03 Aug 2005
The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
The Lemon Drop Kid
Damon Runyan's zaniest Broadway characters come alive with fun...especially the Lemon Drop Kid (Bob, natch!)
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bob Hope Sidney Melbourne (The Lemon Drop Kid)
Marilyn Maxwell 'Brainey' Baxter
Lloyd Nolan Oxford Charley
Jane Darwell 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Andrea King Stella
Fred Clark Moose Moran
Jay C. Flippen Straight Flush Tony
William Frawley Gloomy Willie
Harry Bellaver Sam the Surgeon
Sid Melton Little Louie
Ben Welden Singing Solly
Ida Moore Mrs. Feeney - The Bird Lady
Francis Pierlot Henry Regan
Charles Cooley Goomba
Salvatore De Lorenzo Street-corner Santa Claus
Harry Shannon John (Policeman)
Bernard Szold Honest Harry
Tor Johnson Super Swedish Angel (Wrestler)
Tom Dugan No Thumbs Charlie
Stanley Andrews Judge Wilkinson (uncredited)
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