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The Lemon Drop Kid: Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin. With Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell. 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.
- (2.1K)
- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin
- 1951-04-02
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.
- $2.3 million (US rentals)
- Victor Young
- Robert L. Welch
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
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Synopsis. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.
- 1951
- 4
- Sidney Lanfield
- 91 min
Rent The Lemon Drop Kid on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. A racetrack tout (Bob Hope) has a month to pay back the sum a gangster (Lloyd Nolan) lost on a bad tip.
- Musical, Comedy
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
