The Delicate Delinquent

Release Date: 1957-06-06

Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (34 votes)

Genres: Comedy

Overview: Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.

Production: York Pictures Corporation, Paramount Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Jerry Lewis

as Sidney L. Pythias

Darren McGavin

as Mike Damon

Martha Hyer

as Martha Henshaw

Robert Ivers

as Monk

Horace McMahon

as Capt. Riley

Richard Bakalyan

as Artie

📝 User Reviews

talisencrw

⭐ 8/10

Jul 19, 2016

With all of the American turmoil recently about police brutality, I thought watching this, Jerry Lewis' first solo venture after his misadventures with Dean Martin, would be an interesting experience. It was both touching, showing an older police officer showing compassion and trying to connect with a troubled but promising adolescent and help him out in life, and funny, giving one of the finest comedians of his time more space to strut his stuff. I'm glad I took the time and effort to check his comedies out. Happy 90th, Jerry Lewis! =)

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