| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment Michel Magne |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Gene Kelly
My rating : 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox Cinema Archives)
Jackie Gleason is a mute in Paris scraping out a living as a janitor in a dilapidated building where he lives in the basement. He wears rags for clothes and has a disheveled look, making him a target for complaining neighbors who try to have him put away. One rainy night he finds a girl and her mother on the streets and takes him to his basement to dry out and sleep. The scenes between Gleason and the little girl are priceless, as he tries anything to make her laugh. However, the woman is only impressed by money, leading Gleason to theft and heartache. Perhaps the greatest triumph of the "Great One", and all without one word spoken.
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