Rabbit Test

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Rabbit Test is a 1978 comedy film best known as Joan Rivers’ feature directorial debut, centered on the absurd premise of the world’s first pregnant man.

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instanceOf American film
comedy film
film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Gerald Hirschfeld
countryOfOrigin United States
director Joan Rivers
distributor AIP
American International Pictures
editedBy Stanley Frazen
featureDirectorialDebutOf Joan Rivers
featuresCharacter Lionel Carpenter
filmRatingSystem MPAA
genre comedy
hasCastCameo Joan Rivers
hasTagline The world’s first pregnant man… it had to happen!
hasTheme gender roles
media sensationalism
pregnancy
mainCharacter Lionel Carpenter
musicBy Fred Karlin
notableFor being Joan Rivers’ feature film directorial debut
originalLanguage English
plotSummary The film centers on a man who becomes pregnant, billed as the world’s first pregnant man.
portrayedBy Billy Crystal
premise A meek man named Lionel Carpenter inexplicably becomes pregnant after a one-night stand.
producer Edgar Scherick
productionCompany Edgar Scherick Associates
releaseDecade 1970s
releaseYear 1978
runtimeMinutes 84
screenwriter Jay Tarses
Joan Rivers
setIn United States
stars Alex Rocco
Billy Crystal
Doris Roberts
Fannie Flagg
George Gobel
Imogene Coca
Joan Prather
Michael Keaton
Norman Fell
Paul Lynde
Shirley Hemphill
Tom Poston
title Rabbit Test

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Joan Rivers notableWork Rabbit Test
Rabbit Test title Rabbit Test