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Overview

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5.3/10   236 votes
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Director:
Gordon Douglas
Writers:
Johanna Harwood (writer)
Nate Monaster (writer)
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Release Date:
14 June 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Hope was never lovelier... Elberg was never funnier!
Plot:
A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off course and lands in Africa where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Hope is Hope. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bob Hope ... Matthew Merriwether

Anita Ekberg ... Luba

Edie Adams ... Frederica Larson
Lionel Jeffries ... Dr. Ezra Mungo

Arnold Palmer ... Himself
Percy Herbert ... First henchman
Paul Carpenter ... Col. Spencer
Bari Jonson ... Uta
Orlando Martins ... Chief
Al Mulock ... Second henchman
Peter Dyneley ... Williams
Mai Ling ... Hyacinth
Mark Heath ... Koba
Robert Nichols ... American Major
Neville Monroe ... Reporter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:102 min (Turner library print) | UK:93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Anita Ekberg was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl. more
Quotes:
Luba: [Trapped in space capsule] Matt, I can't breathe!
Matthew Merriwether: If *you* can't breathe, we're really in trouble.
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Movie Connections:
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Soundtrack:
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Hope is Hope., 26 August 2006
5/10
Author: cyclebuys from United States

Look this movie is a comedy that has a value today more as a remembrance of the type of fluff Hollywood produced in the early '60s. This film is watchable, but it isn't a classic. It has some funny gags, but not the best plot. It's something about a lost satellite in Africa, and once the leads get there it moves along briskly. It's very reminiscent of the 'Road to ...' movies, although this one doesn't have Crosby. It offers Ekberg who worked w/ Abbott & Costello AND with Lewis and Martin. The woman knows comedy and plays off Hope well. There are A lot of worse films to watch, and this does offer a good remembrance of the time once known as Camelot w/ its jokes about the Kennedy family.

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