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Release Date: 1964 Cast: Glenda Farrell, John Macchia, Jerry Lewis, Benny Rubin, William Wellman Jr., Jack E. Leonard, Susan Oliver, Alice Pearce, Barbara Nichols, Milton Frome, Del Moore, Michael Ross ...MORE
Cast: Glenda Farrell, John Macchia, Jerry Lewis, Benny Rubin, William Wellman Jr., Jack E. Leonard, Susan Oliver, Alice Pearce, Barbara Nichols, Milton Frome, Del Moore, Michael Ross, Everett Sloane, Kathleen Freeman, Danny Costello ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Comedy, Comedy of Errors, Slapstick The Disorderly Orderly is a 1964 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was produced by Paul Jones with a screenplay by director Frank Tashlin, based on a story by Norm Liebermann and Ed Haas.
Jerome Littlefield (Lewis) is an orderly at the Whitestone Sanatorium and Hospital who suffers from "neurotic identification empathy" -- a psychosomatic problem that causes him to suffer the symptoms of others and interferes with his ability to function effectively on the job. His unwitting propensity for slapstick-style mayhem sorely tries the... MORE
The Disorderly Orderly is a 1964 American comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film was produced by Paul Jones with a screenplay by director Frank Tashlin, based on a story by Norm Liebermann and Ed Haas.
Jerome Littlefield (Lewis) is an orderly at the Whitestone Sanatorium and Hospital who suffers from "neurotic identification empathy" -- a psychosomatic problem that causes him to suffer the symptoms of others and interferes with his ability to function effectively on the job. His unwitting propensity for slapstick-style mayhem sorely tries the patience of Dr. Howard (Glenda Farrell) and Nurse Higgins (Kathleen Freeman).
When his high school crush Susan Andrews (Susan Oliver) is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt, Jerome gradually comes to the realization that his problem is a result of his years-long obsession with her. While he fails to establish a romantic relationship with Susan, he does lift her spirits, thus banishing any thought of suicide and giving her the will to live.
A runaway gurney is chased by several ambulances and causes the destruction of ceiling-high canned goods displays in a grocery store. Littlefield is cured LESS
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