The Sad Sack

The Sad Sack
O Herói do Regimento (prt); O Bamba do Regimento (bra)
	The Sad Sack
Estados Unidos; 1957 • preto e branco • 98 min
Género	comédia
Direção	George Marshall
Roteiro	George Baker; Edmund Beloin; Nate Monaster
Baseado em	Sad Sack de George Baker
Elenco	Jerry Lewis; David Wayne; Phyllis Kirk; Peter Lorre
Idioma	inglês

The Sad Sack (em Portugal: O Herói do Regimento e no Brasil: O Bamba do Regimento) é um filme de comédia de 1957 baseado na tira de jornal de mesmo nome, dirigido por George Marshall e protagonizado por Jerry Lewis.

Sinopse

Meredith Bixby (Jerry Lewis) é um recruta que não consegue seguir à risca os procedimentos do Exército e um dos poucos norte-americanos capazes de construir um equipamento bélico. E por saber tudo sobre armas de fogo, Bixby acaba sendo sequestrado por árabes que precisam de sua ajuda.

Elenco

Jerry Lewis - Meredith Bixby
David Wayne - Dolan
Phyllis Kirk - Major Shelton
Peter Lorre - Abdul
Joe Mantell - Recruta Stan Wenaslawsky
Gene Evans - Sargento Pulley
George Dolenz - Ali Mustapha
Liliane Montevecchi - Zita
Shepperd Strudwick - General Vanderlip
Abraham Sofaer - Hassim
Mary Treen - Sargento Hansen

Ligações externas

The Sad Sack. no IMDb.
The Sad Sack (em inglês) no Allmovie

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