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Released
1960 · FILM

Cinderfella

“Jerry Lewis is fabulous fun as...”

Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Written by
Frank Tashlin
Runtime
88 min
ComedyFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

After his father's death, Fella becomes dependent on his stepmother and her two sons, Maximilian and Rupert. While Fella works for the stepfamily, Maximilian and Rupert search for a treasure that their father is said to have hidden on the estate. The stepmother arranges a ball for the visiting Princess Charmein in hopes that she will marry Rupert and improve the family's finances. Later, Fella's Fairy Godfather appears and encourages him to pursue the Princess himself.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur P SchmidtShot by Haskell B BoggsScored by Walter Scharf

Box Office

1960 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$7.1M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$7.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Aschenblödelde
  • Jerry, der Familientrottelde
  • El cenicientoes
  • Cendrillon aux grands piedsfr
  • Il Cenerentoloit

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