Homer Flagg (played by Jerry Lewis) is a protagonist in Living It Up.
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker from Desert Hole, New Mexico, whose lifelong dream is to visit New York City. After Dr. Steve Harris mistakenly diagnoses him with radiation poisoning, Wally Cook brings him to New York as a supposed dying man. He becomes a celebrity, plans to marry Wally, and eventually fakes his suicide. Wally Cook (played by Janet Leigh) appears in Living It Up.
Wally Cook is a reporter for a New York newspaper who learns about Homer's supposed terminal illness and arranges his all-expenses-paid trip to New York. She helps turn him into a celebrity, although Homer plans to marry her while she falls in love with Dr. Steve Harris. She eventually marries Steve. Oliver Stone (played by Fred Clark) appears in Living It Up.
Oliver Stone is the editor of Wally Cook's New York newspaper. He authorizes the newspaper to finance Homer's trip and extravagant lifestyle, but becomes anxious as the supposedly dying man's expenses grow. Stone hires three specialists to examine Homer and seeks a way out when they find him healthy.
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Characters
Homer Flagg
(played by Jerry Lewis) — protagonist
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker from Desert Hole, New Mexico, whose lifelong dream is to visit New York City. After Dr. Steve Harris mistakenly diagnoses him with radiation poisoning, Wally Cook brin...
Wally Cook
(played by Janet Leigh) — supporting
Wally Cook is a reporter for a New York newspaper who learns about Homer's supposed terminal illness and arranges his all-expenses-paid trip to New York. She helps turn him into a celebrity, although...
Oliver Stone
(played by Fred Clark) — supporting
Oliver Stone is the editor of Wally Cook's New York newspaper. He authorizes the newspaper to finance Homer's trip and extravagant lifestyle, but becomes anxious as the supposedly dying man's expenses...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Oliver Stone → Homer Flagg
(Professional Financial Sponsor)
Oliver provides an all-expenses-paid trip for Homer, arranged through the newspaper.
Wally Cook → Oliver Stone
(Professional Reporter And Editor)
Wally is identified as a reporter for a New York newspaper, while Oliver Stone is its editor.
Homer Flagg → Wally Cook
(Romantic Pursuit)
Homer makes plans to marry Wally after becoming a celebrity in New York.
Story Analysis
A railroad worker's dream trip becomes a newspaper spectacle that must be ended through an elaborate fake death.
