Movies starring Bob Hope

Road to Rio (1947)

100 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour made 7 "Road to ..." movies and over the years I have seen them all but only in passing, a bit here a bit there and more often than not they've come on TV and ended up being background...

Fancy Pants (1950)

92 mins     Comedy, Musical, Western      

Fancy Pants (1950) Bob Hope stars as an actor employed as a butler to help turn a brassy daughter (Lucille Ball) into a lady but is mistaken for an English Earl by the locals...

Son of Paleface (1952)

95 mins     Comedy, Western      

It wasn't until I sat down to watch "Son of Paleface" that I discovered it was a sequel to "The Paleface", but the good thing is that you don't need to have to seen "The Paleface" to either understand or enjoy "Son of Palefac...

The Seven Little Foys (1955)

93 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

Let me start by saying that it is difficult to review "The Seven Little Foys" now because over 60 years after this biography was made I would imagine there are very few who know the story of performer Eddie Foy and his family...

Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)

73 mins     Family, TV Movie      

Watching "Swing Out, Sweet Land" not only as a non American but now over 45 years after this TV special was made it has to be said what a curious experience it is as it throws everything at you from some old comedy with Bob H...

The Muppet Movie (1979)

95 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

The Muppet Movie (1979) the story of how Kermit the Frog and his friends ended up in Hollywood whilst evading the capture of Doc Hopper the owner of a chain of frog's legs restaurants...