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The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent

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

6.4(34 votes)
1957
1h 41m
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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Companies:
York Pictures Corporation
Paramount Pictures

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

Reviews

talisencrw

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 comedians of his time more space to strut his stuff. I'm glad I took the time and effort to check his comedies out. Happy 90th, Jerry Lewis! =)

7/19/2016

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