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The Patsy is a 1964 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It was released on August 12, 1964, by Paramount Pictures.
A bellhop is recruited to replace a dead comedian in a show, but he is clumsy and incompetent. The film features Peter Lorre, Ina Balin, Keenan Wynn and other stars in a slapstick comedy.
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The Patsy is a 1928 American silent comedy-drama film directed by King Vidor, co-produced by and starring Marion Davies for Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a play of the same name by Barry Conners , and served as Marie Dressler 's comeback film after a long slump in her film career.
Jul 5, 2016 · A keen student of Frank Tashlin, Lewis embraces his mentor’s affectionate deconstruction of the Hollywood studio system, skewering fame’s artificial constructs while celebrating the ...
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Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt (Jerry Lewis) is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team ...
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- Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lewis
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When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy Stanley Belt (Lewis), can't do anything right. The TV show is getting closer, and Stanley is getting worse.
A comedy about a comedy team that trains a bellboy to replace their star comedian who died. The Patsy is a 1964 film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, with Keenan Wynn and Peter Lorre.