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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
For more information on this Classic Christmas Film, please click here:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lemon_Drop_Kid
- 97 min
- 8.5K
- Steve Krampitz
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Damon Runyon Wrote Joining the prologue, citing Damon Runyon and meeting Bob Hope, title character, a.k.a. Sidney Milburn, hustling two greenhorns (Oliver Blake, Billie Bird) at a Florida track, the remake of the 1934 Lee Tracy version, The Lemon Drop Kid, 1951, also starring Jane Darwell and Lloyd Nolan.
- Sidney Lanfield, Len Hendry, Edward Salven
- Bob Hope
Rent The Lemon Drop Kid on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Page 1 of 5, 5 total items. Page 1 of 7, 7 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A racetrack tout (Bob Hope) has a month to ...
- Musical, Comedy
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A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive. 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 ...
