The Bellboy( 1960)

TV-MAComedy

63%

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It's a Series of Silly Sequences and One of Jerry's All-Time Great Comedy Performances!

Overview

Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can go wrong, does go wrong when Stanley is involved. One day, Jerry Lewis arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblance.

Top Billed Cast

Jerry Lewis
Stanley / Jerry Lewis
Alex Gerry
Mr. Novak
Bob Clayton
Bob
Sonnie Sands
Sonnie
Eddie Shaeffer
Eddie
Herkie Styles
Herkie
David Landfield
David
Bill Richmond
Stan Laurel
Larry Best
Apple Man
Cary Middlecoff
Cary Middlecoff
Art Terry
Art Terry
Frankie Carr
Frankie Carr
Joe Mayer
Joe Mayer
Stanley Allan
Hotel Guest
Duke Art Jr.
Bellboy
Eddie Barton
Doorman
Murray Barton
Murray
Howard Brooks
Ricki Dunn
Hotel Guest
Jack Durant
Fedinand Manville
Jimmy Gerard
Man Fighting With Wife
Matilda Gerard
Woman Fighting With Husband
Paul Gerson
Gin Player
Paul Gray
Paul
H. S. Gump
Gangster
Jack Henkins
Hotel Guest
Elise Jayne
Miss Winkley
Dick Lynn
Desk Clerk
Pat Mack
Thin Mrs. Hartung
John G. Morgan
Hotel Guest
Larry K. Nixon
Bell Captain Telling About Union Meeting
B.S. Pully
Steve
Guy Rennie
Mr. Carter
Maxie Rosenbloom
Maxie
Benny Ross
Hotel Guest
Joe E. Ross
Joey
Frankie Scott
Hotel Guest
Roy Sedley
Mr. Sedley
Sammy Shore
Hotel Guest
Sarah Smith
Fat Mrs. Hartung
Art Stanley
Bell Captain
Hal Winters
Hal
Mike Zetz
Gangster Bodyguard
Milton Berle
Milton Berle (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Jack Kruschen
Jack E Mulcher (uncredited)
Del Moore
Golf Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Anne G. Sterling
Woman in Hotel (uncredited)
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell (uncredited)
Bobby Byron
Texan

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A review by talisencrw

Written by talisencrw on Sun Feb 14 2016

Though it has no story or plot, I greatly enjoyed The Bellboy, basically a series of scenes in which he doesn't speak but gets progressively in deeper trouble in his bellboy position. I wish more comedies, especially by cast members of SNL or SCTV, would take this approach--I think they'd be more successful. When it comes to Jerry Lewis, my thoughts are almost like the French in considering him a genius. I love his experimental nature behind the camera. I think at times he can be just as intelligent as Godard but with the audacity or balls to be his own muse rather than try and find an alter eg...