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The Joker is Wild is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Vidor released in USA on 26 september 1957 with Frank Sinatra
The Joker is Wild (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s.
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Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work elsewhere results in his face being slashed and his throat cut, preventing him from continuing with his current act as a singer.Actors
Frank Sinatra
(Joe E. Lewis)
Mitzi Gaynor
(Martha Stewart)
Jeanne Crain
(Letty Page)
Eddie Albert
(Austin Mack)
Jackie Coogan
(Swifty Morgan)
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