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Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
Frank J. Scannell
- Milton M. Mealy
- (as Frank Scannell)
Frank Alesia
- Intern
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaIn the travel agency's window is a sign that reads, "TWA movie-in-flight: Jerry Lewis in 'The Disorderly Orderly'".
- GoofsWhen Jerome and Julie go out to dinner for spaghetti, he has a plate and she does not. When he finishes twirling the spaghetti into a big pile, her plate "magically" appears.
- Quotes
Dr. Jean Howard: Can you drive an ambulance?
Nurse Higgins: In the Army I drove a tank.
Dr. Jean Howard: Come on, let's go!
- ConnectionsFeatured in North (1994)
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This is the kind of movie most Lewis fans cite when talking about his best.
And why not? "The Disorderly Orderly" pairs Lewis with a good director (Tashlin), apt foils (especially Freeman), supremely funny moments (check out his "sympathy pains") and just the right amount of bathos in spots to give his character not just a clown but a good-hearted, hard-working, sympathetic clown.
And as most come to expect with this kind of movie, slapstick is the prevalent language throughout and if you don't speak it, you won't understand it here. I do, and I did.
See, and they said he wouldn't make it without Dean.
Eight stars. Classic slapstick carnage with a classic slapstick idol.
And why not? "The Disorderly Orderly" pairs Lewis with a good director (Tashlin), apt foils (especially Freeman), supremely funny moments (check out his "sympathy pains") and just the right amount of bathos in spots to give his character not just a clown but a good-hearted, hard-working, sympathetic clown.
And as most come to expect with this kind of movie, slapstick is the prevalent language throughout and if you don't speak it, you won't understand it here. I do, and I did.
See, and they said he wouldn't make it without Dean.
Eight stars. Classic slapstick carnage with a classic slapstick idol.
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- Also known as
- Zaljubljeni bolnicar
- Filming locations
- Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(Whitestone Sanitarium and Hospital)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Disorderly Orderly (1964) officially released in India in English?
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