The Lemon Drop Kid
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| The Lemon Drop Kid | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Produced by | Robert L. Welch |
| Written by | Damon Runyon (story) Edmund Beloin (story) |
| Starring | Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 8, 1951 U.S. release |
| Running time | 91 min |
| Language | English |
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The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 comedy film based on the short story by writer Damon Runyon. The black-and-white movie stars Bob Hope. The Christmas song "Silver Bells," sung by Hope and Marilyn Maxwell, was introduced in the film. The film was directed by Sidney Lanfield and Frank Tashlin (uncredited — Tashlin was hired to finish the film). The story was also made as a movie in 1934 with a bit part for actress Ann Sheridan.
[edit] Plot
The Lemon Drop Kid (Hope) persuades a gangster's girlfriend not to bet on a horse. The horse ends up winning and now the gangster wants the Kid to pay him the $10,000 he would have won or The Lemon Drop Kid will be executed on Christmas Eve.
[edit] Cast
- Bob Hope as Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
- Marilyn Maxwell as 'Brainy' Baxter
- Lloyd Nolan as Oxford Charley
- Jane Darwell as Nellie Thursday
- Andrea King as Stella
- Fred Clark as Moose Moran
- Jay C. Flippen as Straight Flush
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