Jerry Lewis Holocaust Comedy Movie Believed Lost Discovered After 45 Years
Jerry Lewis' infamous Holocaust clown comedy movie that was believed to have been lost for over four decades has been discovered in the bank vault of a Swedish actor.
The Day the Clown Cried, Lewis's never-released film, shot in Stockholm in 1972, was believed to exist only in incomplete fragments.
Now, Swedish producer and actor, Hans Crispin, best known for his role in the 1988 Swedish comedy TV series Angne & Svullo, has revealed he has a copy.
"I have the only copy," he told Swedish broadcaster SVT, The National reported. "I stole it from Europafilm in 1980 and copied it to VHS in the attic, where we used to duplicate films at night."
"I've kept the copy in my bank vault," Crispin added.
This is a developing story and will be updated
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