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The Disorderly Orderly ()

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Medical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.
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Jerome Littlefield
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Dr. Jean Howard
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Susan Andrews
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Mr. Tuffington
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Julie Blair
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Nurse Maggie Higgins
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Dr. Davenport
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Mrs. Fuzzibee
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Board Member
John Macchia ...
Orderly
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Fat Jack
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Miss Marlowe
Danny Costello ...
First Ambulance Driver
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First Ambulance Intern
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Waiter
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Milton M. Mealy (as Frank Scannell)
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Title Song Singer (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Alesia ...
Intern (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
Allyson Ames ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Carol Andreson ...
Nurse (uncredited)
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Board Member (uncredited)
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Secondary Supporting Role (uncredited)
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Intern (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Mr. Welles--Patient (uncredited)
Jack Fife ...
Moving Van Helper (uncredited)
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Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Bob Harvey ...
Orderly (uncredited)
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Millicent (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney ...
Van Driver (uncredited)
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Moving Van Passenger (uncredited)
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Hospital Intern in Pre-Credits Sequence (uncredited)
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Nurse (on white phone) (uncredited)
Freddie Payne ...
Orderly (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Gabrielle Rossillon ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Glen Walters ...
Tall Blonde Masseuse (uncredited)
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Dr. Smathers (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by

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Frank Tashlin

Written by

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Frank Tashlin ... (screenplay)
 
Norm Liebmann ... (story) and
Ed Haas ... (story)

Produced by

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Paul Jones ... producer
Jerry Lewis ... executive producer
Arthur P. Schmidt ... associate producer

Music by

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Joseph J. Lilley

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W. Wallace Kelley ... director of photography

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John Woodcock
Russel Wiles ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor
Arthur P. Schmidt ... editorial supervisor

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Tambi Larsen
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Makeup Department

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Nellie Manley ... hair style supervisor
Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor
Bud Bashaw Jr. ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Jack Stone ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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William Davidson ... production manager (as Bill Davidson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ralph Axness ... assistant director
William R. Poole ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Jim Cottrell ... props (uncredited)
Martin Pendleton ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Charles Grenzbach ... sound recordist
Hugo Grenzbach ... sound recordist
Don Merritt ... sound (uncredited)
Jim Miller ... sound (uncredited)
Bud Parman ... sound (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Paul K. Lerpae ... special photographic effects
John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ron Burke ... stunts (uncredited)
Lila Finn ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ed Crowder ... grip (uncredited)
Robert Dabke ... grip (uncredited)
Carl Manoogian ... key grip (uncredited)
Lorne Netten ... gaffer (uncredited)
Sterling Smith ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dewey Wrigley Jr. ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sy Devore ... wardrobe: men
Edith Head ... costumer
James M. George ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Shirlee Strahm ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Irvin Talbot ... conductor
Gus Levene ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Dorothy Yutzi ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Marvin Weldon ... dialogue coach
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Plot Summary

When he flunks out of med school, Jerome Littlefield goes to work as an orderly in a private rest home where he wreaks havoc for everyone concerned. Dr. Jean Howard is the exasperated head of the sanitarium who almost becomes a patient after the antics of the frantic employee. When talkative patient Mrs. Fuzzibee happily and continuously relates her maladies to Jerome, he hilariously has psychosomatic symptoms that mirror those of the nutty woman. He discovers that his high school girl of his dreams, Susan Andrews has been brought to the sanitarium after a suicide attempt. He secretly pays for the destitute young woman's stay while helping to restore her confidence and self respect, much to the jealousy of his girlfriend, Julie Blair, a young and pretty nurse who has high hopes of becoming the future Mrs. Littlefield. Written by alfiehitchie

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Also Known As
  • Jerry chez les cinoques (France)
  • Der Tölpel vom Dienst (Germany)
  • Caso clínico en la clínica (Spain)
  • Jerry kipusiskona (Finland)
  • O Jerry Lewis tarahopoios (Greece)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia In the travel agency's window is a sign that reads, "TWA movie-in-flight: Jerry Lewis in 'The Disorderly Orderly'". See more »
Goofs When 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in North (1994). See more »
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Quotes Julie Blair: Can you drive an ambulance?
Nurse Higgins: Well, in the Army I drove a tank...
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