Sergeant Deadhead
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Norman Taurog
Frankie Avalon
Deborah Walley
Cesar Romero
Fred Clark
Gale Gordon
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
U. S. Air Force Sgt. O. K. Deadhead, stationed at Smedley Missile Base, accidentally explodes a rocket at a military parade, and Gen. Rufus Fogg sends him to the guardhouse. Under the guidance of a hardened criminal who shares his cell, the mild-mannered Deadhead escapes the stockade and takes refuge in a rocket; and he is accidentally launched into space along with a chimpanzee. Air Force officers retrieve the rocket and tell Deadhead that they will make him a public hero if he will keep the blunder secret. The ride in space has altered the sergeant's personality, however, and he becomes a power-mad girl-chaser who insists upon exposing the mistake to the press. To protect his reputation, General Fogg imprisons Deadhead, despite the sergeant's plans to marry Col. Lucy Turner the same day. Under Fogg's orders, Lieutenant Kinsey and other officers arrange for Sergeant Donovan, Deadhead's double, to pose as Deadhead for the wedding ceremony and the honeymoon. Deadhead escapes from the guardhouse and takes his rightful place at the honeymoon hotel. He reverts to his original personality and claims his bride.
Director
Norman Taurog
Cast
Frankie Avalon
Deborah Walley
Cesar Romero
Fred Clark
Gale Gordon
Harvey Lembeck
John Ashley
Buster Keaton
Reginald Gardiner
Eve Arden
Pat Buttram
Donna Loren
Romo Vincent
Tod Windsor
Norman Grabowski
Mike Nader
Edward Faulkner
Bobbi Shaw
Patti Chandler
Salli Sachse
Luree Holmes
Sue Hamilton
Jo Collins
Bob Harvey
Jerry Brutsche
Andy Romano
John Macchia
Sallie Dornan
Mary Hughes
Astrid De Brea
Jean Ingram
Peggy Ward
Stephanie Nader
Lyzanne Ladue
Janice Levinson
Alberta Nelson
Crew
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Jack Baker
Les Baxter
Wallace R. Bearden
Claude Binyon Jr.
Jack Bohrer
Howard Campbell
Anthony Carras
Floyd Crosby
Fred Feitshans
Roger George
Guy Hemric
Louis M. Heyward
Robert Nelson
Eve Newman
James H. Nicholson
Don Rush
Al Simms
Ronald Sinclair
Jerry Styner
Film Details
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Notes
Also known as Sergeant Deadhead the Astronut!
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1965
Released in United States 1965
