Where to Watch The Sad Sack (1957) in the US

What it's about

Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him. To protect him, Dolan tells him some lies about Zita, and Bixby, in despair, joins the Suicide Division of the Foreign Legion. He is kidnapped by a band of Arabian plotters and, guarded by the knife-happy Abdul, is ordered to assemble a stolen American cannon. Zita learns of his plight and gets Dolan and Stan to join her in a rescue mission.

Cast and crew

Director

George Marshall

Writer

Edmund Beloin, Nate Monaster, George Baker

Starring

Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Kirk, David Wayne

Details

Release date

Nov 27, 1957

Language

English, French

Country

United States

Where to Watch The Sad Sack (1957) in the US — common questions

Where to watch The Sad Sack in the United States?

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Can I stream The Sad Sack or do I have to rent it in the United States?

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