<P> The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction - romantic comedy film produced , directed , co-written ( with Bill Richmond ) and starring Jerry Lewis . The score was composed by Walter Scharf . The film is a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . </P>
<P> The Nutty Professor is a 1963 American science fiction - romantic comedy film produced , directed , co-written ( with Bill Richmond ) and starring Jerry Lewis . The score was composed by Walter Scharf . The film is a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson 's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . </P>
who played the original ' nutty professor ' back in 1963
who played the original ' nutty professor ' back in 1963
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis