Artisti e modelle (1955)
Rick (Dean Martin), pittore in cerca di fortuna, convive assieme a Eugene (Jerry Lewis), aspirante scrittore di libri per infanzia e assiduo lettore di fumetti dell'orrore che gli procurano rumorosi incubi notturni. Una sera incontrano due loro vicine di casa, una delle quali assomiglia all'eroina di uno dei fumetti preferiti da Eugene, la sexy "Donna Vampiro" (Bat Lady nell'originale). Le due vicine si rivelano essere proprio le disegnatrici del fumetto preferito da Lewis e la modella presa come riferimento per la creazione del personaggio. Abigail Parker (Dorothy Malone) lavora infatti per le edizioni Murdoch e Bessie Sparrowbush (Shirley MacLaine), che è la segretaria del signor Murdock editore del fumetto, si prende una cotta per Eugene, che inizialmente la respinge non sapendo che in realtà è "Bat Lady".
Direttore:
Frank Tashlin
Scrittori:
Hal Kanter, Herbert Baker, Frank Tashlin.
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Dean Martin as Rick Todd |
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Jerry Lewis as Eugene Fullstack |
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Shirley MacLaine as Bessie Sparrowbush |
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Dorothy Malone as Abigail Parker |
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Eddie Mayehoff as Mr. Murdock |
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Eva Gabor as Sonia / Mrs. Curtis |
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Anita Ekberg as Anita |
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George Winslow as Richard Stilton |
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Jack Elam as Ivan |
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Herbert Rudley as Secret Service Chief Samuels |
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Richard Shannon as Secret Service Chief Rogers |
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Richard Webb as Secret Service Chief Peters |
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Alan Lee as Otto |
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Otto Waldis as Kurt |
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Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited) |
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Martha Wentworth as Fat Lady (uncredited) |
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Sara Berner as Mrs. Stilton (uncredited) |
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Art Baker as TV Commentator (uncredited) |
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Steven Geray as Kurt's Associate (uncredited) |
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Emory Parnell as Mr. Kelly (uncredited) |
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Ralph Dumke as Mr. Trimm (uncredited) |
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Clancy Cooper as Police Officer (uncredited) |
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Charles Evans as General Traynor (uncredited) |
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Carleton Young as Colonel Drury (uncredited) |
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Ann McCrea as Janet (uncredited) |
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Glen Walters as Masseuse (uncredited) |
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Larri Thomas as Masseuse (uncredited) |
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Dale Hartleben as Vulture Boy (uncredited) |
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Mickey Little as Vulture Boy (uncredited) |
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Patricia Morrow as Zuba Girl (uncredited) |
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Sue Carlton as Office Clerk (uncredited) |
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Max Power as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Frances Lansing as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) |
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Don Corey as Man at Telescope (uncredited) |
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Frank Carter as Stage Manager (uncredited) |
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Rudy Makoul as Announcer (uncredited) |
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Mara Lynn as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Charlotte Lander as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Shirley Falls as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Jean Heidy as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Jane Adrian as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Audrey Saunders as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Esther Furst as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Edna Ryan as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Marcella Becker as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Susan Brown as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Georgia Holt as Model (uncredited) |
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Jack Deery as Stork Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Tom Ferrandini as Fashion Show Spectator (uncredited) |
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Charles Fogel as Stork Club Patron (uncredited) |
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George Ford as Spectator on Sidewalk (uncredited) |
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Tommy Summers as Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
| Camera | Richard Mueller | Other |
| Sound | Norman Luboff | Vocals |
| Sound | Walter Scharf | Music Arranger |
| Camera | Bill Avery | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Walter Scharf | Conductor |
| Directing | James Engle | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Frank Dugas | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Richard Caffey | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Charles O'Curran | Choreographer |
| Camera | Buzz Boggs | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Edward R. Morse | Casting |
| Art | Neil Wheeler | Property Master |
| Production | Jack Saper | Producer's Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Ray | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Frank Caffey | Production Manager |
| Production | Paul Nathan | Casting |
| Lighting | Stanley Williams | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Stinton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Hugh Brown | Assistant Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dean Cole | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Frank Tashlin | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Fitzharris | Wardrobe Designer |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Art | Tambi Larsen | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Arthur Krams | Set Decoration |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Crew | Rudy Makoul | Dialogue Coach |
| Sound | Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gene Garvin | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Hal Kanter | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Writing | Herbert Baker | Screenplay |
| Sound | Harry Warren | Songs |
| Writing | Michael Davidson | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jack Brooks | Lyricist |
| Production | Paul Nathan | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Don McGuire | Adaptation |
| Writing | Norman Lessing | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Frank Tashlin | Screenplay |
| Editing | Warren Low | Editor |