Visit to a Small Planet

Visit to a Small Planet

The space race is on and Jerry's leading it... In reverse!

NR 1960 · 85 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Family

The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.

Directed by Norman Taurog · Written by Edmund Beloin

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