

104 minutes
5/31/1951
Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his only son Junior is an uncoordinated, allergy-ridden bookworm. He uses his athletic reputation and standing as #1 alumni contributor to pressure the coach to take Junior onto the team. In addition, he pays the tuition of Junior's financially needy classmate Bill Baker, a potential all-American, with the understanding that he will room with Junior and mentor him athletically and socially. Junior's initial efforts as quarterback prove disastrous and further complications arise when the room mates both fall in love with the same co-ed.

Dean Martin
as Bill Baker

Jerry Lewis
as 'Junior' Jackson

Ruth Hussey
as Ann Jackson

Eddie Mayehoff
as Jarring Jack Jackson

Marion Marshall
as Terry Howard

Polly Bergen
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter

Hugh Sanders
as Coach Wheeler

John McIntire
as Dr. Benjamin Green

Francis Pierlot
as Henry Baker

Lillian Randolph
as May

Selmer Jackson
as Doc Hunter

Tom Harmon
as Sports Announcer

Gregg Palmer
as Student
Hazel Boyne
as Miss Johnson - Housemother

Lyn Thomas
as Student (uncredited)

Frank Gifford
as Junior Jackson - Football Sequences (uncredited)
Ginger Anderson
as Student
Jimmy Aubrey
as Spotter (uncredited)
Robert Board
as Student
Drew Cahill
as Student
Jim Davies
as Trainer (uncredited)

Don Haggerty
as Tom - Masseur (uncredited)

Mickey Kuhn
as Student (uncredited)
Barbara Logan
as Student (uncredited)

Torben Meyer
as Photographer (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
as Mailman (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
as Assistant coach (uncredited)
Bill Radovich
as Assistant coach (uncredited)

Eric Sinclair
as Student (uncredited)
Anthony M. Taylor
as Extra

Leon Tyler
as Student (uncredited)
Glen Walters
as Henrietta
Phyllis Woodward
as Co-ed