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The Family Jewels (1965).  Stars Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot and introducing Donna Butterworth. Written by Jerry Lewis and Bill Richmond. Produced and directed by Jerry Lewis. This film is in color, runs approx. 100 minutes and is not rated.

 As if one Jerry Lewis wasn't enough, Family Jewels offers no fewer than seven Jerrys. The plot revolves around 9-year-old Donna Peyton (Donna Butterworth), who stands to inherit $30 million. The catch: Donna must pick a new daddy from her late father's six closest male relatives. Lewis spends most of the film playing family chauffeur Willard Woodward, whom Donna loves above all others. He also portrays snaggle-toothed gangster "Bugs" Peyton, hirsute sea captain James Peyton, flying fool Captain Eddie Peyton, cynical clown Everett Peyton, Holmeslike detective Skylock Peyton (whose "Dr. Watson" is corpulent Sebastian Cabot) and photographer Julius Peyton (a reprise of Lewis' Nutty Professor character Julius Kelp). Best bits: the in-flight movie starring Anne Baxter, the marathon pool game, and Bugs Peyton's outrage at being called a rat-fink.
 
 
 

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