O'Hara
Cigarette Girl
Known for
Cry of the Banshee
Richard Deacon
Sy Devore
Known for
The Birds
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Scatman Crothers
Shoeshine Boy
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Del Moore
Policeman
Known for
The Nutty Professor
The Disorderly Orderly
Jerry Lewis Director · Bill Richmond Writer David Raksin Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release June 24, 1964 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Patti Enterprises
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · June 11, 1964
Premiere · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
United States · June 24, 1964
Limited theatrical · Seattle, Washington
United States
August 12, 1964 · Theatrical
Austria
October 1, 1964 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 2, 1965 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 24, 1964 · Theatrical
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