Alias Jesse James 1959  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, Will Wright, Bing Crosby, Ward Bond, James Arness, Roy Rogers
After insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) sells a life insurance policy to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), he must follow him into the West to guard his life. There are lots of stars playing the role that they are most famous for–James Garner plays Brett Maverick, Fess Parker Plays Davy Crockett, and even Jay Silverheels is there as Tonto.
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Bachelor in Paradise 1961  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Don Porter, Virginia Grey, Agnes Moorehead, John McGiver, Florence Sundstrom, Clinton Sundberg, Alan Hewitt
In preparation for his next story, Adam J. Niles (Bob Hope) moves to the suburbs where he plans to research lifestyles. He ends up listening to housewives' problems and giving them advice on how to improve their lots in life.
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Beau James 1957  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith, Darren McGavin, Joe Mantell, George Jessel, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Walter Catlett
Jimmy Walker's (Bob Hope) life as the flamboyant mayor of New York is the subject of this biography showing the corruption, scandal, and triumphs of the Roaring 20s.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Lynne Overman, Bob Hope, Ben Blue, Leif Erickson, Patricia Wlder, Lionel Pape, Russell Hicks, Grace Bradley, Rufe Davis, Virginia Vale, Kirsten Flagstad
The series of "Big Broadcasts" continues. This time around, the setting is aboard an ocean liner, the S.S. Gigantic, that is owned by T. Frothingill Bellows (W.C. Fields). Bellows challenges another ship, the S.S. Challenger to a race while announcer Buzz Fielding (Bob Hopes) hosts shows aboard ship with popular stars of the day. Hope makes his film debut and sings the Academy Award-winning song, "Thanks for the Memories," and Martha Raye, Ben Blue, and Dorothy Lamour add to the humor.
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! 1966  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller, Cesare Danova, Marjorie Lord, Harry von Zell, Kelly Thordsen, Benny Baker, Terry Burnham, Joyce Jameson, Kevin Burchett, Keith Taylor
Real estate agent Tom Meade (Bob Hope) connects via telephone with a sexy movie star, Didi (Elke Sommer), who is trying to evade her boyfriend. Now, Tom tries to keep his wife (Marjorie Lord) from finding out about his relationship with Didi
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Call Me Bwana 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries, Arnold Palmer, Percy Herbert, Paul Carpenter
A writer of safari tales, Matt Merriwether (Bob Hope), is sent to the African jungle to recover a downed American space capsule. In truth, he only writes about the area and knows very little about survival in the region.
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Cancel My Reservations 1972  G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn, Chief Dan George, Ned Beatty, John Wayne, Bing Crosby
A TV talk show host, Dan Bartlett (Bob Hope), gets involved with the murder of a millionaire Arizona rancher. This is really bad despite the big-name guest stars.
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Casanova's Big Night 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Frank Puglia
Pippo (Bob Hope) is a mere tailor's apprentice who is mistaken for the notorious lover, Casanova, and is called on to test the fidelity of a young lady of the court.
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The Cat and the Canary 1939  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard, Elizabeth Patterson, Nydia Westman, George Zucco, John Wray, Milton Kibbee
This remake of the 1927 classic film is a comedy/mystery that established Bob Hope's film career in a tale involving a group of murdering relatives spending the night in a haunted house awaiting word of who will inherit a fortune.
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Caught in the Draft 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken, Clarence Kolb, Irving Bacon, Paul Hurst, Ferike Boros, Arthur Loft, Edgar Dearing
Movie star Don Bolton (Bob Hope) decides to evade the draft but ends up–through a comedy of errors–enlisting in the army.
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College Swing 1938 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Payne, Robert Cummings, Florence George
Gracie (Gracie Allen) inherits a college and turns it into a swinging vaudeville arena.
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Critic's Choice 1963 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, John Dehner, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon, Jerome Cowan
Loosely based on Ira Levin's play, this is the story of stage critic Parker Ballantine's (Bob Hope) dilemma when his own wife Angela's (Lucille Ball) play is about to be produced on Broadway.
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Duffy's Tavern 1945  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard, Bob Hope
This film adaptation of the popular 1940's radio show has a weak plot BUT it does provide a myriad of Paramount stars whose appearances are entertaining.
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Eight on the Lam 1967 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St. John, Stacey Maxwell, Kevin Brody, Debi Storm, Peter Leeds
Even the zany talent of Jonathan Winters could not save this film about the father of seven, Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope), and his problems when he is charged with embezzlement and fights to save his good name.
