Product Details

• Actors: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King
• Directors: Frank Tashlin, Sidney Lanfield
• Writers: Frank Tashlin, Damon Runyon, Edmund Beloin, Edmund L. Hartmann, Irving Elinson
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 24, 1994
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303382398
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,965 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Bob Hope plays a small-time con artist with a fondness for lemon candy in this film based on a Damon Runyon story. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) 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. Radio personality Marilyn Maxwell assists as the Kid's girlfriend, while William Frawley and Jay C. Flippen play the lovable, gruff crooks that fall for the Kid's Santa scam.

Hope is great as the fast-talking sharpster, and the comical gangsters are well worth the price of admission. Music by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (including the classic Christmas song "Silver Bells") makes The Lemon Drop Kid that much sweeter. --Mark Savary

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Christmas movies ever made, January 20, 2004

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gesegnet (Boise, Id United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lemon Drop Kid (DVD)

The Lemon Drop Kid is one of the lesser known Christmas movies probably because, in a sense, it doesn't try to be a traditional Christmas movie.
Bob Hope plays a con artist who is run out of Florida and winds up in New York City during a very bad cold snap. He is in hock to the mob and desperately needs to raise some cash.
He comes up with a fiendish plan, he sets up a home for old ladies and funds it Santa's ringing bells a la the Salvation Army. The problem is that he intends to take all the money and leave the old ladies stranded on December 26th.
Of course, being a Christmas movie, that doesn't happen, the kid has a change of heart, and along the way the movie provides Bob Hope in his prime as the ever loveable wise guy.
This movie also introduced the wonderful "Silver Bells" which is more famous than the movie itself.
If you're looking to add a movie for Holiday viewing, or really to watch anytime, this is a delightful addition.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll love the Brentwood DVD, July 7, 2001

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Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lemon Drop Kid (DVD)

The continuing top quality of Brentwood's Bob Hope DVD's is present on this disc. Razor sharp, good tone B&W images help make this top comedy a delight to watch.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New edition of "Lemon Drop" is sweet, not sour., November 26, 2010

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John W. Yocum (Lawrence, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Lemon Drop Kid (DVD)

I've had a Columbia VHS copy and a previous DVD edition of this great film and this is by far the best print I've seen. In the past the image was faded, the black and white contrast was lacking, and the sound was rough. This new version from SHOUT! uses a very clean print of the film. If you've never seen this film, you owe it to yourself to pay the small price of $ 10.00 and check it out. BTW, the small price in this case also means no extras at all; not even a Hope bio screen shot. But to me, having the quality print and audio is worth no extras!