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Cast
Bob Hope | As: Nicky Nelson | |
Shirley Ross | As: Lily Racquel | |
Una Merkel | As: Flo Saunders | |
Gene Krupa | As: Gene Krupa | |
Rufe Davis | As: Stoney |
Storyline
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.
Tagline: | Let this show put you in swing with spring! |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Bob Hope |
Nicky Nelson |
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Shirley Ross |
Lily Racquel |
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Una Merkel |
Flo Saunders |
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Gene Krupa |
Gene Krupa |
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Rufe Davis |
Stoney |
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Bernard Nedell |
Stephen Hanratty |
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Frank Sully |
Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse |
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Bernadene Hayes |
Miss Marble |
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Richard Denning |
Mr. Weems |
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Clarence Wilson |
Mr. Ives |
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Dudley Dickerson |
Sam |
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Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt |
Bass Fiddler |
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J. Scott Smart |
Joe - Hamburger Man |
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Bobby Dease |
Man |
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Harry Barris |
Harry, Piano Player |
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Nora Cecil |
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger |
Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
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Russell Hopton |
Barker (uncredited) |
Directed By
George Archainbaud |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Frank Loesser |
Lyricist |
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Ben Hecht |
Theatre Play |
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Gene Fowler |
Theatre Play |
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Lewis R. Foster |
Screenplay |
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Wilkie C. Mahoney |
Screenplay |
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Ben Hecht |
Writer |
Production Crew
Edited By
Costume and Makeup
Sound
Burton Lane |
Songs |
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Gene Krupa |
Songs |
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Hoagy Carmichael |
Songs |
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Remo Biondi |
Songs |
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George Dutton |
Sound |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
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