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The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 American comedy film based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon, starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. Although Sidney Lanfield is credited as the director, Frank Tashlin reportedly was hired, uncredited, to finish the film.
A 1951 movie based on a Damon Runyon story, starring Bob Hope as a swindler who owes a gangster $10,000 by Christmas. He tries to raise the money by selling fake tips on horses and creating a Santa Claus scam.
- (2.3K)
- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin
- 1951-04-02
Just before a horserace at a Florida track, notorious tout Sidney Milburn, known as The Lemon Drop Kid because of his fondness for lemon candies, talks an attractive stranger into changing her bet, unaware that she is placing the wager for her boyfriend, gangster Moose Moran.
- Sidney Lanfield, Len Hendry, Edward Salven
- Bob Hope
Bob Hope in The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) [Full Movie] Steve Krampitz. 21.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 77. 8.2K views 1 year ago. For more information on this Classic Christmas Film, please...
- 97 min
- 8.5K
- Steve Krampitz
A racetrack tout (Bob Hope) has a month to pay back the sum a gangster (Lloyd Nolan) lost on a bad tip.
- (45)
- Sidney Lanfield
- Musical, Comedy
- Bob Hope
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Fortunately it's Christmas, a time when people can be persuaded to part with money for the right cause.
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
