Birds Do It
Soupy Sales is Flying High...and the race for space - is up in the air!
Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project completely dust-free, and this he does with his own hilariously fantastic inventions - including a literal attack on dirt by a "knight on a white horse". In his work, he meets Judy, a chimp involved in a top-secret project, which leads Melvin into the one room strictly off-limits to him. Not until he has entered the project room does Melvin learn that any man entering it will be negatively ionized - making him fly like a bird.
Directed by Andrew Marton · Written by Art Arthur
Cast
- Soupy Sales Melvin Byrd
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Tab Hunter Lieutenant Porter -
Arthur O'Connell Professor Wald -
Edward Andrews General Smithburn -
Doris Dowling Congresswoman Clanger -
Beverly Adams Claudine Wald -
Louis Quinn Sergeant Skam -
Frank Nastasi Yellow Cab Driver - Burt Taylor Devlin
- Courtney Brown Arno
- Russell Saunders Clurg
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Julian Voloshin Professor Nep
Make it a double feature
4h 26m together
Birds Do It
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