The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Damon Runyan's zaniest Broadway characters come alive with fun...especially the Lemon Drop Kid (Bob, natch!)
91 min
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.
- Release date
- April 2, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bob Hope as Sidney Milburn - aka The Lemon Drop Kid
- Marilyn Maxwell as 'Brainey' Baxter
- Lloyd Nolan as Oxford Charlie
- Jane Darwell as Nellie Thursday
- Andrea King as Stella
- Fred Clark as Moose Moran
- Jay C. Flippen as Straight-Flush Tony
- William Frawley as Gloomy Willie
- Harry Bellaver as Sam the Surgeon
- Sid Melton as Little Louie
Crew
- Sidney Lanfield · Director
- Edmund L. Hartmann · Writer
- Robert O'Brien · Writer
- Frank Tashlin · Writer
- Edmund Beloin · Writer
- Robert L. Welch · Producer
- Victor Young · Composer
- Daniel L. Fapp · Cinematographer
- Archie Marshek · Editor