Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

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Dreamer George Lester (Jerry Lewis) continually focuses on outrageous ways to make cash, and his fed-up wife, Pamela (Jacqueline Pearce), finally decides to leave him. To impress her, he converts their home into a swinging dance club -- but she is mortified when she returns. Undeterred, George enlists his grifter buddy H. William Homer (Terry-Thomas) and concocts a bizarre moneymaking plan that involves secret blueprints, international espionage and crooked dentist Dr. Pinto (John Bluthal).
  • Rating:
    G
  • Genre:
    comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Jerry Paris
  • Producer:
    Walter Shenson
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  • Production Co:
    Columbia Pictures Corporation, Walter Shenson Productions

Cast

Jerry Lewis
as George Lester
Terry-Thomas
as H. William Homer
Jacqueline Pearce
as Pamela Lester
Bernard Cribbins
as Fred Davies
Patricia Routledge
as Lucille Beatty
Nicholas Parsons
as Dudley Heath
Michael Bates
as Dr. Spink
Colin Gordon
as Mr. Hartford
John Bluthal
as Dr. Pinto
Sandra Caron
as Pinto's Nurse
Margaret Nolan
as Spink's Nurse
Pippa Benedict
as Fern Averback
Harold Goodwin
as Six-Eyes Wiener
Richard Montez
as Arab
Henry Soskin
as Bearded Arab
Al Mancini
as Portuguese Chauffeur
John Moore (III)
as Digby
John Barrard
as Zebra Man
Robbie Lee
as Bruce
Francisca Tu
as Chinese Telephonist
Colin Douglas
as Barman
Alexandra Dane
as Masseuse
Nike Arrighi
as Portuguese Waitress
Tatsuo Susuki
as Judo Man
Christine Pryor
as Manicurist
Molly Peters
as Heath's Secretary
Jerry Paris
as Baseball Umpire
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