To Catch A Cop

In his stunning performance with the 1983 film THE KING OF COMEDY, Jerry Lewis surprised many as a serious actor with considerable talent. It appeared he had taken a new turn in his career after a long period of increasingly inept and inane films. Instead, Lewis went to France where he is canonized as the real king of comedy, a clown who ranks with cinema's greatest names. While American critics continue to castigate his work, the French have held a retrospective of his oeuvre at the illustrious Cinematheque Francaise. So perhaps it made sense for Lewis to go to the country that adored him rather than take a risky shot as a serious actor. In this, the first ...