Hardly Working
“The world's funniest funny man is back!”
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
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Cast
10 people
Jerry Lewis
Bo Hooper
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Susan Oliver
Claire Trent
Known for
The Disorderly Orderly
BUtterfield 8
Roger C. Carmel
Robert Trent
Known for
Breezy
Gambit
Deanna Lund
Millie
Known for
Land of the Giants
Elves
Harold J. Stone
Frank Loucazi
Known for
The Wrong Man
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Steve Franken
Steve Torres
Known for
Westworld
The Party
Buddy Lester
Claude Reed
Known for
The Party
The Nutty Professor
Leonard Stone
Ted Mitchell
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Soylent Green
Jerry Lester
Slats
Known for
Odds and Evens
Billy Barty
Sammy
Known for
Masters of the Universe
Legend
Jerry Lewis Director · Michael Janover Screenplay Morton Stevens Composer
Worldwide gross $49M · Budget $3.4M · United States release April 3, 1981
Box office
Budget
$3,400,000
Worldwide gross
$49,000,000
Gross vs. budget
14.4×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Hardly Working
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · January 30, 1980
Theatrical
United States · April 3, 1981
Theatrical
France
April 9, 1980 · Theatrical
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