Lemon Drop Kid, The
Brentwood (1951)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
In Collection
#7671
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Seen ItYes
090096097992
IMDB   6.9
1 hr 31 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
William Frawley Gloomy Willie
Bob Hope Sidney Melbourne
Marilyn Maxwell Baxter
Jane Darwell Nellie Thursday
Tor Johnson Super Swedish Angel
Lloyd Nolan Oxford Charlie
Andrea King Stella
Harry Bellaver Sam the Surgeon
Fred Clark Moose Moran
Jay C. Flippen Straight Flush
Sid Melton Little Louie
Ben Welden Singing Solly
Ida Moore Mrs. Feeney - The Bird Lady
Francis Pierlot Henry Regan
Charles Cooley Goomba
Director
Sidney Lanfield
Frank Tashlin
Producer Robert L. Welch
Writer Edmund Hartmann
Robert C. O'Brien
Frank Tashlin
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Musician Victor Young


Bob Hope stars as Sidney Melbourne (A.K.A. The Lemon Drop Kid, named so after his love of the simple candy), a con man who offers a friendly "sure thing" horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran at the race track. When the horse loses and Moose's original pick wins, Moose gives Sidney until Christmas to pay back the money he lost or his thug, Sam-the-Surgeon, will "open" Sidney after Christmas. To pay back the money he owes Moose, Sidney enlists some pals to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderly ladies' home. The calamity starts when gangster, Oxford Charlie (Lloyd Nolan) tries to move in on Sidney's scam. What follows is vintage Hope shenanigans, highlighted by a heart-warming rendition of the Christmas classic "Silver Bells" sung by Hope and Marilyn Maxwell (who appeared with Hope in the 1953 film Off Limits). Also starring William Frawley (I Love Lucy) and Tor Johnson (Plan 9 From Outer Space).
Edition Details
Edition Bob Hope Film Collection
Distributor Bci / Eclipse
Chapters 8
Release Date 11/21/2000
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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