Product Details

• Actors: Jerry Lewis, Martha Hyer, Darren McGavin, Robert Ivers, Horace McMahon
• Directors: Don McGuire
• Writers: Don McGuire
• Producers: Jerry Lewis
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: August 15, 1995
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301778359
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,116 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Delicate Drama, March 6, 2004

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Mark Ebert (Lancaster OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delicate Delinquent [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The "Delicate Delinquent" was originally written for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, but it became Jerry's first solo film. The movie is a departure from the slapstick comedy Lewis had done with Martin. I would describe it as a drama with comedy. Jerry plays a young man in a tough city who isn't exactly a "delinquent", but certainly has stopped attempting to live up to his potential. Jerry's speech in the middle of the film is certainly devoid of humor: "When I was a kid I was jerky, now I'm a man, and I'm lonely...I'm a nowhere, a no place." However, a false arrest turns his life around as a police officer takes a special interest in "reforming" him.

Dean Martin turned the film down, before the partnership desolved, becuase he didn't want to play a cop, but Lewis turns this black and white story into a personal epic about standing on your own and making a difference (a fitting message for someone who had just launched into a solo career after coming off what was then the biggest act in American history).

Yet another Lewis classic that should be on DVD.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Solo by Lewis, September 3, 1999

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This review is from: Delicate Delinquent [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this endearing comedy, Lewis plays a youth caught between gangster-type friends and the grown-up world. Mike Damon (McGavin) takes a shining to this delinquent and determines to help him become a star citizen. Sydney enrolls in the police academy which sets off a wide array of antics that disrupts the entire school. The Delicate Delinquent is a charming boy-to-man film. A must have for any Jerry Lewis fan.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW... Memories!, September 24, 2005

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Gary Friedman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Delicate Delinquent (DVD)

I remember this movie from when I was a kid and I went to see it with my neighbor... it stuck with me for a long time and even though I think there are so many funnier Lewis movies, this one has a softness to it.