Classic Friday : The Delicate Delinquent (1957) 8/10

Starring : Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin
Director : Don McGuire
Running Time : 98 mins

Sydney Pythias (Lewis) is a janitor who is mistaken for a juvenile delinquent by the police. Thinking he’s a gang member, Officer Mike Damon makes it his duty to transform Sydney into a model citizen to prove that delinquents aren’t beyond redemption.

This was Jerry Lewis’s first film following the dissolution of his movie partnership with Dean Martin, and it’s clear to see that he works much better without his erstwhile partner disrupting his performance. Following this classic comic flipside version of Rebel Without A Cause, his movies just went from strength to strength.

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