Lemon Drop Kid
Bob Hope stars as Sidney Melbourne (A.K.A. The Lemon Drop Kid, named so after his love of the simple candy), a con man who offers a friendly "sure thing" horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran at the race track. When the horse loses and Moose's original pick wins, Moose gives Sidney until Christmas to pay back theimoney he lost or his thug, Sam-the-Surgeon, will "open" Sidney after Christmas. To pay back the money he owes Moose, Sidney enlists some pals to hit the street corners of New...
