
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.
Cast

Dean Martin
Rick Todd

Jerry Lewis
Eugene Fullstack

Shirley MacLaine
Bessie Sparrowbush

Dorothy Malone
Abigail Parker

Eddie Mayehoff
Mr. Murdock

Eva Gabor
Sonia / Mrs. Curtis

Anita Ekberg
Anita

George Winslow
Richard Stilton

Jack Elam
Ivan

Herbert Rudley
Secret Service Chief Samuels

Richard Shannon
Secret Service Chief Rogers

Richard Webb
Secret Service Chief Peters
Alan Lee
Otto

Otto Waldis
Kurt

Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth
Fat Lady (uncredited)

Sara Berner
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)

Art Baker
TV Commentator (uncredited)

Steven Geray
Kurt's Associate (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Mr. Kelly (uncredited)

Ralph Dumke
Mr. Trimm (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Police Officer (uncredited)

Charles Evans
General Traynor (uncredited)

Carleton Young
Colonel Drury (uncredited)

Ann McCrea
Janet (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Masseuse (uncredited)

Larri Thomas
Masseuse (uncredited)

Dale Hartleben
Vulture Boy (uncredited)
Mickey Little
Vulture Boy (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow
Zuba Girl (uncredited)
Sue Carlton
Office Clerk (uncredited)
Max Power
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Frances Lansing
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Don Corey
Man at Telescope (uncredited)
Frank Carter
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Rudy Makoul
Announcer (uncredited)
Mara Lynn
Dancer (uncredited)
Charlotte Lander
Dancer (uncredited)
Shirley Falls
Dancer (uncredited)
Jean Heidy
Dancer (uncredited)
Jane Adrian
Dancer (uncredited)
Audrey Saunders
Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Furst
Dancer (uncredited)
Edna Ryan
Dancer (uncredited)
Marcella Becker
Dancer (uncredited)

Susan Brown
Dancer (uncredited)

Georgia Holt
Model (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Stork Club Patron (uncredited)
George Ford
Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Tommy Summers
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Crew

Frank Tashlin
Director, Screenplay

Don McGuire
Adaptation

Hal Kanter
Screenplay

Herbert Baker
Screenplay
Warren Low
Editor

Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
James Engle
Second Assistant Director
Richard Caffey
Second Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer, Casting
Jack Saper
Producer's Assistant
Buzz Boggs
Camera Operator
Frank Dugas
Assistant Camera
Edward R. Morse
Casting

Edith Head
Costume Design
Ed Fitzharris
Wardrobe Designer
Dean Cole
Hairstylist
Harry Ray
Makeup Artist
Joe Stinton
Makeup Artist

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects

Walter Scharf
Music Arranger, Conductor

Harry Warren
Songs
Jack Brooks
Lyricist
Rudy Makoul
Dialogue Coach

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Arthur Krams
Set Decoration
Bill Avery
Still Photographer
Marvin Weldon
Script Supervisor
Charles O'Curran
Choreographer
Neil Wheeler
Property Master
Stanley Williams
Gaffer
Frank Caffey
Production Manager
Hugh Brown
Assistant Production Manager
Michael Davidson
Theatre Play
Norman Lessing
Theatre Play
Tambi Larsen
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Norman Luboff
Vocals
Richard Mueller
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