Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
1h 25m
Running Time
February 4, 1960Release Date
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
1h 25m
Running Time
February 4, 1960Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jerry Lewis
Kreton
Joan Blackman
Ellen Spelding
Earl Holliman
Conrad
Fred Clark
Maj. Roger Putnam Spelding
John Williams
Delton
Jerome Cowan
George Abercrombie
Gale Gordon
Bob Mayberry
Lee Patrick
Rheba Spelding
Milton Frome
Police Commissioner
Paul Smith
Delton’s Assistant
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Norman Taurog
Director
Paul Wexler
Beatnik
Edmund Beloin
Writer
Henry Garson
Writer
Gore Vidal
Writer
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer
Leigh Harline
Composer
Loyal Griggs
Cinematographer
Frank Bracht
Editor
Robert McCrellis
Props
Ralph Axness
Assistant Director
Jack Mintz
Dialogue Coach
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 4, 1960
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
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.
Visit to a Small Planet debuted as an original television production by Gore Vidal, then was reworked by Vidal as a Broadway play starring Cyril Ritchard and Eddie Mayehoff.
The film was released on February 4, 1960. It was re-released in 1966 on a double bill with another Jerry Lewis film, The Bellboy.