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- Frank SinatraJoe E. Lewis
- Mitzi GaynorMartha Stewart
- Jeanne CrainLetty Page
- Eddie AlbertAustin Mack
- Beverly GarlandCassie Mack
- Jackie CooganSwifty Morgan
- Barry KelleyCaptain Hugh McCarthy
- Sophie TuckerSophie Tucker
- Ted de CorsiaGeorgie Parker
- Leonard GravesTim Coogan
- Valerie AllenFlora - Chorine
- Hank HenryBurlesque Comedian
The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s.
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The Joker Is Wild: Directed by Charles Vidor. With Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert. Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies.
- (1.5K)
- Biography, Drama, Musical
- Charles Vidor
- 1957-10
In prohibition-era Chicago of the late 1920s, up-and-coming nightclub singer Joe E. Lewis is the top attraction at Club 777, a speakeasy owned by gangster Georgie Parker. Ignoring the warnings of his friend and accompanist, Austin Mack, as well as a death treat from Georgie's henchman, Tim Coogan, Joe leaves Club 777 and accepts a job from ...
Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra) has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss...
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- Charles Vidor
- Biography
- Frank Sinatra
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Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis.