Where There's Life
1947 film by Sidney Lanfield
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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") as a play on the name of its star, Bob Hope. Also in the cast are Signe Hasso, William Bendix, and George Coulouris.
Melville Shavelson
| Where There's Life | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Screenplay by | Allen Boretz Melville Shavelson |
| Story by | Melville Shavelson |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Starring | Bob Hope Signe Hasso William Bendix George Coulouris |
| 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] |
Plot
Michael Valentine is an American radio announcer who finds out he is the new king of "Barovia", although a secret society called the Mordia, which believes it has assassinated Valentine's father, King Hubertus II, 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
Reception
New York Times critic Bosley Crowther gave a moderately approving review, writing, "... its madcap humors will intoxicate the friends of Mr. Hope; those less susceptible to his high spirits are likely to be just depressed."[4]
