| Release Date: | Feb 1960 |
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| Genre: | Comedy / Sci-Fi |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Cast: | Jerry Lewis (Kreton), Joan Blackman (Ellen Spelding), Earl Holliman (Conrad), Fred Clark (Major Roger Putnam Spelding), John Williams (Delton), Jerome Cowan (George Abercrombie), Gale Gordon (Bob Mayberry), Lee Patrick (Rheba Spelding), Milton Frome (Police Commissioner), Ellen Corby (Mrs. Mabel Mayberry), Barbara Lawson (Beatnik Dancer Desdemona), Don Bagley (Bassist (uncredited)), Gene Collins (Beatnik (uncredited)), Jack Costanzo (Percussionist (uncredited)), John Dennis (Waiter (uncredited)), Beach Dickerson (Beatnik (uncredited)), John Diggs (General (uncredited)), Dominic Fidelibus (Beatnik (uncredited)), June Foray (Clementine (voice) (uncredited)), Louise Glenn (Beatnik (uncredited)), Bob Harvey (Beatnik (uncredited)), David Landfield (Beatnik (uncredited)), Richard Lane (Superbo Television Spokesman...), Hugh Langtry (Beatnik (uncredited)), Karl Lukas (Policeman (uncredited)), Titus Moede (Beatnik (uncredited)), Max Power (Truck Driver (uncredited)), Rhubarb (Clementine (uncredited)), Buddy Rich (Drummer (uncredited)), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Melnick (uncredited)), Michael Ross (Traffic Cop (uncredited)), Mark Russell (Waiter (uncredited)), Skippy (Rags (uncredited)), Paul Smith (Delton's Assistant (uncredited)), Frank Socolow (Sax Player (uncredited)), Joe Turkel (Malcolm (uncredited)), Charles Ward (Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)), Paul Wexler (Beatnik (uncredited)) |
Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.