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Visit to a Small Planet (1960) [NR]

Release Date:
February 4, 1960

Original Title:
Visit to a Small Planet

Alternate Titles:
Besuch von einem kleinen Planeten
Jerry - Der Astronauten-Schreck

Genres:
Comedy | Family | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Hal Wallis Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 85

The space race is on and Jerry's leading it... In reverse!

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The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.

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Art Direction:
Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler

Assistant Director:
Ralph Axness
Michael D. Moore

Associate Producer:
Paul Nathan

Choreographer:
Miriam Nelson

Costume Design:
Edith Head

Dialogue Coach:
Jack Mintz

Director:
Norman Taurog

Director of Photography:
Loyal Griggs

Editor:
Frank Bracht

Hair Supervisor:
Nellie Manley

Makeup Supervisor:
Wally Westmore

Original Music Composer:
Leigh Harline

Producer:
Hal B. Wallis

Props:
Robert McCrellis

Screenplay:
Edmund Beloin
Henry Garson

Set Decoration:
Sam Comer
Arthur Krams

Sound Recordist:
Gene Merritt
Charles Grenzbach

Special Effects:
John P. Fulton

Theatre Play:
Gore Vidal

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