The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Shot in blackandwhite and VistaVision in 1956 and released on June 6, 1957 by Paramount Pictures, it is notable as the first film Lewis made without his longtime partner Dean Martin.

Police officer Mike Damon Darren McGavin believes he can help a wayward youth just as a cop once did for him. He is given a month by Captain Riley Horace McMahon to set a boy right, provided he allow socialite and civic dogooder Martha Henshaw Martha Hyer assist him in the effort.Sidneys secret ambition is to be a policeman. He also wants to impress Patricia, a student nurse who lives in his building, by making something of himself. Mike and Martha bicker while working with Sidney, who is permitted to attend the police academy, over the objections of his friends Artie, Monk and Harry. ........

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