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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 Melbourne (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 Iost or his thug, Sam-the-Surgeon, wiIl 'open' Sidney after Christmas. To pay back the money he owes Moose, Sidney enlists some paIs to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderIy ladies' home. The caIamity starts when gangster, Oxford Charlie (Lloyd NoIan) tries to move in on Sidney's scam. What follows is vintage Hope shenanigans, highIighted by a heart-warming rendition of the Christmas classic 'Silver BeIls' sung by Hope and MariIyn MaxweII (who appeared with Hope in the 1953 fiIm Off Limits). AIso starring WilIiam FrawIey (l Love Lucy) and Tor Johnson (Plan 9 From Outer Space). |
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