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FULL SYNOPSIS

Two of filmdom's finest farceurs--Hollywood's Bob Hope and France's Fernandel--are teamed in the location-filmed Paris Holiday. Since Hope coauthored the script, however, guess which actor has the largest part. Cast more or less as himself, Hope plays an American comedian who comes to Paris to purchase a script. Little does his suspect that the script contains secret messages pertaining to a vicious gang of counterfeiters. With the help of villainess-turned-heroine Anita Ekberg, Hope is committed to an insane asylum to protect him from the bad guys; he then must rely upon Fernandel to spring him from the looney bin. Throughout Paris Holiday, Bob Hope looks too old and too rich to be indulging in such nonsense. Film buffs will enjoy the brief, unbilled appearance by famed producer-director-writer Preston Sturges. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

Bob Hope
as Robert Leslie Hunter
Fernandel
as Fernydel
Anita Ekberg
as Zara
Martha Hyer
as Ann McCall
Preston Sturges
as Serge Vitry
Andre Morell
as American Ambassador
Maurice Teynac
as Dr. Bernais
Yves Brainville
as Inspector Dupont
Jean Murat
as Judge
Roger Treville
as Golfer Patient

Crew

Gerd Oswald
Director
Bob Hope
Producer
Robert Hope
Producer
Dean Riesner
Screenwriter
Jimmy Van Heusen
Songwriter
Sammy Cahn
Songwriter
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Georges Wakhévitch
Production Designer
Pierre Balmain
Costume Designer
Paul Feyder
First Assistant Director
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