
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.
Cast

Jerry Lewis
Stanley Belt

Ina Balin
Ellen Betz

Everett Sloane
Caryl Fergusson

Phil Harris
Chic Wymore

Keenan Wynn
Harry Silver

Peter Lorre
Morgan Heywood

John Carradine
Bruce Alden

Hans Conried
Prof. Mulerr

Quinn O'Hara
Cigarette Girl

Richard Deacon
Sy Devore

Scatman Crothers
Shoeshine Boy

Del Moore
Policeman

Neil Hamilton
The Barber

Buddy Lester
Copa Café MC

Nancy Kulp
Helen, Theatergoer
Lloyd Thaxton
Lloyd

Norman Alden
Bully at the Gym

Jack Albertson
Theatergoer with Helen

Henry Slate
Paul

Gavin Gordon
Executive on Golf Course
Ned Wynn
Band Member

Mantan Moreland
Barber Shop Porter

Dave Willock
Alec (uncredited)

Fritz Feld
Maitre D'

Hedda Hopper
Herself
Joan Swift
Girl (uncredited)

Sherwood Price
Bellboy (uncredited)
Bob May
Fireworks Boy (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
Newsboy (uncredited)
Jerry Dexter
(uncredited)

Fay DeWitt
Woman at Party (uncredited)

Chick Chandler
Hedda Hopper's Escort (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Bowler (uncredited)

Richard Bakalyan
Boy at Spring Hop (uncredited)

Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn

George Raft
George Raft

Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming
Crew

Jerry Lewis
Director, Writer

Bill Richmond
Writer
John Woodcock
Editor
Russel Wiles
Assistant Editor
W. Wallace Kelley
Director of Photography
Ralph Axness
Assistant Director

Ernest D. Glucksman
Producer
Arthur P. Schmidt
Associate Producer
Edward R. Morse
Casting

Edith Head
Costume Design

Sy Devore
Wardrobe Designer
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Howard Beals
Sound Effects Editor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Paul K. Lerpae
Special Effects

David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Paul Haggar
Music Editor
Marvin Weldon
Dialogue Coach

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Dorothy Yutzi
Script Supervisor
William Davidson
Production Manager
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Cary Odell
Art Direction
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