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1951

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After giving a dud tip to a mobster's girlfriend, small time race track conman Sidney Melbourne is given until after Christmas to repay $10,000. Sidney enlists some of his frineds to dress as Santa Claus and collect money for a fake elderly ladies home on the streets of New York. As the money pours in the mobster tries to .. Read more

Starring	Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell
Director	Sidney Lanfield
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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The Lemon Drop Kid

Starring	Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Fred Clark
Director	Sidney Lanfield
Studio	CORNERSTONE MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1951 To Rent: DVD: 18 Sep 2006

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  HOPE AT XMAS
  
  This is Bob Hope at his very best.Bob is a racehorse betting conman,who cons a bigtime crook by mistake,leading to more cons to repay the money by xmas eve.... read more »
  
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  - Sleaford
  - 02 Nov 2006 at 19:49
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  Mildly amusing....
  
  in parts, but not as rip roaring as I remembered. I guess some humour just doesn't stand the test of time
  
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  - 20 Feb 2009 at 18:19
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  Bob Hopes best?
  
  For me, Bob Hope's best film - well written and comedy timing that for me was lacking in later and indeed earlier films. I remembered watching this for the... read more »
  
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  - Wolverhampton
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 11:21
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  HOPE AT XMAS
  
  This is Bob Hope at his very best.Bob is a racehorse betting conman,who cons a bigtime crook by mistake,leading to more cons to repay the money by xmas eve.... read more »
  
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  After giving a dud tip to a mobster's girlfriend, small time race track conman Sidney Melbourne is given until after Christmas to repay $10,000. Sidney enlists some of his frineds to dress as Santa Claus and collect money for a fake elderly ladies home on the streets of New York. As the money pours ...