Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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82-year-old jazz pianist Max Rose [Jerry Lewis] has lost his beloved wife of 65 years, Eva Rose. Attempting to settle into his new reality as widower with the support of his loving granddaughter, Annie Rose, he makes a troubling discovery in the form of an intimate inscription on a gift Eva received from another man.

With the help of new friends, he sets out on a quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious other man that walks him backwards through the timeline of his life, until he comes face to face with a surprising truth that deepens his understanding of his marriage and his life.

Max Rose is Jerry Lewis' last major starring role as an actor. It was also the final credit for Mort Sahl, and because it wasn't released in the U.S. until 2016, the last filmed role released in the U.S. for Dean Stockwell (he had an animated voiceover credit late in life).

Stars:
Jerry Lewis
Dean Stockwell
Kerry Bishe
Kevin Pollak
Fred Willard
Illeana Douglas
Claire Bloom
Mort Sahl

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Played at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 as part of a salute to the work of Jerry Lewis. Didn't premiere in the US until 2016 at New York's Museum of Modern Art, on the occasion of Lewis' 90th birthday.

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