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Comedy

Hollywood or Bust

- A COAST TO COAST FUN TOOT!

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in Hollywood, next to Anita Ekberg's. When Malcom hears that, they both set out for Hollywood and the adventure begins...

Release Date : 1956-12-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Dean Martin

Character Name : Steve Wiley

Original Name : Dean Martin

Gender : Male

Jerry Lewis

Character Name : Malcolm Smith

Original Name : Jerry Lewis

Gender : Male

Pat Crowley

Character Name : Terry Roberts

Original Name : Pat Crowley

Gender : Female

Maxie Rosenbloom

Character Name : Bookie Benny

Original Name : Maxie Rosenbloom

Gender : Male

Anita Ekberg

Character Name : Actress Anita

Original Name : Anita Ekberg

Gender : Female

Willard Waterman

Character Name : Manager Neville

Original Name : Willard Waterman

Gender : Male

Richard Karlan

Character Name : Sammy Ross

Original Name : Richard Karlan

Gender : Male

Richard Alexander

Character Name : Western Actor

Original Name : Richard Alexander

Gender : Male

Leon Alton

Character Name : Casino Patron

Original Name : Leon Alton

Gender : Male

Adelle August

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Adelle August

Gender : Male

Chet Brandenburg

Character Name : Stagehand

Original Name : Chet Brandenburg

Gender : Male

Kathryn Card

Character Name : Old Lady

Original Name : Kathryn Card

Gender : Female

Beach Dickerson

Character Name : Bellboy

Original Name : Beach Dickerson

Gender : Male

Minta Durfee

Character Name : Miss Pettywood

Original Name : Minta Durfee

Gender : Female

Franklyn Farnum

Character Name : Audience Member

Original Name : Franklyn Farnum

Gender : Male

Adolph Faylauer

Character Name : Man at Movie Premiere

Original Name : Adolph Faylauer

Gender : Male

Joe Gray

Character Name : Gambler

Original Name : Joe Gray

Gender : Male

Sam Harris

Character Name : Man in Hotel

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Carl M. Leviness

Character Name : Elderly Casino Patron

Original Name : Carl M. Leviness

Gender : Male

Torben Meyer

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Torben Meyer

Gender : Male

Del Moore

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Del Moore

Gender : Male

Ralph Peters

Character Name : Truck Driver

Original Name : Ralph Peters

Gender : Male

Jean Ransome

Character Name : Casino Patron

Original Name : Jean Ransome

Gender : Female

Suzanne Ridgway

Character Name : Woman at Craps Table

Original Name : Suzanne Ridgway

Gender : Female

Tracey Roberts

Character Name : Redhead

Original Name : Tracey Roberts

Gender : Female

Michael Ross

Character Name : Paramount Studio Gate Guard

Original Name : Michael Ross

Gender : Male

Cosmo Sardo

Character Name : Actor in Tuxedo

Original Name : Cosmo Sardo

Gender : Male

Jeffrey Sayre

Character Name : Crap Table Stickman

Original Name : Jeffrey Sayre

Gender : Male

Bernard Sell

Character Name : Casino Patron

Original Name : Bernard Sell

Gender : Male

Charles Sullivan

Character Name : Audience Member

Original Name : Charles Sullivan

Gender : Male

Ben Welden

Character Name : Boss

Original Name : Ben Welden

Gender : Male

Frank Wilcox

Character Name : Director

Original Name : Frank Wilcox

Gender : Male

Chief Yowlachie

Character Name : Chief Running Water

Original Name : Chief Yowlachie

Gender : Male

Valerie Allen

Character Name : Undetermined Secondary Role

Original Name : Valerie Allen

Gender : Female

Joanne Arnold

Character Name : Usherette (uncredited)

Original Name : Joanne Arnold

Gender : Female

Nick Borgani

Character Name : Casino Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Nick Borgani

Gender : Male

Paul Bradley

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Bradley

Gender : Male

Catherine Brousset

Character Name : Undetermined secondary role (uncredited)

Original Name : Catherine Brousset

Gender : Male

Drew Cahill

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Drew Cahill

Gender : Male

Paul Cristo

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Cristo

Gender : Male

Nancy Lee Davis

Character Name : Gambler (uncredited)

