The Joker Is Wild

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The Joker Is Wild
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Vidor
Screenplay by	Oscar Saul
Based on	The Joker Is Wild: The Story of Joe E. Lewis by Art Cohn
Produced by	Samuel J. Briskin
Starring	Frank Sinatra Mitzi Gaynor Jeanne Crain Eddie Albert
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp
Edited by	Everett Douglas
Music by	Walter Scharf
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 26, 1957 (1957-09-26) (USA)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.4 million[1]
Box office	$3 million (US and Canadian rentals)[2]

The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s.