25 Nov 1998
A Bug's Life
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
3 Ring Circus
Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
Top Billed Cast
Dean Martin Pete Nelson
Jerry Lewis Jerry Hotchkiss
Joanne Dru Jill Brent
Zsa Zsa Gabor Saadia
Wallace Ford Sam Morley
Elsa Lanchester The Bearded Lady
Sig Ruman Fritz Schlitz
Nick Cravat Timmy
Kathleen Freeman Custard Pie Gag Victim
Robert 'Bob' Atterbury The Great Nero(High Wire Walker)(uncredited)
George Boyce Circus Clown(uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg Circus Roustabout(uncredited)
Drew Cahill Second Soldier(uncredited)
Frank Carter Army Captain(uncredited)
Sue Casey Circus Snake Charmer(uncredited)
Chick Chandler Drop-the-Dip Pitchman(uncredited)
Sandy Descher Crippled Girl
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