Movie
The Joker is Wild
Overview
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-09-26
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- AMBL Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Frank Sinatra as Joe E. Lewis
- Mitzi Gaynor as Martha Stewart
- Jeanne Crain as Letty Page
- Eddie Albert as Austin Mack
- Beverly Garland as Cassie Mack
- Jackie Coogan as Swifty Morgan
- Barry Kelley as Hugh McCarthy
- Ted de Corsia as Georgie Parker
- Leonard Graves as Tim Coogan
- Valerie Allen as Chorine
- Hank Henry as Burlesque Comedian
- Sophie Tucker as Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
Crew
- Charles Vidor - Director
- Oscar Saul - Screenplay
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