| Titre original : The Lemon Drop Kid Titre français : Le Môme boule-de-gomme Réalisation : Sidney Lanfield et Frank Tashlin Scénario : Sidney Lanfield et Edmund Beloin Photographie : Daniel L. Fapp Musique : Victor Young Société de production : Paramount Pictures Pays d'origine : États-Unis Format : Couleurs - 1,66:1 - Mono Genre : Comédie dramatique, Comédie romantique The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope), a New York City swindler, is illegally touting horses at a Florida racetrack. All are occupied, mainly by the escaped women. Synopsis Un tuyauteur de champ de courses donne le perdant à la femme d'un gangster qui le met en demeure de le rembourser dans un temps fixé. Taglines Get Movies. Comme il n'a pas un sou, le tuyauteur se déguise en Père Noël et quête dans la rue pour les pauvres gens. Be the first to contribute! The gangster is understandably upset about this and orders the Kid to pay up, forcing him to plot an elaborate Christmas-time con game to raise the funds. For the 1934 film, see, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lemon_Drop_Kid&oldid=984078487, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 01:20. The Kid receives the all-important city license. He finds that Charlie and his crew are moving the women to a more secure location. After a brief struggle, the Kid overpowers Charlie and makes off with the money, narrowly avoiding the thugs Charlie has sent after him. The Kid confronts Charlie in his office. We are trying to reflect the information printed in the magazine. The Kid assures the judge who sentenced him earlier that he will focus his attention on the home, which he will make a reality. When Charlie reveals the Kid's scheme through a phone conversation with Moose Moran, the Kid's accomplices become angry, but he manages to slip away. An overjoyed Brainey decides to leave her job as a dancer and look after the "home" full-time until after Christmas. Nellie's husband Henry, free on parole, is joyously reunited with his wife. He decides to recover the money, sneaking into Charlie's home in the guise of an elderly woman. Fortunately it's Christmas, a time when people can be persuaded to part with money for the right cause. Although Sidney Lanfield is credited as the director, Frank Tashlin reportedly was hired, uncredited, to finish the film. He first tries his on-again, off-again girlfriend Brainey Baxter (Marilyn Maxwell). | Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin. Earn 125 points on every ticket you buy. The Kid and his still-loyal friends hold off the gangsters as the police initiate a raid. He next visits local crime boss Oxford Charlie (Lloyd Nolan), with whom he has had past dealings. The song "Silver Bells," sung by Hope and Maxwell, was introduced in this film.[2]. Seeing a potential gold mine, Charlie decides to muscle in on the operation. The Kid returns to the home to find it deserted and the money he had hidden in a hollowed-out statue gone. The scheme is a huge success, netting $2,000 in only a few days. L'affaire marche si bien qu'il doit employer des seconds. Plot Synopsis: A race-track tipster known as "The Lemon Drop Kid" mistakenly gives a gangster's moll a bad tip on a dog, costing her ten thousand dollars. Movies. This article is about the 1951 film. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. William Frawley is featured in both versions. 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. 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. The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 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. | The others are unaware that the Kid plans to keep the money for himself to pay off Moran. Damon Runyon's Broadway fable The Lemon Drop Kid was filmed twice by Paramount Pictures, but only the 1934 version with Lee Tracy paid more than lip service to the original Runyon story. However, Brainey tracks him down and voices her disgust. Factory under license from the film's current distributor, FremantleMedia North America. Buy Movies. The Kid learns where his scheme went wrong. When the horse finishes dead last, a furious Moran demands the Kid pay him $10,000 (the amount he would have won) by Christmas Eve, or the Kid "won't make it to New Year's.". Charlie demands that the Kid reimburse him, which would leave too little for Moran. The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 comedy film based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon, starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell. He is recognized by a passing policeman, and the Kid is convicted of panhandling and sentenced to ten days in jail when he cannot pay the fine. Fiche technique. The deal appears to be in jeopardy as Moran arrives with Charlie.