Living It Up
6.5
“THEY'RE LAFFIN' IT UP!”
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A big city reporter hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.
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Cast
101 people
Jerry Lewis
Homer Flagg
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Dean Martin
Dr. Steve Harris
Known for
Rio Bravo
Ocean's Eleven
Janet Leigh
Wally Cook
Known for
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Edward Arnold
The Mayor of New York
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Fred Clark
Oliver Stone
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
A Place in the Sun
Sheree North
Jitterbug Champion
Known for
Maniac Cop
Charley Varrick
Sammy White
Waiter
Known for
Pat and Mike
The Bad and the Beautiful
Sid Tomack
Master of Ceremonies
Known for
Hollow Triumph
A Double Life
Sig Ruman
Dr. Emile Egelhofer
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Ninotchka
Richard Loo
Dr. Lee
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Steel Helmet
Raymond Greenleaf
Conductor
Known for
Angel Face
All the King's Men
Walter Baldwin
Isaiah Jackson
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Desperate Hours
Norman Taurog Director · Melville Shavelson Screenplay Jack Rose Screenplay
Worldwide gross $4.2M · United States release August 4, 1954 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,250,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
York Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · July 15, 1954
Premiere · Atlantic City
United States · August 4, 1954
Theatrical
United States · June 5, 2007
Physical · DVD
United States
July 23, 1954 · Premiere · New York
Netherlands
October 16, 2001 · Physical · DVD
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