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Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Casanova's Big Night poster
Directed by
Norman Z. McLeod
Genre
parody film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tailor is hired to pretend to be the famous lover Casanova. He gets swept up in schemes and misunderstandings in a mock historical setting.

lightheartedplayfulcomediczanytongue-in-cheekbreezyfarcicalnostalgic

What happens

Casanova's Big Night is a 1954 American 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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