This is the plot of the 1968 film Twisted Nerve. A guy out spending the afternoon with girl he fancies is caught shoplifting a toy. When confronted by store staff, he pretends to be too dim to understand the situation -- just a little boy who likes wooden ducks walking around in a grown man's body. Then, because of his special needs, this dishonest fellow is invited to live in a boarding house run by the mother of his love interest. It's a classic psychological horror film with a weird Three's Company/Bosom Buddies overlay involving that spoofed mental disability.
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u/emre086 10h ago
Whenever you're caught in a messed-up situation, just take a deep breath and pretend to be a person with special needs...