Champagne for Caesar

1950

Champagne for Caesar

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Movie Info

This comedy stars Ronald Colman as Beauregard Bottomley, a self-styled genius in need of a job. He applies for a position with a large soap company, but Burnbridge Walters (Vincent Price), the firm's willfully eccentric president, falls into a "trance" while interviewing Beauregard and decides not to give him the job. When Beauregard overhears his sister Gwenn (Barbara Britton) listening to a game show sponsored by Walters' soap company, he discovers the perfect means to get revenge -- each time a contestant answers a question correctly, they double their prize money. Beauregard gets a spot on the show and starts winning -- and doesn't stop. Before long, the company owes him $40 million and Beauregard hasn't even broken a sweat. Beauregard is poised to bankrupt Walters and destroy his company, so the soap tycoon persuades Flame O'Neal (Celeste Holm) to pose as a nurse who will (a) find out if there's anything Beauregard doesn't know, and (b) distract him romantically. While a critical success and something of a cult item, Champagne for Caesar was a box office disappointment on its initial release; Ronald Colman appeared in only two more films before his death eight years later.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Comedy, Television
Directed By:

Richard Whorf
Written By:

Hans Jacoby, Fred Brady
In Theaters:

May 11, 1950 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 29, 2005
Runtime:

90 minutes
Studio:

Universal Pictures

Cast

Ronald Colman
as Beauregard Bottomley

Celeste Holm
as Flame O'Neill

Vincent Price
as Burnbridge Waters

Barbara Britton
as Gwenn Bottomley

Art Linkletter
as Happy Hogan

Gabriel Heatter
as Announcer

George Fisher
as Announcer

Byron Foulger
as Gerald

Ellye Marshall
as Frosty

Vici Raaf
as Waters's Secretary

Vicki Raaf
as Waters's Secretary

Douglas Evans
as Radio Announcer

Mel Blanc
as Caesar

Peter Brocco
as Fortuneteller

Lyle Talbot
as Executive

Brian O'Hara
as Buck

George Leigh
as Executive

John Hart
as Executive

Jack Daly
as Scratch

Gordon Nelson
as Lecturer

Herbert C. Lytton
as Chuck Johnson

George Meader
as Mr. Brown

John Eldridge
as Executive

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Critic Reviews for Champagne for Caesar

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Has a field day spoofing the moronic TV shows sponsored by soap companies.

May 6, 2010 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Champagne for Caesar

May 22, 2013

Cute comedy but rather thin and not worthy of the talents of the top lined trio. Points however for the audacity to name Celeste's character Flame.

jay n Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

One of my favourite 50s comedies, especially because of Price's performance, he's hilarious. The story is really clever and funny as well, and Colman is the perfect choice to play the main character. If you're a fan of either of them, I highly recommend checking out this movie.

Aj V Super Reviewer