
Living It Up
THEY'RE LAFFIN' IT UP!
Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris (Martin), diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A reporter for a New York newspaper, hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor, to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.
- Year: 1954
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Music
- Studio: Paramount Pictures, York Pictures Corporation
- Keyword: newspaper, headline, romantic rivalry, deception, based on play or musical, jitterbug, doctor, train, conscience, screwball comedy, bumbling, technicolor, radiation sickness, faking illness, medical examination, x-ray, middle of nowhere, female reporter, musical comedy, yellowface, imposture
- Director: Norman Taurog
- Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North