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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River is a British-made comedy film produced by Walter Shenson starring Jerry Lewis and was released on 12 July 1968 by Columbia Pictures. It was based on Max Wilk's novel of the same name with the original Connecticut locale moved to Swinging London and Portugal.

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Plot

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George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.

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Willy Homer (Terry-Thomas) is a conman who plans to help George raise some quick cash by selling plans for a drill to a group of Arabs. The plans, which were stolen, are smuggled to Lisbon with help from his accomplice, Fred Davies (Bernard Cribbins). As they are about to trade the plans they realise that they are being double-crossed. A series of chases follow, and eventually the plans are revealed to be worthless to everyone.

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Distraught, George finds comfort in his wife and promises to never embark on any more 'get-rich-quick' schemes. That is, until Willy shows up at his door with another one!

Cast

Jerry Lewis as George Lester

Terry-Thomas as H. William Homer

Jacqueline Pearce as Pamela Lester

Bernard Cribbins as Fred Davies

Patricia Routledge as Lucille Beatty

Nicholas Parsons as Dudley Heath

Michael Bates as Dr. Spink

Colin Gordon as Mr. Hartford

John Bluthal as Dr. Pinto

Sandra Caron as Pinto's Nurse

Margaret Nolan as Spink's Nurse

Harold Goodwin as Six-Eyes Wiener

John Barrard as Zebra Man

Nike Arrighi as Portuguese Waitress

Al Mancini as Portuguese Chauffeur

Alexandra Dane as Masseuse

Molly Peters as Heath's Secretary

Production

It was filmed between 15 May and 30 June 1967 and the director, Jerry Paris, has a cameo as the umpire at a baseball game.

This is Lewis' final film before the MPAA's film-rating system went in effect.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on 8 July 2003.

References

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River Wikipedia

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