Connection
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)
The Joker Is Wild
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
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.
Synopsis
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)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Joker is Wild
There are 207 films with the same actors, 33 films with the same director, 65624 with the same cinematographic genres (including 2578 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Joker is Wild), 3390 films with the same themes (including 210 films with the same 3 themes than The Joker is Wild), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Joker is Wild, you will probably like those similar films :
Blind Alley (1939)
, 1h9Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays
Actors Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak, Joan Perry, Melville Cooper, Ann Doran
Rating62%
Chester Morris plays a prison escapee who hides out with his gang in the home of a noted psychologist, played by Ralph Bellamy. Though a prisoner, the doctor begins delving into his captor's psyche.
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
, 1h57Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Margo, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor
Rating71%
Eight-year-old Lillian Roth (Carole Ann Campbell) is constantly pushed by her domineering stage mom, Katie (Jo Van Fleet), to audition and act even though she is merely a child. One day, Katie finally secures an opportunity in Chicago, which leads to Lillian, now older (Susan Hayward), to having a successful musical career. Even though 20 years have passed, Katie is still managing Lillian as well as running her life and career choices.
, 1h43Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs
Actors Susan Hayward, Eddie Albert, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Carl Esmond, Carleton Young
Rating62%
In a hospital, Angie Evans (Susan Hayward), her face bandaged, recounts the events that brought her here.
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
, 1h59Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Robert Strauss, Darren McGavin
Rating72%
Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is released from prison with a set of drums and a new outlook on life, and returns to his run down neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. A heroin addict, Frankie became clean in prison. On the outside, he greets friends and acquaintances. Sparrow (Arnold Stang), who runs a con selling homeless dogs, clings to him like a young brother, but Schwiefka (Robert Strauss), whom Frankie used to deal for in his illegal card game, has more sinister reasons for welcoming him back, as does Louis (Darren McGavin), Machine's former heroin dealer.
McQ (1974)
, 1h51Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston
Rating61%
It is just before dawn in Seattle. A man dons dark glasses and gloves and loads a 9mm silenced automatic handgun. He drives into town, where he shoots a policeman (Officer Philip Forsell; in the film the character is identified only as Hyatt) on his beat, then drives to a police impound yard and shoots the officer on duty (dialogue identifies him as Wally Johnson). At a luncheonette, as he washes his hands, he momentarily flashes a police badge belonging to Detective Sgt. Stan Boyle (William Bryant). When a car pulls up, Boyle goes outside and gives the driver a satchel containing the 9mm and proceeds to his own car – but is shot in the back by the unseen driver.
The Country Girl (1954)
, 1h44Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films based on plays
Actors Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Gene Reynolds, Anthony Ross, Eddie Ryder
Rating71%
In a theatre where auditions are being held for a new musical production, the director, Bernie Dodd, watches a number performed by fading star Frank Elgin and suggests he be cast. This is met with strong opposition from Cook, the show's producer.
Devadasu (1953)
, 2h56Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Lalitha, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, M.S.Viswanathan, Surabhi Kamalabai
Rating77%
Devadasu, son of Ravulapalle zamindar Narayana Rao (S. V. Ranga Rao), and Parvati, daughter of his not-so-rich neighbour Neelakantham (Doraswamy) are childhood friends. The zamindar enrolls his son in a boarding school in the city. The grown-up Devadasu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) returns to the village after his education. His childhood friendship with Parvati now turns into love.
A Song to Remember (1945)
, 1h53Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paul Muni, Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon, Nina Foch, Ivan Triesault, George Coulouris
Rating65%
Vidor romanticizes Chopin's patriotism in the film, which was produced during World War II. Chopin, played by Cornel Wilde, is first presented to the audience as a child prodigy playing a piece by Mozart, but suddenly starts to bang on the piano keys when he notices out the window that Polish people are being taken prisoners by the Russian authorities.
Our Story (1984)
, 1h59Directed by Bertrand Blier, Bertrand Arthuys
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Alain Delon, Nathalie Baye, Michel Galabru, Geneviève Fontanel, Gérard Darmon, Michel Peyrelon
Rating63%
Abordé dans un compartiment de première classe d'un train par une jeune femme désemparée qui s'offre à lui, un garagiste s'installe dans la vie de celle-ci contre son gré.
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
, 2h2Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, Harry Bellaver
Rating70%
L'histoire romancée de la carrière de la chanteuse de jazz Ruth Etting et de son mariage tumultueux avec le gangster Marty Snyder qui l'aida à gravir les échelons du showbusiness.