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The Facts of Life 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore, Louis Nye, Philip Ober, Peter Leeds, Robert F. Simon, Louise Beavers, William Lanteau, Marianne Stewart, Mike Mazurki
Larry (Bob Hope) and Kitty (Lucille Ball) are vacationing as "Mr. George Washington" and "Mrs. Martha Washington" while embarking on an extra-marital fling. Although the affair is never consummated, at first, their romance is great. But, by story's end, they learn that there are problems with having affairs in middle age and realize that true happiness lies back in their original marriages.
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Fancy Pants 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood, Lea Penman, Eric Blore, John Alexander, Joseph Vitale, Norma Varden, Oliver Blake, Hugh French, Virginia Keiley, Colin Keith-Johnston, Joe Wong, Hank Bell
In this remake of "Ruggles of Red Gap," slapstick reigns as Bob Hope and Lucille Ball cavort in this story about early days in New Mexico. American actor Arthur Tyler (Hope) pretends to be a British butler and is hired by social climbing Agatha Floud (Ball) and her mother Effie (Lea Penman). They bring Arthur back to their ranch in New Mexico where the townsfolk believe that Arthur represents nobility, and he reaches celebrity status. He even keeps up the facade when President Teddy Roosevelt (John Alexander) arrives, and the citizens hope to achieve statehood for New Mexico.
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The Five Pennies 1959 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Bob Crosby, Harry Guardino, Tuesday Weld, Ray Anthony, Bobby Troup, Shelly Manne, Bob Hope
This sentimental biography of 1920s' coronet player Loring "Red" Nichols (Danny Kaye) features jazz hits of the era. Highlight: Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong's rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In."
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 The Ghost Breakers 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Anthony Quinn, Tom Dugan, Paul Fix, Richard Carlson, Pedro de Cordoba, Virginia Brissac
Determined to find a treasure, Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) heads for a haunted house with Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) in tow. Larry is trying to escape from a bum charge and the police are on his tail as he tries to rid the house of ghosts and help Mary find the missing treasure. This film was remade as "Scared Stiff" with Martin and Lewis.
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Give Me a Sailor 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Jack Whiting, J.C. Nugent, Clarence Kolb, Nana Bryant, Emerson Treacy, Kathleen Lockhart, Ralph Sanford
While he likes the life of having a girl in every port, sailor Jim Brewster (Bob Hope) tries to play matchmaker for his friend Walter (Jack Whiting) and Letty Larkin (Martha Raye).
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A Global Affair 1964 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Bob Hope, Liselotte Pulver, Robert Sterling, Michele Mercier, Yvonne De Carlo, Nehemiah Persoff, John McGiver, Miiko Taka, Mickey Shaughnessy, Elga Anderson
An infant is abandoned at the United Nations and members put in politically motivated claims for the baby's adoption.
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The Great Lover 1949 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical / Thriller
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young, Roland Culver, George Reeves, Jim Backus, Richard Lyon, Gary Gray, Sig Arno, Jerry Hunter, Jack Benny, Paul Bryar, Fritz Feld, Norman Leavitt
Freddie Hunter (Bob Hope) chaperones a group of Boy Scouts on an ocean liner traveling to Europe. En route, they run smack into a series of adventures when they face gambler C. J. Dabney (Roland Young) who is also a murderer.
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Here Come the Girls 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Binyon
Cast: Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney, William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, Millard Mitchell, Frank Orth, Johnny Downs
Stanley Snodgrass (Bob Hope) becomes the star of a Broadway musical–although he is unaware that he is being set up as bait to trap a murderer.
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The Iron Petticoat 1956 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff, Alan Gifford, Paul Carpenter, Nicholas Phipps, Sid James, Tutte Lemkow
When a stern Soviet officer (Katharine Hepburn) defects to the West, an American officer (Bob Hope) takes her on an eye-opening adventure in the capitalist world.
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I'll Take Sweden 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon, Dina Merrill, Jeremy Slate, Walter Sande, Roy Roberts, Rosemarie Frankland, John Qualen, Peter Bourne, Fay DeWitt, Alice Frost, Beverly Powers
Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) travels to Sweden to break up his daughter's (Tuesday Weld) love affair, and, in the process, he meets and falls in love with Karin (Dina Merrill).
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Tor Johnson, Jack Kruschen
Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."
