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Living It Up

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After accidentally receiving a lethal dose of radiation near the Los Alamos nuclear test site, railroad attendant Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis) has only weeks to live. Scrappy newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Janet Leigh) wants to bring the small-town boy to New York to live his final days in luxury while she reports on his bravery. Homer's doctor, Steve Harris (Dean Martin), has learned his patient isn't about to die, but his attraction to the beautiful Wally causes him to keep that a secret.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A misbegotten remake of the 1937's classic musical comedy Nothing Sacred starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Rated: C+ Jul 23, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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ashley h Living It Up is a decent film. It is about a small-town station master who is accidentally exposed to radiation and told he has only a short time to live by a doctor. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin give okay performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Norman Taurog did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and music. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Martin & Lewis' full-fledged musicals (an adaptation of the Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg") is colorful and breezy; Sheree North has a specialty dance. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Anyone's enjoyment of a Martin & Lewis movie is predicated on their enjoyment of Martin & Lewis to begin with. If you find the "handsome man and the monkey" concept that Lewis described funny, than this is a treat. Late enough in their career as a team that Lewis isn't always manic, this adaptation of Nothing Sacred still gives him plenty of room to flex his comedic persona, including a wonderful dance with North. And Martin gets to be romantic, charming, big brother-esque and warble 4 songs! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member a remake of 1937 carole Lombard vehicle 'nothing sacred' with lewis playing the Lombard part! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This starts off a bit better than the other Martin/Lewis films I've seen, basically because it has... a plot. A sorta Capra-esque plot, which works, but then the film basically spends no time doing anything with the plot, and all of its time with extended sketches that... shouldn't have been extended. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member For those who can tolerate Jerry Lewis? whiny and irritating characterizations better than myself will likely enjoy this film. It is an inferior remake of ?Nothing Sacred?, but it does have it?s good moments. The supporting cast outshines the stars, Dean Martin gets to sing a couple of catchy tunes. Light and usually entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Norman Taurog

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Dean Martin

Dr. Steve Harris

Jerry Lewis

Homer Flagg

Janet Leigh

Wally Cook

Edward Arnold

The Mayor

Fred Clark

Oliver Stone
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Synopsis After accidentally receiving a lethal dose of radiation near the Los Alamos nuclear test site, railroad attendant Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis) has only weeks to live. Scrappy newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Janet Leigh) wants to bring the small-town boy to New York to live his final days in luxury while she reports on his bravery. Homer's doctor, Steve Harris (Dean Martin), has learned his patient isn't about to die, but his attraction to the beautiful Wally causes him to keep that a secret.
Director
Norman Taurog
Producer
Paul Jones
Screenwriter
Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson, James H. Street
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 23, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2018
Runtime
1h 35m
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