The French court will never be the same when Bob Hope gets through with it! A barber in the court of King Louis XV, Monsieur Beaucaire (Hope, My Favorite Brunette), falIs in love with a beautiful maid (Joan CaulfieId, Larceny). When the king has had enough of the inept barber’s shenanigans, Beaucaire is led to the guillotine where he is about to Iose his head! Luckily for him, the Duc de Chandre (Patric KnowIes, The Bride Wore Boots) rescues Beaucaire from his inevitable fate, transporting him to the Spanish court. However, when he later poses as a nobIeman, it seems he may have pushed his luck a little too far. Featuring Iavish costumes and sets, this classic comedy directed by Hollywood great George MarshaII (The Ghost Breakers) showcases Bob Hope at his finest. Melvin Frank (My Favorite Blonde) and Norman Panama (The Court Jester) adapted the screenpIay from Booth Tarkington’s (The Magnificent Ambersons) novel, with Marjorie Reynolds (Holiday Inn), CeciI KeIlaway (Unconquered), Joseph Schildkraut (The Shop Around the Corner), Reginald Owen (The Good Fairy), Constance ColIier (Rope) and HilIary Brooke (Road to Utopia) rounding out the wonderfuI cast.
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