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Sergeant Dead Head (1965) -- Girl-shy/accident-prone Sgt. Deadhead (Franke Avalon) accidently goes into orbit with a chimp and returns to Earth with an aggressive new personality.

Overview

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4.3/10   49 votes
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Director:
Norman Taurog
Writer:
Louis M. Heyward (writer)
Release Date:
18 August 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
It's the FUNNIEST Collection of NUTS Ever Assembled on a LAUNCHING PAD!
Plot:
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Frankie Avalon ... Sgt. O.K. Deadhead / Sgt. P.T. Donovan
Deborah Walley ... Amn. Lucy Turner
Eve Arden ... Lt. Charlotte Kinsey

Cesar Romero ... Adm. Stoneham
Fred Clark ... Gen. Rufus Fogg
Gale Gordon ... Capt. Weiskopf
Harvey Lembeck ... Amn. McEvoy
John Ashley ... Amn.Filroy

Buster Keaton ... Amn. Blinken
Reginald Gardiner ... Lt. Cmdr. Talbott
Pat Buttram ... The President
Romo Vincent ... Tuba player

Donna Loren ... Susan
Michael Nader (as Mike Nader)
Edward Faulkner ... Lt. Dixon (as Ed Faulkner)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sergeant Deadhead (USA) (alternative spelling)
Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L

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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Yikes!, 29 March 2008
2/10
Author: stalzz64 from United States

It's cool to see the 'beach party' gang play different roles, and to see the great Buster Keaton in his 4th and final appearance in one of the AIP studios comedies. Another reviewer on here said Gale Gordon was on sabbatical from 'The Beverly Hillbillies'--WRONG! Gale Gordon was Mr. Mooney on 'The Lucy Show' at this time. Raymond Bailey was Mr. Drysdale on 'The Beverly Hillbillies', not Gale Gordon. (Bailey isn't in this movie, by the way.) I think that's who they were thinking of.

But...this has to be the WORST of the Nicholson/Arkoff produced AIP musical comedies of the 1960's.

I pretty much have all of the 'beach party' films on DVD, so I know what I'm talking about.

YIKES! It is cool to see character actors like Eve Arden, Fred Clark, Harvey Lembeck, Cesar Romero, Pat Buttram and Gale Gordon, but this is such a bad movie! The other AIP movies aren't the best either, but this one is truly bad in comparison. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? It's available on DVD if you look hard enough online. Message me for the site where I found it if you really want to see/own this movie.

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