Hollywood or Bust

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 byFrank Tashlin
Written byErna Lazarus
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Pat Crowley
Maxie Rosenbloom
Anita Ekberg
CinematographyDaniel Fapp
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Music byWalter Scharf
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1956 (1956-12-06)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.3 million (US)[1]
₣ 1,801,970 (France)[2]

Hollywood or Bust is a 1956 American 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.

  1. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
  2. ^ "Jerry Lewis Box Office information for film in France". Box Office Story. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014.