DVD
The lemon drop kid
Call Number
- DVD HOLIDAY (CEN)
Performers
Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley, Tor Johnson.
Publication Information
Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 91 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
Sidney Melbourne is a con man who offers a friendly "sure thing" horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran. But when his sure thing loses and Moose's original pick wins, Sidney is given until Christmas to pay back the money or else. So to raise the money he owes, Sidney enlists some old pals to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderly ladies home. Calamity ensues when gangster Oxford Charlie tries to move in on Sidney's scam.
Notes
Based on the short story by Damon Runyon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.