Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
Director:
Norman Taurog
Writers:
Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson.
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Jerry Lewis as Kreton |
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Joan Blackman as Ellen Spelding |
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Earl Holliman as Conrad |
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Fred Clark as Major Roger Putnam Spelding |
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John Williams as Delton |
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Jerome Cowan as George Abercrombie |
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Gale Gordon as Bob Mayberry |
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Lee Patrick as Rheba Spelding |
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Milton Frome as Police Commissioner |
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Ellen Corby as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry |
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Paul Smith as Delton’s Assistant |
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Paul Wexler as Beatnik |
| Writing | Edmund Beloin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Norman Taurog | Director |
| Writing | Henry Garson | Screenplay |
| Camera | Loyal Griggs | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul Nathan | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Robert McCrellis | Props |
| Directing | Ralph Axness | Assistant Director |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
| Writing | Gore Vidal | Theatre Play |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Art | Arthur Krams | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Jack Mintz | Dialogue Coach |
| Sound | Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Walter H. Tyler | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Sound | Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Miriam Nelson | Choreographer |