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Louisiana Purchase 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Frank Albertson, Raymond Walburn, Donald MacBride, Andrew Tombes
Both Irving Berlin's music and Senator Jim Taylor's (Bob Hope) outrageous filibuster in which he reads "Gone with the Wind" contribute to making this film an enjoyable escape from reality.
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Monsieur Beaucaire 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Joseph Schildkraut, Reginald Owen, Constance Collier, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille
A barber (Bob Hope) impersonates Monsieur Beaucaire at the court of Louis XV in this entertaining farce involving royalty.
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The Muppet Movie 1979 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor
Jim Henson's muppets are brought to the screen to tell their unique rags-to-riches story of success in Hollywood.
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My Favorite Blonde 1942 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco, Victor Varconi, Lionel Royce, Walter Kingsford, Edward Gargan, Charles Cane, Bing Crosby, Otto Reichow, Esther Howard, James Burke, Dooley Wilson, Milton Parsons
Vaudeville entertainer Larry Haines (Bob Hope) performs on the stage with his trained penguin. While on a train bound for Los Angeles, Larry meets Karen (Madeleine Carroll) who is a spy. She talks Larry into helping her escape from Nazi agents, and he agrees. Now both of them are on the lam trying to escape their pursuers while the penguin, unbeknownst to Larry, is used by Karen to carry secret documents. Watch for Bing Crosby in his cameo appearance as the man giving Larry and Karen directions.
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My Favorite Brunette 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Jack La Rue, Charles Dingle, Willard Robertson, Charles Arnt, Bing Crosby, James Flavin, Alan Ladd
This well-made spoof of mystery films features Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, a photographer of children whose studio is next to the office of private detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). Ronnie is mistaken for Sam and hired by Baroness Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) to search for her missing uncle. The trail leads to a sanitarium and geologist James Collins (Reginald Denny). But, while investigating, Ronnie is attacked by Willie (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Kismet (Peter Lorre) and finds himself in the middle of murder and mayhem.
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My Favorite Spy 1951 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Morris Ankrum, Iris Adrian, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Marc Lawrence
When an espionage agent is killed in the line of duty, his look-alike, Peanuts (Bob Hope), is sent to Tangiers to finish the job.
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Never Say Die 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Monty Woolley, Ernest Cossart, Ivan F. Simpson
When millionaire John Kidley (Bob Hope) believes he is dying, he marries Mickey Hawkins (Martha Raye) so she can gain his near-future inheritance.
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Not with My Wife, You Don't 1966 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor, Richard Eastham, Ann Doran, Bob Hope, Eddie Ryder, George Tyne
Julie (Verna Lisi) is a bored Air Force wife whose husband, Tom (Tony Curtis), worries about her fidelity to their marriage.
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Nothing But the Truth 1941 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Leif Erickson, Helen Vinson, Grant Mitchell, Willie Best, Catherine Doucet, Rose Hobart, Clarence Kolb, Glenn Anders, Mary Forbes, Leon Belasco, Helene Millard, Lee Shumway
Gwen Saunders (Paulette Goddard) gives stockbroker Steve Bennett (Bob Hope) $10,000 and tells him to double its value. Problems really begin when Steve uses the money for a bet that involves his telling the truth–and nothing but–for 24 hours.
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Off Limits 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff, Marvin Miller, John Ridgely, Jack Dempsey, Stanley Clements, Norman Leavitt, Carolyn Jones
Wally Hogan (Bob Hope) manages bantamweight fighter Herbert Tuttle (Mickey Rooney). When Tuttle is drafted into the army, Hogan follows suit and watches out for his fighter.
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The Paleface 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Charles Trowbridge, Jeff York, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Bobby Watson, Jackie Searl, Joseph Vitale, Clem Bevans, Stanley Andrews, Wade Crosby, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, John Maxwell
The song "Buttons and Bows" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this very entertaining comedy about the romance and marriage of Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) and frontier dentist "Painless" Peter Potter (Bob Hope) who she meets while investigating the selling of rifles to Indians.
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Paris Holiday 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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The Princess and the Pirate 1944 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence, Hugo Haas, Maude Eburne, Adia Kuznetzoff, Brandon Hurst
Sylvester (Bob Hope) and Margaret (Virginia Mayo) are pursued by pirates (Walter Brennan is very funny as one of the pirates) and are caught in the clutches of La Roche (Walter Slezak).
