United States / May 11, 1950 / NR
...the bubbliest, frothiest, tickliest comedy!
1h 39min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Byron Foulger | Gerald |
| Ellye Marshall | Frosty |
| Vici Raaf | Waters' Secretary |
| John Eldredge | Executive No. 1 |
| Lyle Talbot | Executive No. 2 |
| George Leigh | Executive No. 3 |
| John Hart | Executive No. 4 |
| Mel Blanc | Caesar (voice) |
| Peter Brocco | Fortune Teller |
| Brian O'Hara | Buck (T Man) |
| Jack Daly | Scratch (T Man) |
| Gordon Nelson | Lecturer |
| Herbert Lytton | Chuck Johnson |
| George Meader | Mr. Brown |
| Robert Clarke | Actor in Movie at Drive-In |
| James Conaty | Backstage Extra at Hollywood Bowl |
| Sayre Dearing | Audience Extra |
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| Douglas Evans | Radio Announcer |
| Bess Flowers | Backstage Woman at Hollywood Bowl |
| Jack George | Milady Soap Executive |
| Lee Phelps | Neighbor |
| Rose Plumer | Little Bo-Peep |
| Larry Steers | Television Viewer |
| Albert Einstein | Himself |
| Jean Spangler | TV Studio Audience Member |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Champagne for Caesar |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Cardinal Pictures, United Artists |
| Release date | 11 maggio 1950 |
| Executive producer | Harry M. Popkin |
| Production | Joseph H. Nadel, George Moskov |
| Writer | Hans Jacoby, Frederick Brady |
| Editing | Hugh Bennett |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
| Assistant directors | Ralph Slosser, Leon Chooluck, Richard Whorf |
| Camera operators | Paul Ivano |
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| Additional photography | Paul Ivano |
| Production design | George Van Marter, Jacques Mapes |
| Art direction | George Van Marter, Jacques Mapes |
| Set decoration | Jacques Mapes, George Van Marter |
| Music | Dimitri Tiomkin, Mac Dalgleish, Herbert Taylor, Hugh McDowell Jr., Paul Marquardt, George Parrish |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin, Mac Dalgleish, Herbert Taylor, Hugh McDowell Jr., Paul Marquardt, George Parrish |
| Costume design | Maria P. Donovan, Scotty Rackin, Ted Larsen, William Knight |
| Makeup | Ted Larsen, William Knight, Maria P. Donovan, Scotty Rackin |
| Hairstyling | Maria P. Donovan, Scotty Rackin, Ted Larsen, William Knight |
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