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Where There’s Life (Paramount 1947, Bob Hope, William Bendix)

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Bob Hope antics as a disk jockey about to be married who learns he is heir to the throne of a kingdom in the throes of a revolution. Hope throws off the one-liners while avoiding revolutionaries, and Bendix is his intended’s brother.

Where There’s Life is the final feature film for comedian and vaudeville star Roy Atwell, who is best remembered as the voice of Doc in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

production details
USA | Paramount | 75 minutes | 1947

Director: Sidney Lanfield
Producer: Paul Jones
Cinematography: Charles Lang Jr.
Editor: Archie Marshek
Script: Allen Boretz, Melville Shavelson,
Production Design: Hans Dreier

cast
Bob Hope as Michael Joseph Valentine
Signe Hasso as Gen. Katrina Grimovitch
George Zucco as Paul Stertorius
Dennis Hoey as Minister of War Grubitch
John Alexander as Mr. Herbert Jones
Harry von Zell as Joe Snyder
Harland Tucker as Mr. Alvin – Floorwalker
Roy Atwell as Salesman
Emil Rameau as Dr. Josefsberg
Crane Whitley as Assassin With Cane
Joseph Vitale as Albert Miller
George Coulouris as Prime Minister Krivoc
Vera Marshe as Hazel O’Brien
Anthony Caruso as John Fulda
Norma Varden as Mabel Jones
William Bendix as Victor O’Brien
Victor Varconi as Finance Minister Zavitch
William Edmunds as King Hubertus II
Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones as Department Store Mover (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty as Joe O’Brien (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)


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