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 The Road to Bali 1952 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye, Peter Coe, Ralph Moody, Carolyn Jones, Michael Ansara, Harry Cording, Bhogwan Singh, Leon Askin, Al Kikume, Jane Russell, Jan Kayne, Leslie Charles
Harold (Bob Hope) and George (Bing Crosby) try to retrieve a treasure for its rightful owner, Princess Lalah (Dorothy Lamour). They encounter cannibals and wild animals during their search. This film has many cameo performances, and it marks the film debut of Carolyn Jones.
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 The Road to Hong Kong 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Bill Nagy, Felix Aylmer, Peter Madden, Many Guest Stars
This final "Road" picture with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby has the pair entering the worlds of space travel and espionage while their cohort (Dorothy Lamour) appears in a short cameo.
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Road to Morocco 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Dona Drake, Anthony Quinn, Vladimir Sokoloff, Monte Blue, Yvonne De Carlo, Mikhail Rasumny, George Givot
Con artists (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) sojourn across the desert in Africa where they meet Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour) and must contend with Sheik Mullay Kassim (Anthony Quinn).
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Road to Rio 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Frank Faylen, Frank Puglia, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Nestor Paiva, Joseph Vitale
Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) hop a ship bound for Rio de Janeiro and help a hypnotized young woman (Dorothy Lamour) who is being forced into an arranged marriage.
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 Road to Singapore 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna, Miles Mander, Pierre Watkin, Steve Pendleton
This is the first "Road" film; it proved so popular that six more films followed. Josh (Bing Crosby) and Ace (Bob Hope) sail the Pacific Ocean to a tropical island where they meet and vie for the attention of a lovely lady (Dorothy Lamour).
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 Road to Utopia 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Benchley, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, Will Wright
This is one of the best of seven "Road" films. Duke (Bing Crosby) and Chester (Bob Hope) head for the Klondike to find their fortunes in gold and are aided by Sal (Dorothy Lamour) in their pursuit of riches.
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Road to Zanzibar 1941 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Douglass Dumbrille, Iris Adrian, Lionel Royce, Ernest Whitman, Joan Marsh, Norma Varden
Searching for a South African diamond mine becomes the quest of con-men Chuck (Bing Crosby) and Fearless (Bob Hope). Along for the ride are chorus girls Donna Latoor (Dorothy Lamour) and Julia (Una Merkel).
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Scared Stiff 1953 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda, Dorothy Malone, George Dolenz, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, William Ching, Jack Lambert
A slave trader's ghost resides in a haunted house visited by Martin and Lewis in this remake of Bob Hope's "The Ghost Breakers."
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The Seven Little Foys 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Family / Musical
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Bob Hope, James Cagney, George Tobias, Milly Vitale, Billy Gray, Angela Clarke, Herbert Heyes, Richard Shannon, Charley Foy, Lester Matthews, Lee Erickson, Jimmy Baird, Tommy Duran, Paul De Rolf, Jerry Mathers
Bob Hope stars as vaudevillian Eddie Foy in this entertaining biography. After suffering the tragedy of having his wife die, Foy uses his seven children in his act, and the children excel and even steal the show. Foy's real-life son Eddie Foy narrates this delightful story of the Foy family's life. James Cagney, as George M. Cohan, is outstanding in his dance routine with Hope performed at the Friar's Club.
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 Some Like It Hot 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: Rhythm Romance
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa, Rufe Davis, Frank Sully, Richard Denning, Bernard Nedell, Bernadene Hayes, Clarence Wilson, Byron Foulger, Edgar Dearing, Russ Powell
In the era of jitterbugging, carnival barker Nicky Nelson (Bob Hope) acts as an agent promoting the "hot" music of drummer Gene Krupa's band. Nicky has problems getting Krupa's band a gig–until the band scores a success on the boardwalk. Meanwhile, Nicky falls in love with singer Lily Racquel (Shirley Ross) and risks losing everything but takes advantage of one last chance to gain success. The music includes "The Lady's in Love with You," "Some Like It Hot," and "Heart and Soul."
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Son of Paleface 1952  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western / Action / Romance
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille, Bill Williams, Harry von Zell, Iron Eyes Cody, Cecil B. DeMille, Bing Crosby, Lloyd Corrigan, Paul E. Burns, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Charles Cooley
This sequel to "Paleface" adds Roy Rogers to the cast and is even funnier than the original. Bob Hope plays Peter "Junior" Potter who is the son of his original character. He heads West to claim his inheritance, but it appears that all he has been left with are debts. When he tells the creditors that his father's gold is hidden, he gains the attention of saloon owner Mike (Jane Russell) and federal agent Roy Barton (Roy Rogers) who is on Mike's trail believing that she is the leader of a gang of bandits. A highlight: Bob Hope and Trigger share the same bed!
