''The Man from the Diners' Club'' is a 1963

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starring Danny Kaye and directed by Frank Tashlin. It was made by Ampersand and Dena Productions and released by

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Plot

Foots Pulardos is a mobster who intends to flee to Mexico with his moll Sugar Pye. In the meantime, he applies for a

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charge card that is mistakenly approved by a meek clerk named Ernie Klenk, who is told to retrieve it from Foots. Ernie arrives at Foots' gym that Foots uses as a front for his racketeering operations. Foots finds out that they share a unique physical similarity, which gives him an idea: he will burn down the gym, with Ernie in it, and change identities to fool the law. Complications ensue, and the more involved that Ernie gets with Sugar, the more jealous his girlfriend Lucy becomes. And when Foots and Sugar head for the airport, Ernie must stop them.

Cast

* Danny Kaye as Ernest Klenk * Cara Williams as Sugar Pye *

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as Lucy *

Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on th ...

as Foots Pulardos * Everett Sloane as Martindale *

Kaye Stevens Kaye Stevens (born Catherine Louise Stephens, also sometimes spelled Kay Stevens, July 21, 1932 – December 28, 2011) was an American singer and actress. Her big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner ...

as Bea * George Kennedy as George *

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as Ella Trask *

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as a Beatnik (uncredited)

Production

The film was produced by William Bloom from a screenplay by

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and John Fenton Murray. The music score was conducted by Stu Phillips and the cinematographer was

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* 1963 films 1960s English-language films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Frank Tashlin American black-and-white films 1963 comedy films Films with screenplays by William Peter Blatty American comedy films Discover Financial Films scored by Stu Phillips 1960s American films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub

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