Living It Up
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| Living It Up | |
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| Image:Livingitup.jpg | |
| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by | Ben Hecht Jack Rose |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Dean Martin Janet Leigh Edward Arnold |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 23, 1954 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Language | English |
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This article is about the film. For the British sitcom see Living It Up (TV series)
Living It Up was filmed from October 19 - December 18, 1953. It was released on July 23, 1954 by Paramount.
[edit] Plot
Jerry Lewis plays Homer Flagg, a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. His big dream in life is to visit New York City while he is young. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor, and best friend, Steve Harris (Dean Martin) diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives him three weeks to live.
A reporter for a New York newspaper, Wally Cook (Janet Leigh), hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor, Oliver Stone (Fred Clark), to give Flagg an all-expenses paid trip to fullfill his life-long fantasy of seeing New York City. Meanwhile, Harris realizes that he made an error and Flagg is only suffering from a sinus condition. Harris agrees to keep this new diagnosis a secret after Flagg begs him...and after he meets Cook. To cover the secret, Harris announces that only he can provide medical treatment to Flagg and he must accompy him on the trip.
New York City embraces Flagg and he becomes a celebrity, with everyone following his every move in the paper. He even makes plans to marry Cook, despite the fact that she has fallen for Harris. Meanwhile, Stone is anxious for Flagg to die, as every day it is costing the newspaper money to support Flagg's extravagent lifestyle, which includes ordering 3,000 shrimp cocktails for his hotel suite. He hires three specialists to examine Flagg, who give him a clean bill of health. To escape the situation that they have gotten themselves into, Flagg fakes his suicide and the newspaper gets the exclusive story. Cook marries Harris and Harris and Flagg become street sweepers in New York City.
[edit] Trivia
- It is a remake of the 1937 film Nothing Sacred.
- It was re-released with another Martin and Lewis film, Pardners in 1965.
- Janet Leigh went on to act in solo films with both Dean Martin (Who Was That Lady?) and Jerry Lewis (Three On A Couch).
