The Patsy (1964)

Comedy, General Film

Director: Jerry Lewis

Writer(s): Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond

Starring: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Hans Conried, Richard Deacon, Scatman Crothers, Del Moore, Neil Hamilton, Buddy Lester, Nancy Kulp, Lloyd Thaxton, Norman Alden, Jack Albertson, Henry Slate, Gavin Gordon, Ned Wynn, Rhonda Fleming, Phil Foster, Hedda Hopper, George Raft, The Four Step Brothers (Al Williams, Maceo Anderson, Edward Bozeman, Rufus McDonald), Mel Tormé, Ed Wynn, Clyde Adler, Murray Alper, Phil Arnold, Richard Bakalyan, Billy Beck, Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Robert Cafrson, Chick Chandler, Harry Cheshire, Robert Christian, Adele Claire, Jerome Cowan, Lorinne Crawford, Michael Crockett, Bob Denner, Fay DeWitt, Jerry Dexter, Jerry Dunphy, Isabelle Dwan, William Enge, Herbie Faye, Fritz Feld, Joe Finnegan, Nancy Patricia Fisher, Kathleen Freeman, Marianne Gaba, John Gallaudet, Richard Gehman, Bob Harvey, Jerry Hausner, Robert Ivers, Bobby Johnson, Joey Johnson, Byron Kane, Norman Leavitt, Gary Lewis, Bill Leyden, David Lipp, Darlene Lucht, John Macchia, Marlene Maddox, Mike Mahoney, John Marlowe, Dee Jay Mattis, Bob May, Peggy Mondo, Mantan Moreland, Hollis Morrison, Terry Naylor, Quinn O’Hara, Barbara Pepper, Sherwood Price, Joanne C. Quakenbush, Bill Richmond, Sheila Rogers, Edmundo Ros, Michael Ross, Benny Rubin, Eddie Ryder, Ernest Schworck, Vernon Scott, June Smaney, Mabel Smaney, Walter Smith, Harry Spear, Anthony Spinelli, Joe Stabil, Ed Sullivan, Joan Swift, William Wellman Jr., Edward C. Widdis, Dave Willock

Synopsis: When a star comedian dies, his comedy team, decides to train a nobody to fill the shoes of the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man they choose, bellboy Stanley Belt, cant do anything right. The big TV show is getting closer, and Stanley gets worse all the time.

Release Date: July 8, 1964 (USA) | Length: 101 min | Genre: Comedy | Certificate: Approved

Note: I didn’t find an image for William Enge or Joey Johnson. They play one of the barbershop porters but I wasn’t able to tell which one and they had no other movie roles. IMDB credits Joey Johnson as being in the movie “??” but it’s not the same person. Mantan Moreland only has a walk on part but no speaking lines as one of the barbershop porters. Scatman Crothers has a larger part (also as a barbershop porter) but no speaking lines.