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Casanova's Big Night is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod released in USA on 7 april 1954 with Bob Hope
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
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Add to a movie listCasanova's Big Night (1954) is a comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod.
Hope plays a tailor who impersonates Giacomo Casanova, the great lover. The film also stars Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, John Carradine, Hope Emerson, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond Burr, Natalie Schafer, and Vincent Price (in a cameo appearance as the real Casanova).
Synopsis
Pippo, a tailor, impersonates Casanova to woo the girls, particularly the widow Bruni. Casanova has left town, pursued by creditors who persuade Pippo to impersonate Casanova at the behest of a Genoan family that will pay "Casanova" to test the fidelity of the son's betrothed.Actors
Bob Hope
(Pippo Popolino)
Joan Fontaine
(Francesca Bruni)
Basil Rathbone
(Lucio / Narrator)
John Carradine
(Foressi)
Lon Chaney, Jr.
(Emo, the Murderer)
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