
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.
Cast

Jerry Lewis
Private Meredith C. Bixby

David Wayne
Corporal Larry Dolan

Phyllis Kirk
Maj. Shelton

Peter Lorre
Abdul

Joe Mantell
Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky

Gene Evans
Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley

George Dolenz
Ali Mustapha

Liliane Montevecchi
Zita

Shepperd Strudwick
Major General Vanderlip

Abraham Sofaer
Hassim

Mary Treen
Sgt. Hansen

Marilyn Hanold
Sexy Female
Crew

George Marshall
Director
Edmund Beloin
Screenplay
Nate Monaster
Screenplay
Archie Marshek
Editor
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer
Edward R. Morse
Casting

Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Jim Miller
Sound Recordist
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects

Walter Scharf
Original Music Composer

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Charles Morton
Script Supervisor
Charles O'Curran
Choreographer
George Baker
Characters
Andrew J. Durkus
Unit Production Manager
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
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