The Sad Sack

The regiment idiot ( Original title: The Sad Sack ) is an American comedy film directed by George Marshall in 1957 The screenplay is based on the cartoon The Sad Sack by George Baker, an army comic strip, in the United States very much in the 1950s. was popular. The premiere took place in Germany on September 19, 1958.

Action

Despite a training of 17 months Meredith Bixby can not cope with the demands of the military. The only thing he can really well is to remember things, because he has a photographic memory. The psychologist Major Shelton is instructed to make the shooter Bixby to a model soldier. But she asks him to help two comrades to the side, Dolan and Wenaslawsky.

Soon the three soldiers are recalled to a base in Morocco. Bixby is to engage in espionage activities due to his talent. When the three one evening go to a bar to get drunk Bixby accidentally, because he keeps the drink for a malt beverage and ascribes this all the more. He learns the seductive Zita and falls into it. However, you rejects him and frustrated Bixby flees into the desert. There he is kidnapped by Arab rebels. His guard Abdul forced him to put together a stolen gun. Bixby wins because he has seen it before, how the assembly works. So he calls it simply from out of his memory. But Bixby can, with Zita's help, thwart the plans of the rebels. He is rescued by his comrades, who had three awarded the Medal of Honor.

Reviews

" Military dud with grotesque situation comedy that Jerry Lewis as an American version of the " good soldier Schweijk " presents. "

Background

The film of the Paramount Pictures is the second of Jerry Lewis after his separation from Dean Martin. He played in the United States about 3.5 million U.S. dollars. The Morocco - scenes were filmed in the Arizona desert and on the Vincent Air Force Base in Yuma.

For co-author Nate Monastero, it was the first time that he wrote a screenplay for a feature film. The actor Michael Ansara is to be seen in a non -mentioned uncredited small role as Moki.

For the interior of the film, the Oscar-winner John B. Goodman and Hal Pereira as Art Director and Sam Comer and Ray Moyer were responsible as set decorators. The costumes were made by the eight -time Oscar winner Edith Head, the special effects were monitored by the Oscar-winning John P. Fulton. Farciot Edouard, who won several special Oscars next two regular Oscars, worked with as a camera technician.

The title song of the film was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach.

The German synchronous processing made ​​in 1958 Berliner Synchron GmbH. The dialog book authored Fritz A. Koeniger, synchronous directed by CW castle. For Jerry Lewis said Horst Gentzen, for David Wayne took Wolfgang Kieling the dubbing voice, and Peter Lorre was spoken by Alfred Balthoff.

1957 in film George Marshall (director) Hal B. Wallis Film score Walter Scharf Loyal Griggs Yuma (Arizona)
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