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  • The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
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    101 min | Comedy
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Approved
101 min | Comedy
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.
Director
Don McGuire
Writer
Don McGuire
Producer
Jerry Lewis
Composer
Buddy Bregman
Cinematographer
Haskell B. Boggs (as Haskell Boggs)
Editor
Howard A. Smith (as Howard Smith)
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Release date
May 24, 1957 (United States)

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