The Nutty Professor (1963)

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Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis
Prof. Julius Kelp / Buddy Love

Stella Stevens
Stella Purdy

Del Moore
Dr. Mortimer S. Warfield

Kathleen Freeman
Millie Lemmon

Med Flory
Warzewski

Norman Alden
Football Player / Student

Howard Morris
Elmer Kelp

Elvia Allman
Edwina Kelp

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Description: In his college lab, a goonball, bucktoothed professor concocts a potion that turns him into a suave ladies' man. A Lewis classic. Nerd. Milquetoast. Klutz. These are just three of the many undesirable ... Full Descriptionwords that can be used to describe Professor Julius Kelp. But all that changes when the chemistry expert invents a potion that transforms him into a suave, sexy chick magnet, whom Julius aptly names Buddy Love. Unfortunately, there's one side effect: Buddy can't control when he'll change back into Julius, an event that always happens at inopportune times. How will Julius/Buddy resolve his Jekyll-and-Hyde d ... (more)

Release date: 7 June 1963
UPC: 097360671247

Tags: Comedy (11), 1960s (9), 1963 (7), Sci-fi (4), Family (3), University (3), College (3), Experiment (3), Scientist (3), Romance (2), Transformation (2), Professor (2), Genius (2), Beautiful Woman (2), Satire (1), Humor (1), 60s (1), Love (1), Science (1), Science Fiction (1)

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