The Joker Is Wild (1957)

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Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: Jan 1, 1957
Running Time: 123 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Film version of the life of Joe E Lewis who was "Roaring Twenties" Chicago's hottest nightclub singer and had his throat slashed by gangsters when he refused to sing at their club. Losing his singing voice, he then went on to a career as a comedian, but bouts with alcohol threatened to undo him.
cast + crew
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Joe E Lewis
Martha Stewart
Letty Page
Austin Mack
Cassie Mack
Swifty Morgan
Captain Hugh McCarthy
Georgie Parker
Tim Coogan
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