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The Sad Sack is a 1957 American comedy film based on the Harvey Comics character of the same title, created by George Baker. The film stars Jerry Lewis and Peter Lorre and was released by Paramount Pictures .
Sep 4, 2014 · The Sad Sack 1957 Jerry Lewis Full Length Comedy Movie***Director: George Marshall**Stars: Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Kirk, David Wayne.
- 90 min
- 225.3K
- Best Jerry Lewis Dean Martin Movies
The Sad Sack: Directed by George Marshall. With Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre. A bumbling hero with a photographic memory winds up in Morocco as a private in the French Foreign Legion. He still hasn't adjusted after 18 months. Among other things, he's lost a tank.
- (769)
- Comedy
- George Marshall
- 1957-11-27
Synopsis. 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.
- George Marshall
- 98 min
- 6
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The first comedy, The Delicate Delinquent, was released in June 1957, just six months after Hollywood or Bust, and the second, The Sad Sack, followed in November. Both films proved to be successful at the box office. The Sad Sack had a ready-made, built-in audience, because it was based on a popular cartoon and comic-book character.
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.
