Paris Holiday

Paris Holiday is a 1958 comedy film starring Bob Hope, which was directed by Gerd Oswald, and written by Edmund Beloin, who was Hopes attorney, and Dean Riesner from a story by Hope. The film also features French comedian Fernandel, Anita Ekberg and Martha Hyer, and a rare appearance by writerdirector Preston Sturges. The film was shot in Technirama and Technicolor in Paris and in the French village of Gambais.

When he reaches Paris, Bob visits Serge Vitry Preston Sturges, a writer whose script Bob has come to purchase, but is told that Vitry is no longer interested in comedy he is writing a truelife drama which he is going to produce himself. Bob pleads for a look, and is told where he can get a translated copy. A series of suspicious accidents and mishaps then leads to Bob being arrested as a suspect in the murder of Serge, but he is rescued by the American ambassador Andr Morell and Inspector Dupont Yves Brainville, who tell him that Serge used his manuscript to reveal the identities of counterfeiters who had infiltrated their way into high offices in the French government, which is why he was murdered. The two men ask Bob to serve as bait to flush out the criminals. Bob agrees, but only because Anns life is also in danger. Helped by Ann, Fernandel, and villainessturnedheroine Zara, Bob is chased all over Paris by the underworld, at one point winding up in a mental asylum for safekeeping. It all ends with an escape by helicopter piloted by Fernandel actually John Crewdson reading a book of flight instructions, capture of a group of assassins, then a parade for Bob, Fernandel and Ann, who are heroes.Although Hope initiated production of the film, and came up with the story idea, the intent for the film to be a showcase for both himself and Fernandel is indicated by the opening credits, where Hopes name and Fernandel take turns being listed first. ........

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