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Beau James

4.5

Released June 07, 1957Runtime 1h 45min

He took New York for its wildest joyride!

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hope Enterprises

Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Cast

Bob HopeMayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker

Vera MilesBetty Compton

Paul DouglasChris Nolan

Alexis SmithAllie Walker

Darren McGavinCharley Hand

Joe MantellBernie Williams - Broadway producer

Horace McMahonProsecutor

Richard ShannonDick Jackson

Willis BoucheyArthur Julian

Sid MeltonSid Nash

George JesselGeorge Jessel

Walter CatlettGov. Alfred E. 'Al' Smith

Jack BennyJack Benny

Jimmy DuranteJimmy Durante

Gordon WynnReporter

John BensonPhotographer

Crew

Melville ShavelsonDirector

Michael D. MooreAssistant Director

Clem JonesSecond Assistant Director

Gene FowlerBook

Jack RoseWriter

Melville ShavelsonWriter

Jack RoseProducer

John F. WarrenDirector of Photography

Hal PereiraArt Direction

John B. GoodmanArt Direction

Floyd KnudtsonEditor

John P. FultonSpecial Effects

Sam ComerSet Decoration

Frank R. McKelvySet Decoration

Edith HeadCostume Design

W. Wallace KelleySecond Unit Director of Photography

Wally WestmoreMakeup Supervisor

Nellie ManleyHair Supervisor

Hugo GrenzbachSound Recordist

Charles GrenzbachSound Recordist

Joseph J. LilleyMusic Arranger

Joseph J. LilleyConductor

Sy DevoreWardrobe Designer

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Reviews

Right from the outset, Bob Hope seemed to be an odd choice of casting to depict the political rise of New York mayor Jimmy Walker in the late 1920s. Indeed, it all starts quite inauspiciously when he starts singing and dancing on the hustings for his first mayoral campaign. History tells us that he...