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The lemon drop kid / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin ; produced by Robert L. Welch ; directed by Sidney Lanfield.
LIBRA DVD 019 159
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946. Lemon drop kid, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946--Film adaptations.
- Runyon, Damon.
- Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946.
- Swindlers and swindling--Drama.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- Horse racing--Betting.
- Horse racing--Betting--Drama.
- Horse racing.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Musical films.
- Comedy films.
- Christmas films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Full screen.
- Other Title:
- Damon Runyon's The lemon drop kid
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Shout Factory, 2010.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A small-time con artist, nicknamed for his favorite candy, gets in over his head when he swindles a tough gangster out of some gambling profits. The Kid concocts a scheme to pay back the money by Christmas, by tricking his pals into dressing up as Santas and collecting money for a made-up charity.
- Participant:
- Lloyd Nolan, Marilyn Maxwell, William Frawley, Bob Hope, Jane Darwell.
- Credits:
- Story by Edmund Beloin ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; songs by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
- Based on Damon Runyon's The lemon drop kid.
- ISBN:
- 9781603994767
- 1603994769
- OCLC:
- 669067408
- Publisher Number:
- 826663121803
- SF12180 Shout Factory
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