The Joker is Wild
“The Most Electric Performance That Ever Shocked and Fascinated an Audience!”
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Genres
Drama
Studio
AMBL Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Joker is Wild performed
Budget
$2.4M
Worldwide Gross
$3.0M
Gross Profit
$600,000
Return
1.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$432K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Joe E. Lewis
Frank Sinatra
Joe E. Lewis
Martha Stewart
Mitzi Gaynor
Martha Stewart
Letty Page
Jeanne Crain
Letty Page
Austin Mack
Eddie Albert
Austin Mack
Cassie Mack
Beverly Garland
Cassie Mack
Swifty Morgan
Jackie Coogan
Swifty Morgan
Hugh McCarthy
Barry Kelley
Hugh McCarthy
Georgie Parker
Ted de Corsia
Georgie Parker
Tim Coogan
Leonard Graves
Tim Coogan
Chorine
Valerie Allen
Chorine
Burlesque Comedian
Hank Henry
Burlesque Comedian
Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker (uncredited)
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