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Sorrowful Jones 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, Mary Jane Saunders, Claire Carleton, Houseley Stevenson, Ben Welden, Harry Tyler
This remake of "Little Miss Marker" features Bob Hope playing the role of Sorrowful Jones, the bookie who ends up with a young child as an I.O.U.
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Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Victor Moore, Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Paulette Goddard, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, Susan Hayward, Dick Powell, Bob Hope, Anne Revere
A Paramount Studios doorman (Victor Moore) tells his sailor son that he is a producer, and now he must provide proof. The solution is a variety show with top stars from Paramount. "That Old Black Magic" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. Many guest stars.
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Thanks for the Memory 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper, Laura Hope Crews, Roscoe Karns, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, William Collier Sr., Emma Dunn, Edward Gargan, Jack Norton, Patricia Wilder, Barney Dean, Pat West
Young newlyweds Steve (Bob Hope) and Anne Merrick (Shirley Ross) have much to work out during their rocky start at marriage. As they settle into their New York apartment, Anne goes off to work every day as a fashion model, and aspiring author Steve stays home devoting his time to writing. This arrangement leads to their temporary break-up. But, by story's end, they are reunited and living happily ever after.
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That Certain Feeling 1956  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Cast: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey, Al Capp, Jerry Mathers, David Lewis, Herbert Rudley, Florenz Ames, Douglas Wood
Cartoonist Francis X. Dignan (Bob Hope) ghosts for the creator of a popular syndicated comic strip, Larry Larkin (George Sanders). Eva Marie Saint plays Larkin's ex-wife in this poor Hope film. 1 User Review
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They Got Me Covered 1943 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Otto Preminger, Eduardo Ciannelli, Marion Martin, Donald Meek, Philip Ahn, Donald MacBride, Walter Catlett
Reporter Robert Kittredge (Bob Hope) is on the trail of espionage agents in Washington, D.C. and gets help from Christina Hill (Dorothy Lamour).
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Variety Girl 1947 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, William Holden
This film is an all-star revue featuring a myriad of performers praising the humanitarian Variety Club's efforts for children in need.
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Where There's Life 1947 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris, Vera Marshe, George Zucco, Dennis Hoey, John Alexander, Victor Varconi, Joseph Vitale
When a radio star (Bob Hope) thinks he is named the heir to a mythical throne, he pulls out all stops to evade a meeting with those who are carrying the news to him.
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| 1. Alias Jesse James (1959)
2. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
3. Beau James (1957)
4. The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
5. Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
6. Call Me Bwana (1963)
7. Cancel My Reservations (1972)
8. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
9. The Cat and the Canary (1939)
10. Caught in the Draft (1941)
11. College Swing (1938)
12. Critic's Choice (1963)
13. Duffy's Tavern (1945)
14. Eight on the Lam (1967)
15. The Facts of Life (1960)
16. Fancy Pants (1950)
17. The Five Pennies (1959)
18. The Ghost Breakers (1940)
19. Give Me a Sailor (1938)
20. A Global Affair (1964)
21. The Great Lover (1949)
22. Here Come the Girls (1953)
23. How to Commit Marriage (1969)
24. The Iron Petticoat (1956)
25. I'll Take Sweden (1965)
26. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
27. Let's Face It (1943)
28. Louisiana Purchase (1941)
29. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
30. The Muppet Movie (1979)
31. My Favorite Blonde (1942)
32. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
33. My Favorite Spy (1951)
34. Never Say Die (1939)
35. Not with My Wife, You Don't (1966)
36. Nothing But the Truth (1941)
37. Off Limits (1953)
38. The Paleface (1948)
39. Paris Holiday (1958)
40. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
41. The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
42. The Road to Bali (1952)
43. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
44. Road to Morocco (1942)
45. Road to Rio (1947)
46. Road to Singapore (1940)
47. Road to Utopia (1945)
48. Road to Zanzibar (1941)
49. Scared Stiff (1953)
50. The Seven Little Foys (1955)
51. Some Like It Hot (1939)
aka: Rhythm Romance
52. Son of Paleface (1952)
53. Sorrowful Jones (1949)
54. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
55. Thanks for the Memory (1938)
56. That Certain Feeling (1956)
57. They Got Me Covered (1943)
58. Variety Girl (1947)
59. Where There's Life (1947)
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