Tucked away in his castle, a hypochondriac inventor plays generous host to a revolving cast of wacky guests. But to pay off his mounting debts, he must sell either a powerful businessman or a rich gypsy on his latest creation: a laser skywriter.
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Tony Curtis
Parsifal Katzanella-Boden
Berta Domínguez D.
Elba Katzanella-Boden
Erik Estrada
Henry Board II
Peter Lawford
Montague Chippendale
Ron Moody
Baron Gaspard Beersbohm
Donald Pleasence
Mackintosh
Orson Welles
Klingsor
Christopher Chaplin
Ivan
Nancy Roberts
Ruth
Vladek Sheybal
Morjack
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Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Comedian Chris Tucker performs live.
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