LEMON DROP KID / [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
• Plot: BOB HOPE stars as Sidney Melbourne (a/k/a ' The Lemon Drop Kid'), a con man who offers a friendly 'sure thing' horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran. But when Sidney's sure thing looses and Moose's original pick wins, Sidney's given until Christmas to pay back the money or else. So to raise the money he owes, Sidney enlists some old pals to hit the street corners of New york dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderly ladies' home. Calamity ensues 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 his co-star Marilyn Maxwell.; ; Also starring William Frawley (I Love Lucy) and Tor Johnson (Plan 9 From Outer Space0.
• Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Francis Pierlot, Charles Cooley, Salvatore De Lorenzo, Harry Shannon, Bernard Szold, Tor Johnson, Tom Dugan, Harry Wilson, Stanley Andrews, Billie Bird, Oliver Blake, Helen Brown, Bill Cartledge, Ray Cooke, John Doucette, Ralph Dunn, Pat Flaherty, Slim Gaut, Roy Gordon, Fred Graff, Jim Haywood, John Indrisano, Tommy Ivo, Richard Karlan, Victor Kilian, Jack Kruschen, Kate MacKenna, Vivian Mason, Edwin Max, John 'Skins' Miller, Mary Murphy, Paul Newlan, Michael Ross, Gene Roth, Almira Sessions, Bill Sheehan, Douglas Spencer, Sid Tomack, Harry Tyler, Bill Varga, Emmett Vogan, Jean Whitney, Fred Zendar, Sidney Lanfield
• Director: Sidney Lanfield
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: FreemantleMedia Enterprises, Shout Factory, Columbia Pictures
• Media Format: Movie