Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
The space race is on and Jerry's leading it... In reverse!
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
- Date of release
- 1960-02-04
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction, Family
- Director
- Norman Taurog
Casting
- Jerry Lewis — Kreton
- Joan Blackman — Ellen Spelding
- Earl Holliman — Conrad
- Fred Clark — Major Roger Putnam Spelding
- John Williams — Delton
- Jerome Cowan — George Abercrombie
- Gale Gordon — Bob Mayberry
- Lee Patrick — Rheba Spelding
- Milton Frome — Police Commissioner
- Ellen Corby — Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
- Paul Smith — Delton’s Assistant
- Paul Wexler — Beatnik
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 American black-and-white science fiction comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, and Fred Clark. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was produced by Hal B. Wallis.
Production
Visit to a Small Planet was filmed from April 28 through July 3, 1959.
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