The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent
Directed byDon McGuire
Written byDon McGuire
Jerry Lewis (uncredited)
Produced byJerry Lewis
StarringJerry Lewis
Darren McGavin
Martha Hyer
CinematographyHaskell B. Boggs
Edited byHoward Smith
Music byBuddy Bregman
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 6, 1957 (1957-06-06)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Box office$3.4 million (US and Canadian rentals)
803,522 admissions (France)

The Delicate Delinquent is an American VistaVision comedy film starring Jerry Lewis, released on June 6, 1957, by Paramount Pictures. It was the first film to star Lewis without his longtime partner Dean Martin and marked Lewis' debut as a producer and screenwriter.