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The Sad Sack is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Marshall released in USA on 27 november 1957 with Jerry Lewis
The Sad Sack (1957)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 november 1957
Length 1h35
Directed by George Marshall
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Rating58%
The Sad Sack is a 1957 Paramount Pictures comedy film starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre. It is based on the Sad Sack comic strip created by George Baker.
Synopsis
Private Meredith Bixby (Lewis) simply cannot fall in line with army procedure, even though he has had 17 months of training. A psychologist (Phyllis Kirk), is assigned to turn him into a good soldier, so she enlists two fellow servicemen to help Bixby with his training. About the only thing that he can do right is remember things with his photographic memory.Actors
Jerry Lewis
(Private Meredith C. Bixby)
David Wayne
(Corporal Larry Dolan)
Phyllis Kirk
(Maj. Shelton)
Peter Lorre
(Abdul)
George Dolenz
(Ali Mustapha)
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