Where There's Life
| Where There's Life | |
|---|---|
 Cover from VHS release | |
| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Written by |
Allen Boretz (screenplay) Melville Shavelson (story and screenplay) |
| Starring |
Bob Hope Signe Hasso William Bendix George Coulouris |
| Music by |
Charles Bradshaw (uncredited) Nathan Van Cleave (uncredited) Victor Young (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Archie Marshek |
| 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] |
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.
Plot
Hope plays an American radio announcer named Michael Valentine 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
Notes
- ↑ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
- ↑ Variety film review; October 8, 1947, page 8.
- ↑ Harrison's Reports film review; October 11, 1947, page 162.
External links
- Where There's Life at the TCM Movie Database
- Where There's Life on IMDb
- Where There's Life at AllMovie
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