The Sad Sack — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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 …

Cast & Crew

Directed by George Marshall

• Jerry Lewis
  as Private Meredith C. Bixby
• David Wayne
  as Corporal Larry Dolan
• Phyllis Kirk
  as Maj. Shelton
• Peter Lorre
  as Abdul
• Joe Mantell
  as Pvt. Stan Wenaslawsky
• Gene Evans
  as Sgt. Major Elmer Pulley

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