Original Name : Nancy Lee Davis

Gender : Male

Jack Deery

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Deery

Gender : Male

Jack Del Rio

Character Name : Casino Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Del Rio

Gender : Male

Tom Ferrandini

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Ferrandini

Gender : Male

Dominic Fidelibus

Character Name : Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Original Name : Dominic Fidelibus

Gender : Male

Raoul Freeman

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Raoul Freeman

Gender : Male

Rudy Germane

Character Name : Casino Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Rudy Germane

Gender : Male

Robert Haines

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Haines

Gender : Male

Gretchen Houser

Character Name : Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Gretchen Houser

Gender : Male

Freda Jones

Character Name : Casino Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Freda Jones

Gender : Female

Lorna Jordon

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Lorna Jordon

Gender : Male

Mike Lally

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Lally

Gender : Male

Claudia Martin

Character Name : 11 Year Old Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Claudia Martin

Gender : Male

Gail Martin

Character Name : 9 Year Old Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Gail Martin

Gender : Male

Thomas Martin

Character Name : Audience Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Thomas Martin

Gender : Male

Jack McElroy

Character Name : Stupid Sam (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack McElroy

Gender : Male

Dede Moore

Character Name : Girl at Mailbox (uncredited)

Original Name : Dede Moore

Gender : Male

Wendell Niles

Character Name : Wendell Niles (uncredited)

Original Name : Wendell Niles

Gender : Male

Tommy Summers

Character Name : Undetermined (uncredited)

Original Name : Tommy Summers

Gender : Male

Hal Taggart

Character Name : Man at Movie (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Taggart

Gender : Male

Loreli Vitek

Character Name : Undetermined (uncredited)

Original Name : Loreli Vitek

Gender : Male

Rose Westlake

Character Name : Sheep-haired Woman in Balcony (uncredited)

Original Name : Rose Westlake

Gender : Male

Sandra White

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Sandra White

Gender : Female

Bob Whitney

Character Name : Casino Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Whitney

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The boys sign off with unbridled joy. Malcolm Smith loves the movies and especially Anita Ekberg. Getting one of his lucky feelings, Malcolm buys a ream of raffle tickets to win a car. Sure enough he wins, but so does gigolo gambler Steve Wiley, who, not unsurprisingly has won by less than honourable means. Refusing to give out two cars, the promotion merely tells the men that they will have to share the car. Much to Steve's annoyance as he has debts to pay. So deviously he agrees to drive with Malcolm to Hollywood, planning to ditch him at the first chance he gets. Only he hadn't figured on Mr. Bascom, Malcolm's Great Dane who's along for the ride, and an encounter with the pretty Terry Roberts. Yep, it's safe to say this is not going to be an ordinary road trip. With their relationship deeply fractured at this time (this was their last film together), it's something of a surprise to find that Hollywood Or Bust is one of the finest films that Dean Martin (Steve) and Jerry Lewis (Malcolm) made. Everything that made the duo so massively popular is in here, even into the bargain daring to cast a satirical slant to the whiles and trials of Hollywood itself. A lot of the credit has to go to director Frank Tashlin. Tashlin, who was also at the helm for arguably the boys career high point Artists & Models, keeps the whole thing zippy, steering the duo in a direction to which they simply could not fail. Sure enough the humour is almost juvenile at times, and yes Dean of course croons and tries to bed the girl (a spiky Pat Crowley as Terry), but it's got such a sense of joy to it, the kind of joy that much like Artists & Models, can really lift the blues. Stand out songs from the Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster score are "A Day in the Country" and "It Looks Like Love", whilst it will be tough not to giggle at some of the antics of Mr. Bascom and the irrepressible Lewis, particularly with one particular movie parody. Anita Ekberg comes and joins in the fun later in the piece, just in time for the riotous carnage that you know is around the corner. If the sight of a Great Dane driving a car is not funny to you? Well chances are you should avoid this film completely. But that would be a shame for it's a delightful film, brisk and cheeky, it's most definitely one that's in desperate need of reappraisal from the grumpy brigade because it's a real blues lifter. 8/10