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The Joker Is Wild (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
126 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Charles Vidor

Written By:
Oscar Saul
Art Cohn

Actors:
Frank Sinatra ..... Joe E. Lewis
Mitzi Gaynor ..... Martha Stewart
Jeanne Crain ..... Letty Page
Eddie Albert ..... Austin Mack
Beverly Garland ..... Cassie Mack
Jackie Coogan ..... Swifty Morgan
Barry Kelley ..... Captain Hugh McCarthy
Ted de Corsia ..... Georgie Parker
Leonard Graves ..... Tim Coogan
Valerie Allen ..... Flora - Chorine
Hank Henry ..... Burlesque Comedian
Sophie Tucker ..... Sophie Tucker
Ned Glass ..... Johnson (unconfirmed)

Synopsis:

Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra) has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker (Ted de Corsia). A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano player, Austin Mack (Eddie Albert), who helps turn the former singer into a successful stand-up comedian. But Joe's demons plague his romantic life even as he reaches new heights of success.

Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt, though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his buddy's failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems, though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they also work to wreak havoc in his personal life.

Frank Sinatra plays the troubled 1920s-era Chicago nightclub singer and comic Joe E. Lewis in this tuneful biopic. Joe's career as a singer is going fine until he derails it all by politely refusing to do a gig at a rival club. Unfortunately, that club is run by Al Capone.

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