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.
Acting
Jerry Lewis at peak physical comedy, surprisingly vulnerable.
Direction
Frank Tashlin's cartoon-inspired visual gags.
Production
1950s Hollywood Japan: gorgeous, problematic, fascinating.
Director
Frank Tashlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Jerry Lewis's favorite of his own films. He fought the studio to keep the emotional ending instead of a pure comedy closer.
Sessue Hayakawa was a 1920s silent film heartthrob who returned from France after WWII blacklisted by Hollywood; this was his comeback.
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