Rock-a-Bye Baby

Jul 23, 1958

1h 43m

★ 6.8

He's The "Mother" of The Year!

Overview

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

York Pictures Corporation

Rock-a-Bye Baby Trailers

Cast

Clayton Poole

Jerry Lewis

Carla Naples

Marilyn Maxwell

Sandra Naples

Connie Stevens

Gigi 'Papa' Naples

Salvatore Baccaloni

Harold Hermann

Reginald Gardiner

Miss Bessie

Ida Moore

Young Clayton

Gary Lewis

Mrs. Van Cleeve

Isobel Elsom

Doc Simpkins

James Gleason

Mr. Wright

Hans Conried

Mrs. Rogers

Hope Emerson

Judge Jenkins

Alex Gerry

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