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Summary
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.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 59
Letterboxd · 321 ratings3.2/5
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10098Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 22 more
Released
1957
November 27, 1957
69 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 9 more12 people
- Jerry LewisPrivate Meredith C. Bixby
- David WayneCorporal Larry Dolan
- Phyllis KirkMaj. Shelton
- Peter LorreAbdul
- Joe MantellPvt. Stan Wenaslawsky
- Gene EvansSgt. Major Elmer Pulley
- George DolenzAli Mustapha
- Liliane MontevecchiZita
Shepperd StrudwickMajor General Vanderlip
Abraham SofaerHassim
Mary TreenSgt. Hansen
Marilyn HanoldSexy Female
Directing · 3
- George Marshall Director
- Charles Morton Script Supervisor
- Charles C. Coleman Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Edmund Beloin Screenplay
- Nate Monaster Screenplay
- George Baker Characters
Production · 4
- Hal B. Wallis Producer
- Edward R. Morse Casting
- Paul Nathan Associate Producer
- Andrew J. Durkus Unit Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Loyal Griggs Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Archie Marshek Editor
Sound · 4
- Walter Scharf Original Music Composer
- Harold Lewis Sound Recordist
- Winston H. Leverett Sound Recordist
- Jim Miller Sound Recordist
Art · 4
- John B. Goodman Art Direction
- Sam Comer Set Decoration
- Hal Pereira Art Direction
- Ray Moyer Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Edith Head Costume Design
- Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
- Nellie Manley Hair Supervisor
Other crew · 2
- John P. Fulton Special Effects
- Charles O'Curran Choreographer
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