Who's Minding the Store?
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | Frank Tashlin Harry Tugend |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Jill St. John Agnes Moorehead Ray Walston Kathleen Freeman |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 28, 1963 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Who's Minding the Store? was filmed from March 25-May 22, 1963. It was released on November 28, 1963 by Paramount Pictures.
[edit] Plot
Mrs. Tuttle (Agnes Moorehead) is upset that her daughter Barbara (Jill St. John) is engaged to a man beneath their social stature, Norman Phiffier (Jerry Lewis).
Phiffier, a dog walker, is as awkward socially as he is physically. Mrs. Tuttle despises Phiffier and arranges a series of jobs for him hoping he will become frustrated and quit, proving to her daughter that he is worthless. Meanwhile, Barbara has kept her millionaire status as the sole heir to the Tuttle Department store fortune from Phiffier knowing he is a proud person who refuses to marry her until he can afford to buy her a home.
Eventually Phiffier proves his worth to Mrs. Tuttle and she accepts him into her family.
[edit] Trivia
- The scene in which Fritz Feld feeds Norman a delicacy of fried ants actually contained genuine fried ants, a fact that Lewis was unaware of until after the scene was over.
[edit] External links
- Who's Minding the Store? on imdb.com
