Birds Do It
Soupy Sales is Flying High...and the race for space - is up in the air!
1966 · 1h 28m · N/A Action, Comedy
Overview
Melvin Byrd, who dreams of being a scientist, is a Cape Kennedy "miniscule molecular particle surveillance monitor" - in short, a janitor. His job is to keep a major rocket project completely dust-free, and this he does with his own hilariously fantastic inventions - including a literal attack on dirt by a "knight on a white horse". In his work, he meets Judy, a chimp involved in a top-secret project, which leads Melvin into the one room strictly off-limits to him. Not until he has entered the project room does Melvin learn that any man entering it will be negatively ionized - making him fly like a bird.
Director and cast
- Soupy Sales as Melvin Byrd
- Tab Hunter as Lieutenant Porter
- Arthur O'Connell as Professor Wald
- Edward Andrews as General Smithburn
- Doris Dowling as Congresswoman Clanger
- Beverly Adams as Claudine Wald
- Louis Quinn as Sergeant Skam
- Frank Nastasi as Yellow Cab Driver
- Burt Taylor as Devlin
- Courtney Brown as Arno
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