The Ladies Man, The Ladies Man

Jerry Lewis

United States, 1961, Black and white, 95’

A festival, so I find out, is also made of films that can’t be shown (rights, agents, unavailable prints…). As for the acrobats, this is not the Jerry Lewis I had in mind but other surprising links are formed and it’s so much better. For example, I can perfectly picture Herbert H. Heebert (the character Jerry plays and who gives up on love because it’s too painful, who will undertake a journey through his fears, his avoidance of women) belonging to the men from Los que desean (Those who desire)…

(M. A.)

Jerry Lewis Mathieu Amalric

Technical sheet

  • Original version:
    english
  • Subtitles:
    french
  • Script:
    Don McGuire
  • Photography:
    W. Wallace Kelley
  • Music:
    Walter Scharf
  • Editing:
    Stanley E. Johnson
  • Casting:
    Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman, George Raft, Harry James, Jack Kruschen, Alex Gerry, Mary LaRoche, Hope Holiday, Lynn Ross, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer, Pat Stanley, Buddy Lester, Gloria Jean
  • Production:
    Paramount Pictures.