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Also known as Sad Sack

1957 film by George Marshall

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5.6

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. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.

Released: 1957-11-2798 minDir: George MarshallComedy

Cast

  • Jerry Lewis as Private Meredith C. Bixby
  • David Wayne as Corporal Larry Dolan
  • Phyllis Kirk as Maj. Shelton
  • Peter Lorre as Abdul
  • Joe Mantell as Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky
  • Gene Evans as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley

Themes

  • army
  • photographic memory

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Ratings

IMDb

5.8/10

833 votes

Year
1957
Runtime
98 min
Genres
Comedy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Cast member
Mary Treen
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Cinematographer
Loyal Griggs
Duration
97
FilmAffinity ID
572538
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1957-01-01
title
The Sad Sack
distributed by
Netflix
film editor
Archie Marshek
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