The Lemon Drop Kid Movie Review 1951

Second version of the Damon Runyon chestnut about a racetrack bookie who must recover the gangster's money he lost on a bet. As the fast-talking bookie, Hope sparkles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Damon Runyon, Jockeying for Position, Gambling, Christmas, Scams, Stings & Cons

Screenplay

Frank Tashlin, Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien

Cast

Bob Hope, Lloyd Nolan, Fred Clark, Marilyn Maxwell, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, William Frawley, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Bellaver

Cinematography

Daniel F. Fapp

Director

Sidney Lanfield

Music

Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young

Producer

Paramount Pictures