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The Patsy

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The Patsy
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NR,1hr 41min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1964
Director:
Jerry Lewis
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane  ...more
Synopsis: Toward the end of Jerry Lewis's Paramount studio period, Lewis slapped together this bitter comedy about Hollywood phoniness and fame that has to be the most rancid portrait of the Hollywood star system in the Rat Pack era this side of Clifford Odets. When a famous entertainer suddenly is killed in an airplane crash, his team of flunkies -- producer Caryl Fergusson (Everett Sloane), writer Chic Wymore (Phil Harris), press agent Harry Silver (Keenan Wynn), director Morgan Heywood (Peter Lorre in his ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
The films that Jerry Lewis directed could get self-reflexive but few ever took it as far as The Patsy. On the surface, it has a typical Lewis-film premise: a lovable loser gets in over his head but triumphs thanks to his innate decency and a little help from a loving woman. The Patsy also delivers the expected laughs: highlights include a scene where Lewis botches an attempt to lip-synch a terrible ... Full Review
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Jerry Lewis
Stanley Belt
Ina Balin
Ellen Betz
Everett Sloane
Caryl Fergusson
Phil Harris
Chic Wymore
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