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A very average farce.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rock-a-Bye Baby
He's The "Mother" of The Year!
1958 · 1h 43m · APPROVED
Comedy
Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Overview
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
Director and cast
- Frank Tashlin Director
- Jerry Lewis as Clayton Poole
- Marilyn Maxwell as Carla Naples
- Connie Stevens as Sandra Naples
- Salvatore Baccaloni as Gigi 'Papa' Naples (as Baccaloni)
- Reginald Gardiner as Harold Hermann
- Ida Moore as Miss Bessie
- Gary Lewis as Young Clayton
- Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Van Cleeve
- James Gleason as Doc Simpkins
- Hans Conried Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The gear-change from manic slapstick (watch out for the berserk hosepipe) to cringing sentimentality about babies and nappies is hard to take.
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