The Sad Sack

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jerry Lewis

Private Meredith C. Bixby

Age : 91 | Popularity : 5%

David Wayne

Corporal Larry Dolan

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Phyllis Kirk

Maj. Shelton

Age : 79 | Popularity : 5%

Peter Lorre

Abdul

Age : N/A | Popularity : 90%

Joe Mantell

Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky

Age : 94 | Popularity : 5%

Gene Evans

Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley

Age : 75 | Popularity : 11%

George Dolenz

Ali Mustapha

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Liliane Montevecchi

Zita

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	George Marshall
	Script Supervisor	Charles Morton
	Assistant Director	Charles C. Coleman
Production	Producer	Hal B. Wallis
	Casting	Edward R. Morse
	Associate Producer	Paul Nathan
	Unit Production Manager	Andrew J. Durkus
Writing	Screenplay	Nate Monaster Edmund Beloin
	Characters	George Baker
Editing	Editor	Archie Marshek
Art	Set Decoration	Ray Moyer Sam Comer
	Art Direction	John B. Goodman Hal Pereira
Camera	Director of Photography	Loyal Griggs
Sound	Original Music Composer	Walter Scharf
	Sound Recordist	Jim Miller Winston H. Leverett Harold Lewis
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Hair Supervisor	Nellie Manley
	Makeup Supervisor	Wally Westmore
Crew	Special Effects	John P. Fulton
	Choreographer	Charles O'Curran
Department	Role	Name

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