Where There's Life
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| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Written by | Allen Boretz (screenplay) Melville Shavelson (story and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Starring | Bob Hope Signe Hasso William Bendix |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Archie Marshek |
| Music by | Charles Bradshaw (uncredited) Nathan Van Cleave (uncredited) Victor Young (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US rentals)[1] |
Where There's Life is a 1947 American thriller comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield.[2][3] The film's title derives from a line in Don Quixote ("Where there's life, there's hope", a play on the name of its star, Bob Hope).
Plot
Hope plays American radio announcer who finds out he is the new king of "Barovia", although a secret society called the Mordia, which assassinated the previous ruler, has other ideas.
Cast
- Bob Hope as Michael Joseph Valentine
- Signe Hasso as General Katrina Grimovitch
- William Bendix as Victor O'Brien
- George Coulouris as Prime Minister Krivoc
- Vera Marshe as Hazel O'Brien
- George Zucco as Paul Stertorius
- Dennis Hoey as Minister of War Grubitch
- John Alexander as Herbert Jones
- Victor Varconi as Finance Minister Zavitch
- Joseph Vitale as Albert Miller
- Harry von Zell as Joe Snyder
- Anthony Caruso as John Fulda
- Norma Varden as Mabel Jones
- Harland Tucker as Mr. Alvin (Floorwalker)
- Roy Atwell as Salesman
- Emil Rameau as Dr. Josefsberg
- William Edmunds as King Hubertus II
- Crane Whitley as Assassin with Cane
Notes
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
- ^ Variety film review; October 8, 1947, page 8.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; October 11, 1947, page 162.
External links
- Where There's Life at the TCM Movie Database
- Where There's Life at IMDb
- Where There's Life at AllMovie
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- 1947 films
- 1940s comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American comedy films
- American comedy thriller films
- English-language films
- Film scores by Victor Young
- Films about radio people
- Films directed by Sidney Lanfield
- Films set in a fictional European country
- Films set in New York City
- Monarchy in fiction
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1940s comedy film stubs