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The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction comedy film directed, co-written (with Bill Richmond) by, and starring Jerry Lewis. The film also co-stars Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman, Howard Morris, and Elvia Allman. The score was composed by Walter Scharf. A parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it follows weak-willed scientist Julius Kelp as he creates a serum that transforms him into a charismatic but narcissistic ladies' man, which he subsequently uses under his alter ego Buddy Love.
Plot
Professor Julius Kelp is a neurotic, scruffy, buck-toothed, accident-prone, socially awkward university professor whose experiments in the classroom laboratory are unsuccessful and highly destructive. When a football-playing bully embarrasses and attacks him, Kelp decides to improve his physique by joining a local gym. Kelp's lack of physical strength leads him to seek a solution in his specialty of chemistry. He invents a serum that causes him to fall unconscious and have a nightmare about transforming into a traditional Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-esque monster; he then awakens as a handsome, suave, charming, and brash girl-chasing hipster who at his core is a narcissistic sociopath.
More details
| author | Bill Richmond Jerry Lewis |
|---|---|
| director | Jerry Lewis |
| editor | John Woodcock |
| events | mad scientist |
| genre | comedy romance science fiction |
| keywords | buck-toothed chemistry deadpan girl-chasing lothario malocclusion neurosis neurotic overbearing mother run socially awkward |
| musicBy | Walter Scharf |
| producer | Ernest D. Glucksman |
| productionCompany | Jerry Lewis Films |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Arizona |
| theme | mad scientist romantic comedy |