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Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Nobu McCarthy
- Kimi Sikita
- (as Nobu Atsumi McCarthy)
Robert Hirano
- Mitsuo Watanabe
- (as Robert Kazuyoshi Hirano)
Los Angeles Dodgers
- Themselves
- (as The Los Angeles Dodgers)
Murray Alper
- GI in Korea
- (uncredited)
Walter Alston
- Walter Alston - Dodgers Manager
- (uncredited)
Brad Brown
- Military Policeman
- (uncredited)
Stanley Cha
- Japanese Sportswriter
- (uncredited)
Gino Cimoli
- Gino Cimoli - Dodgers Left Fielder
- (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
- GI in Korea
- (uncredited)
Carl Furillo
- Carl Furillo - Dodgers Right Fielder
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJerry Lewis had worked as an usher for Suzanne Pleshette's father Gene Pleshette at the Paramount Theater. When she auditioned, Lewis phoned Gene in disbelief.
- GoofsIn Japan, before entering a communal bath, one is required to shower first so as to be clean when entering the water. When Gilbert and Mitsuo walk up to the entrance door for the bath, both are completely dry. Public baths in Japan are nude, and Gilbert is shown to be wearing a pair of knee-length swim trunks under his robe, while Mitsui is correctly naked.
- Quotes
Gilbert Wooley: Gee that's terrible. 'The Oversexed Major'... Besides soldiers can't be sexy... Not with the food the army gives them to eat.
[laughs uncomfortably]
- Crazy creditsand introducing Harry Hare
- ConnectionsEdited from The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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A few funny sight-gags mixed in with Lewis endlessly calling for his rabbit
Combination slapstick comedy and sentimental tale of East-West friendship has unemployed magician Jerry Lewis signed for a USO tour of the Orient, opening for a glamorous starlet. He manages to get on everybody's bad side by the time their plane lands--except for somewhat-smitten female Army sergeant Suzanne Pleshette (in her debut)--and winds up performing for the troops in Korea (on the battlefield!) and for Japanese children, one of whom wants Jerry for his daddy. Writer-director Frank Tashlin doesn't know when to kill a gag, and Lewis (also the producer) never wants to be off-camera, resulting in funny sequences which soon become belabored and monotonous. Lewis' mischievous pet rabbit (named "Harry!") is used for a constant series of jokes (topped off by the finale), but the occasional hints of possible romance are never expanded upon (Jerry is too busy laying on the paternal syrup with the fatherless boy). Though glossy and colorful, the film's high comedy palls at the 30-minute mark...with an hour left on the clock. ** from ****
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- Geisha Boy
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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