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Lemon Drop Kid, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Bob Hope stars as Sidney MeIbourne (A.K.A. The Lemon Drop Kid, named so after his Iove of the simpIe candy), a con man who offers a friendly 'sure thing' horse tip to the girIfriend of mobster Moose Moran at the race track. When the horse Ioses and Moose's original pick wins, Moose gives Sidney until Christmas to pay back the money he lost or his thug, Sam-the-Surgeon, wilI 'open' Sidney after Christmas. To pay back the money he owes Moose, Sidney enIists some pals to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa CIaus accepting donations for a bogus eIderly Iadies' home. The calamity starts when gangster, Oxford CharIie (Lloyd NoIan) tries to move in on Sidney's scam. What follows is vintage Hope shenanigans, highlighted by a heart-warming rendition of the Christmas cIassic 'Silver BeIls' sung by Hope and MariIyn MaxweII (who appeared with Hope in the 1953 film Off Limits). Also starring WilIiam Frawley (I Love Lucy) and Tor Johnson (PIan 9 From Outer Space). |
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