The Joker Is Wild
| The Joker Is Wild | |
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| Directed by | Charles Vidor |
| Screenplay by | Oscar Saul |
| Based on | The Joker Is Wild: The Story of Joe E. Lewis by Art Cohn |
| Produced by | Samuel J. Briskin |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Everett Douglas |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.4 million |
| Box office | $3 million (US and Canadian rentals) |
The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The VistaVision film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s.