The Stooge is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis alongside Polly Bergen and Marion Marshall. The film was released nationally in the United States in February 1953 by Paramount Pictures .

The Stooge: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall. Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.

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In 1930, in New York, popular vaudevillian Bill Miller announces at his wedding reception that he is going solo, stunning his partner, Ben Bailey, and his agent, Leo Lyman. Bill dismisses Ben's and Leo's warnings about the difficulties he will face and begins touring with with his bride, singer Mary Turner, at his side.

An egotistical singer flops as a solo act until he brings on what's known in show business as a Stooge or someone who becomes the butt of the joke and learns how important he is to their success.

Money isn't everything and Bill Miller is the guy who keeps proving it. He's carved out a modest niche as a singer in the off-off-vaudeville circuit. But suddenly his act is big news. Well not just his act. He's now teamed with a manic comic. Yet Bill can't admit that …

STOOGE, THE (1952) *** (out of four) Dean Martin plays a singer wanting to make it on his own but he needs the help of a stooge (Jerry Lewis) in order to hit the big time. Once there, Dean decides he can make it solo.

The Stooge is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis alongside Polly Bergen and Marion Marshall. The film was released nationally in the United States in February 1953 by Paramount Pictures.

Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of...

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