The Sad Sack (1957) DVD-R

Starring Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre, Joe Mantell, Gene Evans, Bobby
Darin
Directed by George Marshall

Print: black/white
Runtime: 98 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Private Meredith Bixby (Jerry Lewis) 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 (Phyllis Kirk), a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She
requests Corporal Dolan (David Wayne) and Private Stan Wensalawsky (Joe Mantell)to help
with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance"
leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley (Gene Evans) 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 (Liliane
Montevecchi) is THE girl for him. To protect him, Dolan tells him some lies about Zita, and
Bixby, in despair, joins the Suicide Division of the Foreign Legion. He is kidnapped by a band
of Arabian plotters and, guarded by the knife-happy Abdul(Peter Lorre), is ordered to
assemble a stolen American cannon. Zita learns of his plight and gets Dolan and Stan to join
her in a rescue mission. Look for Bobby Darin as an extra.