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Beau James
4.5
Released June 07, 1957
Runtime 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 Hope
Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
Vera Miles
Betty Compton
Paul Douglas
Chris Nolan
Alexis Smith
Allie Walker
Darren McGavin
Charley Hand
Joe Mantell
Bernie Williams - Broadway producer
Horace McMahon
Prosecutor
Richard Shannon
Dick Jackson
Willis Bouchey
Arthur Julian
Sid Melton
Sid Nash
George Jessel
George Jessel
Walter Catlett
Gov. Alfred E. 'Al' Smith
Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
Gordon Wynn
Reporter
John Benson
Photographer
Crew
Melville Shavelson
Director
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
Clem Jones
Second Assistant Director
Gene Fowler
Book
Jack Rose
Writer
Melville Shavelson
Writer
Jack Rose
Producer
John F. Warren
Director of Photography
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Floyd Knudtson
Editor
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
W. Wallace Kelley
Second Unit Director of Photography
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Joseph J. Lilley
Music Arranger
Joseph J. Lilley
Conductor
Sy Devore
Wardrobe Designer
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Reviews
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CinemaSerf
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...