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Director:
Writers:
Allen Boretz (writer)
Melville Shavelson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 November 1947 (USA) more
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Plot:
The American son of an Eastern European monarch wounded in an assassination attempt becomes a target for a terrorist organization. full summary | add synopsis
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There's Hope, But Not Much Else more (3 total)

Cast

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Bob Hope ... Michael Joseph Valentine
Signe Hasso ... Gen. Katrina Grimovitch
William Bendix ... Victor O'Brien
George Coulouris ... Prime Minister Krivoc
Vera Marshe ... Hazel O'Brien
George Zucco ... Paul Stertorius
Dennis Hoey ... Minister of War Grubitch
John Alexander ... Mr. Herbert Jones
Victor Varconi ... Finance Minister Zavitch
Joseph Vitale ... Albert Miller
Harry von Zell ... Joe Snyder
Anthony Caruso ... John Fulda
Norma Varden ... Mabel Jones
Harland Tucker ... Mr. Alvin
Roy Atwell ... Salesman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11601, General Audience)

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Trivia:
The title is a play on the old platitude "Where there's life, there's hope". more
Quotes:
Victor O'Brien: What a revoltin' development this is! more
Movie Connections:
References Blue Skies (1946) more

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There's Hope, But Not Much Else, 5 November 2009
7/10
Author: jayraskin1 from Orlando, United States

Bob Hope is always a wonderful comedian, but he has to work with a few handicaps here. First, there's a predictable and mundane script with a plot more fit for the Three Stooges than Hope. Second, the production values look awfully cheap. This looks more like Republic Pictures than Paramount. Third, co-star Signe Hasso is listless and grim, and has no chemistry with Hope at all. She is also saddled with a ridiculous and silly hairstyle. The only memorable delight in the film is William Bendix as a N.Y.City cop. His delivery of his signature line, "What a revolting development this is," is the funniest laugh in the movie. At 75 minutes, the film zips by and is pleasant enough, but not nearly as much fun as "Monsieur Beaucaire," "Paleface" or any of the Road pictures.

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