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. Signe Hasso and William Bendix also star in the film.
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
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- American black-and-white films
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- 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
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