The Sad Sack (1957)
The Lovable Laughable GI Goof!
98 min
Private Meredith Bixby 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, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley 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 is THE girl for him.
- Release date
- November 27, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jerry Lewis as Private Meredith C. Bixby
- Phyllis Kirk as Maj. Shelton
- David Wayne as Corporal Larry Dolan
- Peter Lorre as Abdul
- Joe Mantell as Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky
- Gene Evans as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley
- George Dolenz as Ali Mustapha
- Liliane Montevecchi as Zita
- Shepperd Strudwick as Major General Vanderlip
- Abraham Sofaer as Hassim
Crew
- George Marshall · Director
- Edmund Beloin · Writer
- Nate Monaster · Writer
- George Baker · Writer
- Hal B. Wallis · Producer
- Walter Scharf · Composer
- Loyal Griggs · Cinematographer
- Archie Marshek · Editor
- Edward R. Morse · Casting director