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Sunday, September 2, 2018

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     The Patsy
1964  NR  COMEDY  1h 41min
CAST— Jerry Lewis, Ina Belin, Everett Sloan, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre, John Carradine
MUSIC— Jack Brooks, David Raksin  DIRECTOR— Jerry Lewis

     Jerry Lewis frantically hams it up in this slightly amusing tale that is oh-so Lewis. He plays a bellboy (again) who stumbles into an intense meeting by a team of Hollywood executives. It seems they were discussing their future in show business; they need to find an unknown talent and make a star out of him (the plot reeks of The Errand Boy [1961]). But who cares about plot when you have good ol’ Jer? The film is really all about the funny and this Lewis tries desperately to deliver, though most of the gags fall flat in, sadly, Peter Lorre’s last film. For Lewis freaks only.
OUR RATING— **

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