

The Delicate Delinquent
DirectorDon McGuire
“JERRY LEWIS makes that blackboard jungle jump for joy. He's funnier than ever...”
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.
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Cast

Jerry Lewis
Sidney L. Pythias

Darren McGavin
Mike Damon

Martha Hyer
Martha Henshaw

Robert Ivers
Monk

Horace McMahon
Capt. Riley

Richard Bakalyan
Artie

Joe Corey
Harry

Mary Webster
Patricia

Milton Frome
Mr. Herman
Jefferson Dudley Searles
Mr. Crow (as Jefferson Searles)

Dave Willock
William C. Goerner

Frank Gorshin
Neighborhood Street Punk
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