The Lemon Drop Kid

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The product is a movie titled "The Lemon Drop Kid" starring Bob Hope as Sidney Melbourne, a con man who offers a friendly sure thing horse tip to the girlfriend of mobster Moose Moran.

When his sure thing loses and Moose's original pick wins, Sidney is given until Christmas to pay back the money or else.

To raise the money he owes, Sidney enlists some old pals to hit the street corners of New York dressed as Santa Claus accepting donations for a bogus elderly ladies home.

Calamity ensues when gangster Oxford Charlie (Lloyd Nolan) tries to move in on Sidney's scam.

This movie is a vintage Hope shenanigans, highlighted by a heart-warming rendition of the Christmas classic Silver Bells sung by Hope and Marilyn Maxwell.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.