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
