Visit to a Small Planet
1960 film by Norman Taurog / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Visit to a Small Planet | |
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Directed by | Norman Taurog |
Written by | Edmund Beloin Henry Garson Gore Vidal (play) |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
Starring | Jerry Lewis Joan Blackman Earl Holliman Fred Clark |
Cinematography | Loyal Griggs |
Edited by | Frank Bracht |
Music by | Leigh Harline |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,200,000 (US/Canada rentals)[1] 907,280 admissions (France)[2] |
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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.