Genre:
Comedy

Synopsis:
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.
(from IMDb.com)

Casts:
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

Runtime:
98 min

Based on the comic strip:
"The Sad Sack" created by George Baker

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