The Delicate Delinquent

1957 101 min ★ 6.4 Comedy

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.

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Cast

Jerry Lewis

Sidney L. Pythias

Darren McGavin

Mike Damon

Martha Hyer

Martha Henshaw

Robert Ivers

Monk

Horace McMahon

Capt. Riley

Richard Bakalyan

Artie

Joe Corey

Harry

Mary Webster

Patricia

Milton Frome

Mr. Herman

Jefferson Dudley Searles

Mr. Crow (as Jefferson Searles)

Details

Director

Don McGuire

Tagline

"JERRY LEWIS makes that blackboard jungle jump for joy. He's funnier than ever..."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

York Pictures Corporation

Reviews

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talisencrw

July 19, 2016

★ 8/10

With all of the American turmoil recently about police brutality, I thought watching this, Jerry Lewis' first solo venture after his misadventures with Dean Martin, would be an interesting experience. It was both touching, showing an older police officer showing compassion and trying to connect with a troubled but promising adolescent and help him out in life, and funny, giving one of the finest c...