This article is about the film. For the 1986 computer game, see Hollywood or Bust (game). For the TV series, see Hollywood or Bust (TV series).
Hollywood or Bust
Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Written by
Erna Lazarus
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Starring
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Pat Crowley Maxie Rosenbloom Anita Ekberg
Cinematography
Daniel Fapp
Edited by
Howard A. Smith
Music by
Walter Scharf
Production company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
December 6, 1956 (1956-12-06)
Running time
95 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$3.3 million (US)[1] ₣ 1,801,970 (France)[2]
Hollywood or Bust is a 1956 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring the team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis alongside Pat Crowley and Anita Ekberg. The picture was filmed from April 16 to June 19, 1956, and released on December 6, 1956, by Paramount Pictures, almost five months after the Martin and Lewis partnership split up.
^"Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
^"Jerry Lewis Box Office information for film in France". Box Office Story. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014.
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