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Summary
Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+8)
Critics 75Audiences 67GoodWatch 62
Tomatometer80%
Metascore70
Audience score68%
IMDb6.5
Box office
11×its budget
- Budget
- $900 K
- Worldwide
- $10 M
Worldwide it earned $9 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −28 min on the typical 100
typical 10072Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 49 more
Released
1960
July 20, 1960
66 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
24 of 49
Jerry LewisStanley / Jerry Lewis
Alex GerryMr. Novak
Bob ClaytonBob
Sonnie SandsSonnie- ESEddie ShaefferEddie
Herkie StylesHerkie- DLDavid LandfieldDavid
Bill RichmondStan Laurel- LBLarry BestApple Man
- CMCary MiddlecoffCary Middlecoff
- ATArt TerryArt Terry
- FCFrankie CarrFrankie Carr
- JMJoe MayerJoe Mayer
- SAStanley AllanHotel Guest
- DADuke Art Jr.Bellboy
- EBEddie BartonDoorman
- MBMurray BartonMurray
- RDRicki DunnHotel Guest
Jack DurantFedinand Manville- JGJimmy GerardMan Fighting With Wife
- MGMatilda GerardWoman Fighting With Husband
- PGPaul GersonGin Player
- PGPaul GrayPaul
- HSH. S. GumpGangster
Directing · 4
- Jerry Lewis Director, Writer, Producer
- Ralph Axness Assistant Director
- James A. Rosenberger Second Unit Director
- Claire Behnke Script Supervisor
Production · 5
- Edward R. Morse Casting
- Wally Wanger Casting
- Ernest D. Glucksman Associate Producer
- William Davidson Production Manager
- Arthur P. Schmidt Producer's Assistant
Camera · 1
- Haskell B. Boggs Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Stanley E. Johnson Editor
Sound · 3
- Walter Scharf Conductor, Original Music Composer
- Charles Grenzbach Sound Recordist
- Gene Merritt Sound Recordist
Art · 4
- Hal Pereira Art Direction
- Sam Comer Set Decoration
- Henry Bumstead Art Direction
- Robert R. Benton Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
- Mickey Hayes Wardrobe Designer
- Sy Devore Wardrobe Designer
- Pat Barto Wardrobe Supervisor
- John A. Anderson Wardrobe Designer
- Jack Stone Makeup Supervisor
Other crew · 3
- John P. Fulton Special Effects
- Nick Castle Choreographer
- Marvin Weldon Dialogue Coach
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