Hollywood or Bust

1956
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.4K

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Comedy Musical

A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Usherette
(uncredited)

Adelle August

Dancer
(uncredited)

Nick Borgani

Casino Patron
(uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Stagehand
(uncredited)

Catherine Brousset

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Drew Cahill

Photographer
(uncredited)

Kathryn Card

Old Lady
(uncredited)

Paul Cristo

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Nancy Lee Davis

Gambler
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Tashlin
Writers
- Erna Lazarus
- Frank Tashlin
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
The last film that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis did together before breaking up as a comedy team.

Goofs
Apparently, Tashlin was a little confused about Paramount's production schedule: Malcolm mentions having seen the Burt Lancaster adaptation of The Rainmaker (1956), which would not come out until after Hollywood or Bust was already released.

Quotes
Steve Wiley: [referring to sexy movie star Anita Ekberg] Do I know her? She drives me crazy!
Malcolm Smith: [obviously excited] Me too!
Steve Wiley: She keeps coming to my back door and wants to borrow a couple of cups of sugar...
Malcolm Smith: Sugar? That's nice, yeah!
Steve Wiley: ...a couple eggs...
Steve Wiley: Oh, eggs! Good!
Steve Wiley: I go over to her place - I borrow a grapefruit or two...
Malcolm Smith: [aroused by the metaphor] Oh, that's cute!

Crazy credits
Dean Martin addresses the audience: "In all countries throughout the world, the movie fan enjoys the movies." (Scene of Jerry Lewis is in a theater seat, dressed in a Cossack uniform, with huge handcuffs, clapping and applauding).

Connections
Featured in The Godfather (1972)

Soundtracks
It Looks Like Love
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

User reviews24

Review

Featured review

Hear Dino bark! See Jerry eat popcorn! See a dog!

Oh, poor little film, only three user comments! I'll scribble something for self-amusement, so, uh... You might as well skip this.

The film is indeed highly enjoyable.

Some of the bits are stupid, borderline-infantile in fact, but that matters not.

The movie buff element could've been emphasized more.

I need to see more Tashlin. Nice cartooniness again, though the look of "Artists and Models" is even sweller. In fact, it's better overall.

The songs, in something of a surprise, are great!

The dialogue sparkles at times, which I appreciate much.

What, that's it?