The Lemon Drop Kid

After slick racetrack tout the Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope) convinces a gangster's moll to switch her bet to a stone motherless nag and she misses out on a $10,000 booty, the Kid finds himself in the hole with the mob. He hits upon a racket to pay him back: scatter a slew of phony Santa Clauses across the Big Apple to collect for the bogus "Nellie Thursday Home for Old Dolls." Fast-paced comedy, based on a Damon Runyon short story, also stars Lloyd Nolan, Marilyn Maxwell; Hope and Maxwell introduce the song "Silver Bells." 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.