Stanley Baker "This Sporting Life" but had to drop out when "Guns of Navarone" went over schedule. She says Baker never regretted losing the part of Bond to Sean Connery but regretted not making "This Sporting Life". Baker wanted to move into production, and to this end formed his own company, Diamond Films with Endfield. They developed a script about the Battle of Rorke's Drift written by Endfield and John Prebble. While making "Sodom and Gomorrah" Baker struck up a relationship with that film's producer, Joseph E. Levine which enabled him to raise the $3 million budget for "Zulu" (1964), directed by
The Patsy (1964 film) "The Bellboy". Lewis' characters in both films are bellboys named Stanley. It was filmed from January 6 to February 28, 1964. "The Patsy" was re-released on a double bill with another Jerry Lewis film, "The Nutty Professor", in 1967. "The Patsy" was released on DVD on October 12, 2004. The Patsy (1964 film) The Patsy is a 1964 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. It was released on August 12, 1964 by Paramount Pictures. A famous comedian perishes in a plane crash. Members of his management team, worried that they will be jobless, decide to find someone