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Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

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Release Date: Sep 4, 1946 Wide

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Monsieur Beaucaire, Booth Tarkington's novel about an 18th-century French barber who poses as a swashbuckling aristocrat, was the surprising source for this Grade-A Bob Hope comedy. While in the original novel the tonsorial hero pretended to be someone he wasn't by choice, in this 1946 film Hope is coerced into posturing as a nobleman on the threat of death. It's "out of the frying pan" time here, since Hope will be a target for execution the moment he weds a Spanish princess in place of genuine

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

Directed By: George Marshall

Written By: Melvin Frank

In Theaters: Sep 4, 1946 Wide

On DVD: May 19, 1993

Cast

Bob Hope
M. Beaucaire
Joan Caulfield
Mimi
Patric Knowles
Duc de Chandre
Cecil Kellaway
Count D'Armand
Marjorie Reynolds
Princess Maria of Spain
Joseph Schildkraut
Don Francisco
Reginald Owen
Louis XV
Constance Collier
The Queen
Hillary Brooke
Mme. Pompadour
Fortunio Bonanova
Don Carlos
Douglas Dumbrille
George Washington
Mary Nash
The Duenna
Leonid Kinskey
Rene
Howard Freeman
King Philip of Spain
Eric Alden
Swordsman
Nina Borget
Wife
Anthony Caruso
Masked horseman
Lane Chandler
Officer
Charles Coleman
Major Domo
Catherine Craig
Duchess
Jean De Briac
Minister of Finance
Jean Del Val
Minister of War
Helen Freeman
Queen of Spain
Sherry Hall
Sentry
Brandon Hurst
Marquis
Mona Maris
Marquisa
Jack Mulhall
Guard
John Mylong
Minister of State
Noreen Nash
Baroness
Tony Paton
Waiter
Nino Pipitone
Lackey
Hugh Prosser
Courtier
Buddy Roosevelt
Spanish guard
George Sorel
Duke
Philip Van Zandt
Guard
Dorothy Vernon
Servant
Alan Hale Jr.
Courier
John Maxwell
Courier
Manuel Paris
Spanish Guard
Robert "Buddy" Shaw
Husband

Critic Reviews for Monsieur Beaucaire

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Above-average Bob Hope costume comedy… borrows its title and inspiration from a silent Rudolph Valentino romance-drama, but transforms the original premise of a duke disguised as a barber into a farce about a real barber and a duke switching places.

August 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide

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Steven D. Greydanus

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Very enjoyable Bob Hope comedy, good cast, fine costumes and a very funny screenplay. Fine supporting cast, some great one liners, very much in Mr. Hope's style of humor.

February 4, 2010

James Higgins

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