Hook, Line and Sinker
Jerry's Living It Up Like Crazy!
G 1969 · 91 min · ★ 4.4 · Comedy
Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.
Directed by George Marshall · Written by David Davis
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Jerry Lewis Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs -
Peter Lawford Dr. Scott Carter -
Anne Francis Nancy Ingersoll -
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Perfecto -
Jennifer Edwards Jennifer Ingersoll - J Jimmy Miller Jimmy Ingersoll
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Eleanor Audley Mrs. Durham -
Henry Corden Kenyon Hammercher -
Sylvia Lewis Karlotta Hammercher -
Phillip Pine Head Surgeon - F Felipe Turich Foreign Mortician
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Kathleen Freeman Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
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