The Sad Sack
The Lovable Laughable GI Goof!
1957 | 98m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Marshall |
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| Writer: | Edmund Beloin, Nate Monaster |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 27, 1957 |
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| Director: | George Marshall |
| Writer: | Edmund Beloin, Nate Monaster |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | army, photographic memory |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jerry Lewis | Private Meredith C. Bixby |
| David Wayne | Corporal Larry Dolan |
| Phyllis Kirk | Maj. Shelton |
| Peter Lorre | Abdul |
| Joe Mantell | Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky |
| Gene Evans | Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley |
| George Dolenz | Ali Mustapha |
| Liliane Montevecchi | Zita |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Major General Vanderlip |
| Abraham Sofaer | Hassim |
| Mary Treen | Sgt. Hansen |
| Marilyn Hanold | Sexy Female |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Marshall | Director |
| Walter Scharf | Original Music Composer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Edmund Beloin | Screenplay |
| Nate Monaster | Screenplay |
| Edward R. Morse | Casting |
| Loyal Griggs | Director of Photography |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Andrew J. Durkus | Unit Production Manager |
| Charles Morton | Script Supervisor |
| George Baker | Characters |
| Jim Miller | Sound Recordist |
| John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Charles O'Curran | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Paul Nathan | Associate Producer |
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