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Don't raise the bridge, lower the river.

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Uniform Title Don't raise the bridge, lower the river (Motion picture : 1968)
Title Don't raise the bridge, lower the river.
Published Australia : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, ©2019.
©1995
Description 1 DVD-video (100 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm.
Notes Catalogued from container.
Shock Entertainment : KAL5079.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Based on the novel of the same name by Max Wilk.
Credits Directed by Jerry Paris ; screenplay by Max Wilk.
Performers Jerry Lewis, Jacqueline Pearce, Terry-Thomas, John Bluthal.
Summary Dreamer George Lester (Jerry Lewis) continually focuses on outrageous ways to make cash, and his fed-up wife, Pamela (Jacqueline Pearce), finally decides to leave him. To impress her, he converts their home into a swinging dance club -- but she is mortified when she returns. Undeterred, George enlists his grifter buddy H. William Homer (Terry-Thomas) and concocts a bizarre moneymaking plan that involves secret blueprints, international espionage and crooked dentist Dr. Pinto (John Bluthal).
Target audience note Censorship classification : G.
System details DVD video, Dolby Audio 2.0, Region 4, NTSC, widescreen 16:9.
Language note English.
Subjects Wilk, Max -- Film adaptations
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama
Married people -- Drama
Business enterprises -- Drama
Moneymaking projects -- Drama
Black and white films
Feature films -- United States
Motion pictures, American
Genre Comedy films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Other Names Paris, Jerry, 1925-1986 director.
Wilk, Max screenwriter.
Lewis, Jerry, 1926-2017 actor.
Pearce, Jacqueline, 1943-2018 actor.
Terry-Thomas, 1911-1990 actor.
Bluthal, John actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wilk, Max. Don't raise the bridge, lower the river.
Series Hollywood gold series
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