Sergeant O.K. Deadhead/Sergeant Donovan
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There's a little bit of The Nutty Professor in Sergeant Dead Head and by the way that's Frankie Avalon's character name, O.K. Deadhead. An accidental trip into outer space with a chimpanzee has him changing personalities from being a lovable klutz to being an aggressive Buddy Love type.
Sergeant Deadhead is a bumbling soldier who is sent to the guardhouse for blowing up a model rocket on the parade ground of the air base where he is stationed. His fiancée, Airman Lucy Turner despairs of ever marrying him because of him being constantly disciplined for his antics.
Sergeant Deadhead. After setting off a rocket during a parade, Sergeant Deadhead (Frankie Avalon) is sent to a guardhouse by his commanding officer, General Fogg (Fred Clark).
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The ride in space has altered the sergeant's personality, however, and he becomes a power-mad girl-chaser who insists upon exposing the mistake to the press. To protect his reputation, General Fogg imprisons Deadhead, despite the sergeant's plans to marry Col. Lucy Turner the same day.
Overview. An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
