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    Stooge, The (1951)

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    Bill Miller (Dean Martin) is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his agent Leo Lyman, (Eddie Mayehoff), convinces him to enhance his singing/accordion act with a stooge – ex stock room boy Ted Rogers (Jerry Lewis) – positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill’s jokes.

    But Ted begins to steal the show and his girlfriend, Genevieve ‘Frecklehead’ Tait, (Marion Marshall), Leo, and even Bill’s wife Mary, (Polly Bergen) tell Bill to make Ted an equal partner.

    Bill’s failure to realise that he is actually part of a successful double act finally threatens to alienate everyone close to him and even end his marriage.

    Though filmed in 1951, The Stooge was not released until 1953 due to its dramatic theme which made studio execs nervous.

    Bill Miller
    Dean Martin
    Theodore ‘Ted’ Rogers
    Jerry Lewis
    Mary Turner Miller
    Polly Bergen
    Genevieve ‘Frecklehead’ Tait
    Marion Marshall
    Leo Lyman
    Eddie Mayehoff
    Ben Bailey
    Richard Erdman
    Mrs Rogers
    Frances Bavier
    Sam Heinz
    Danny Davenport
    Mr Sutherland
    Charles Evans
    Tommy
    Tommy Farrell
    Mr Winston
    Don Haggerty
    Al Borden
    Jerry Hausner
    Sam Robertson
    Percy Helton
    Pops
    Nolan Leary
    Frank Darling
    Freeman Lusk
    Mr Dusick
    Eddie Parks
    Ms Regan
    Mary Treen

    Director
    Norman Taurog

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