The Sad Sack
5.8
“The Lovable Laughable GI Goof!”
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.
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Cast
12 people
Jerry Lewis
Private Meredith C. Bixby
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
David Wayne
Corporal Larry Dolan
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
How to Marry a Millionaire
Phyllis Kirk
Maj. Shelton
Known for
House of Wax
Crime Wave
Peter Lorre
Abdul
Known for
M
Casablanca
Joe Mantell
Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky
Known for
The Birds
Chinatown
Gene Evans
Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
Known for
Shock Corridor
The Steel Helmet
George Dolenz
Ali Mustapha
Known for
My Cousin Rachel
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Liliane Montevecchi
Zita
Known for
Moonfleet
King Creole
Shepperd Strudwick
Major General Vanderlip
Known for
All the King's Men
A Place in the Sun
Abraham Sofaer
Hassim
Known for
Quo Vadis
The Naked Jungle
Mary Treen
Sgt. Hansen
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Room for One More
Marilyn Hanold
Sexy Female
Known for
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
George Marshall Director · Nate Monaster Screenplay Edmund Beloin Screenplay
Worldwide gross $3.5M · United States release November 27, 1957 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Production
Hal Wallis Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · November 27, 1957
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1958 · Theatrical
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