Controversial 'Lost' Jerry Lewis Film Discovered in Sweden After 53 Years

Full Cut Of Jerry Lewis’ Most Controversial Film May Have Been Found After 45 Years

Swedish actor Hans Crispin claims he has — locked in a bank vault — a full copy of "The Day The Clown Cried," where Lewis plays a clown in a concentration camp.

Jerry Lewis' film about a clown in a concentration camp, which was shot in Sweden in 1972, has been considered lost. Now TV personality Hans Crispin reveals that he has been sitting on a copy - for 45 years.

Jerry Lewis Holocaust comedy movie believed lost discovered after 45 years

"I have the only copy," said Swedish producer and actor, Hans Crispin.

Controversial 'lost' Jerry Lewis film discovered in Sweden after 53 years

A Swedish actor, who stole a copy in 1980, plans to release The Day The Clown Cried, saying 'it must be seen'

Jerry Lewis' film about a clown in a concentration camp, which was shot in Sweden in 1972, has been considered lost. Now TV personality Hans Crispin reveals that he has been sitting on a copy - for 45 years.

The Day The Clown Cried | Jerry Lewis' shelved film said to have been found on VHS

Effectively deleted by actor and filmmaker Jerry Lewis, 1972’s The Day The Clown Cried has reportedly been found on VHS. One of the most infamous films of the 1970s is also one that vanishingly few people have seen. Written, directed and starring Jerry Lewis, The Day The Clown Cried was shot in 1972 but soon shelved. A comedy drama set in a Nazi concentration camp, it became the source of so much regret that Lewis himself insisted that it never …