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Hardly Working is a 1980 American comedy film directed by, co-written by and starring Jerry Lewis and Susan Oliver, filmed in 1979, released in Europe in 1980 and then in the United States on April 3, 1981 through 20th Century Fox.
Jan 31, 1980 · Hardly Working: Directed by Jerry Lewis. With Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Deanna Lund. In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job.
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- Jerry Lewis
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In Jerry Lewis’s first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can’t seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis...
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"Hardly Working" is one of the worst movies ever to achieve commercial release in this country, and it is no wonder it was on the shelf for two years before it saw the light of day. It is not just a bad film, it is incompetent filmmaking.
Hardly Working. An out-of-work clown (Jerry Lewis) spills drinks and knocks things over when he tries regular 9-to-5 jobs.
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Jul 5, 2016 · Hardly Working USA 91 mins “The candor of this movie as self-portrait is at times almost terrifying.”. – Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader) After ten years in the wilderness, Jerry Lewis ...
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Bo's work experience is limited to clowning, but it is too late in the season to find work at another circus. He moves in with Claire and her disapproving husband, Robert (Roger C. Carmel), at their suburban house in Palm Beach while looking for employment.
