The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack

98 mins | Comedy | Nov. 27, 1957

Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.

The Sad Sack

98 mins | Comedy | Nov. 27, 1957

The Sad Sack
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount, Hal Wallis Productions
Original title The Sad Sack
Directors Charles Morton, Charles C. Coleman, George Marshall
Writers George Baker, Edmund Beloin, Nate Monaster

Cast

Jerry Lewis

as Private Meredith C. Bixby

David Wayne

as Corporal Larry Dolan

Phyllis Kirk

as Maj. Shelton

Peter Lorre

as Abdul

Joe Mantell

as Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky

Gene Evans

as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley

George Dolenz

as Ali Mustapha

Shepperd Strudwick

as Major General Vanderlip

Abraham Sofaer

as Hassim

Mary Treen

as Sgt. Hansen

Marilyn Hanold

as Sexy Female