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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:1
Rotten:2
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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: George Lester (Jerry Lewis), an American in England, schemes to get-rich-quick by renting out his English wife's ancestral manor as a discotheque. When he has to pay off the damage done to the... George Lester (Jerry Lewis), an American in England, schemes to get-rich-quick by renting out his English wife's ancestral manor as a discotheque. When he has to pay off the damage done to the manor, he gets involved with his friend, Willy Homer (Terry-Thomas), in a plan to sell stolen plans for an electronic oil drill to the Arabs. When he gets to Lisbon with the plans, however, he finds that they are phony. George then decides to stop looking for fast money...but not before trying one more elaborate scheme. [More]
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Bates, Colin Gordon, John Bluthal
Director: Jerry Paris
Director: Jerry Paris
Screenwriter: Max Wilk
Producer: Walter Shenson
Composer: David Whitaker
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Reviews for Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
A tame mix of jokes that haven’t stood up over the years and misunderstandings that likely weren’t all that funny to begin with.
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