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Casanova's Big Night is a 1954 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Hope plays a tailor who impersonates Giacomo Casanova, the great lover.
Casanova's Big Night: Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone. A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.
Synopsis. One night, in Parma, Italy, in 1757, Pippo Popolino, a tailor's apprentice, impersonates the great lover Casanova in order to seduce widow Francesca Bruni, a grocer and neighbor. While wooing Francesca in her bedroom, the masked Pippo is confronted by the real Casanova, who recognizes him as his tailor's bumbling employee and ...
Casanova's Big Night (1954) is a comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Hope plays a tailor who impersonates Giacomo Casanova, the great lover.
Casanova's Big Night - YouTube. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. 30. ...more. Lavish settings and breathtaking costumes add to the delight of this comedy set in 18th-century Italy....
A valet (Basil Rathbone) and a widow (Joan Fontaine) help a tailor's apprentice (Bob Hope) pose as Casanova in 1700s Italy.
- Musical, Comedy
Overview. Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
