1h 35min | Comedy, Musical | 20 December 1956 | Color, WS
Director: Frank Tashlin
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Pat Crowley, Maxie Rosenbloom, Anita Ekberg.
Charles O'Curran ... musical numbers creator and stager
Watched online, ok print.
The last film pairing M&L.
5 songs in the Soundtracks, with no performers indicated.
DM tries to cheat JL out of the car he won, but is thwarted by JL's Great Dane, the woman whose car they destroy, and his own conscience.
This is an ok story, not too complicated or overly contrived. The dog seems to reduce JL's antics. DM sings with great warble, wooing PC.
The very last image of the film is the two of them, M&L, walking straight into the camera, both faces very close up. I wonder if the public knew this was their last project. They stopped doing TV in '55. I certainly would not have guessed they were feuding from watching any of their films.
Hal Wallis Prod., distr. Paramount, dir. Tashlin; 6+
