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Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of that. However, Rick soon finds that those nightmares could be excellent material for writing his own comic books.

Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Shirley MacLaine Dorothy Malone Eddie Mayehoff Eva Gabor Anita Ekberg George Winslow Jack Elam Herbert Rudley Richard Shannon Richard Webb Alan Lee Otto Waldis

109 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • xraycat

    Review by xraycat ★★★½

    I like Shirley MacLaine and I like comic books, so it's impossible not to like this movie. It is barely a musical, as if they thought to add songs at the last minute, but even the songs are loose and irreverent in Tashlin's hands.

  • akiva

    Review by akiva ★★★★★

    Here's the id of mass culture, kicking over cans of corporate paint, accidentally wreaking expressionist havoc. Probably the richest Martin/Lewis pairing -- one whose emphasis on sex-and-creation definitely anticipates Rivette's "Celine and Julie Go Boating" -- even if it lacks anything quite as dumbly delirious as the dog driving the car in "Hollywood or Bust." Extra points for Shirley MacLaine, an inspired and goofy romantic (if that's even the word, where Jerry's involved) foil for Lewis. Even the songs aren't bad.

  • Gregory Hess

    Review by Gregory Hess ★★★★½

    Colors, colors, colors. Tashlin is like a mini-Minnelli. Also: Shirley MacLaine was hot!

  • Dangerous Jamie

    Review by Dangerous Jamie ★★½

    More Martin and Lewis daffy comedy stuff. Not so great, but good enough for me.

  • Brent Paton

    Review by Brent Paton ★★

    Kind of silly.

  • Craig Duffy

    Review by Craig Duffy ★★★½

    Even for a Martin & Lewis picture the plot is a little bit tacked on. And at just under 2 hours it's a bit long. In spite of all that it's still quite a fun little picture. The comedy is funny, the songs are catchy and boy did that Tashlin fella know how to make use of a VistaVision frame. Really makes you realize how silly the comic book scare of the mid 50s really was.

  • Peter Labuza

    Review by Peter Labuza ★★★★

    Madcap comedy propels madcap performances, led by Tashlain's manic visual invention. Lewis is God.

  • Jostein Ask

    Review by Jostein Ask ★★★★

    Handler om romkameratene Rick Todd (Martin) og Eugene Fullstack (Lewis) som er forfatter og kunstner. Rick Todd bruker Eugenes uvanlige og høylytte drømmer til å lage en suksessfull, men også oppsiktvekkende tegneserie.

    Shirley McClaine og Dorothy Malone spiller ”loveinterests” som igjen jobber som modellen Bessie og tegneserieskaperen Abigail. Andre kjente stjerner som dukker opp er Eva Gabor og Anita Ekberg.

    En komedie med musikalske innslag, temmelig vågal med tanke på seksuelle innuendoer men slapp gjennom den strenge sensuren så vidt. Noen scener er lagt til i senere tid på dvdutgivelsen som ikke slapp gjennom i ’55. Noe som gir filmen et mer voksent preg.

    Dean Martin spiller seg selv mer eller mindre som en ”croonende” sjarmør med et veldig dametekke,…