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Cracking Up is a crazy quilt of sight gags, one-liners, caricatures, slapstick and quirky vocal mannerisms. In short, it's marvelous mayhem of the kind which has gained Jerry Lewis admirers the world over. Lewis plays a hapless misfit who seeks psychiatric help after bumbling a suicide attempt. His shrink sessions reveal a flashback history about a klutzy childhood and a family history of ineptitude, affording Lewis to play a smorgasbord of roles, including a 6-year-old boy, a 15th-century coachman, a good-ol'-boy sheriff and a bearded guru. The wackiness soars to new heights when our nutcase patient takes a transcontinental flight on the cheapest airline he can find. But there's no scrimping on the laughter.
Original Release
04/13/1983
US Release
04/22/1983
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jerry Lewis | Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter |
Milton Berle | Ms. Sultry |
Sammy Davis Jr. | Himself / Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Herb Edelman | Dr. Jonas Pletchick |
Foster Brooks | The Pilot |
Zane Buzby | Waitress / Valet / Woman in Line |
Dick Butkus | Anti-Smoking Enforcer |
Francine York | Marie Du Bois |
John Abbott | Surgeon |
Bill Richmond |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jerry Lewis | Warren Nefron / Dr. Perks / Gangster / Speed Armeter |
Milton Berle | Ms. Sultry |
Sammy Davis Jr. | Himself / Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Herb Edelman | Dr. Jonas Pletchick |
Foster Brooks | The Pilot |
Zane Buzby | Waitress / Valet / Woman in Line |
Dick Butkus | Anti-Smoking Enforcer |
Francine York | Marie Du Bois |
John Abbott | Surgeon |
Bill Richmond | |
Donna Ponterotto | Stewardess |
Robin Bach | |
Buddy Lester | Passenger |
Paul Lambert | Joe - Carpet Installer |
Ben Davidson | Big Bearded Plane Passenger |
Tori Lysdahl | Warren's Date |
Herbert Wiere | (as Herbie Wiere) |
Linda Hoy | Nurse |
Phil Rubenstein | Airport Security Guard |
Dale Ishimoto | Japanese Mechanic |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mickey Blowitz | Producer |
Scott Lewis | Producer |
Neil T. Maffeo | Producer |
Peter Nelson | Producer |
Arnold H. Orgolini | Producer |