Where There's Life is a 1947 American thriller comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield.Variety film review; October 8, 1947, page 8.Harrison's Reports film review; October 11, 1947, page 162. The film's title derives from a line in Don Quixote ("Where there's life, there's hope") as a play on the name of its star, Bob Hope. Also in the cast are Signe Hasso, William Bendix, and George Coulouris.
Plot Michael Valentine is an American radio announcer who finds out he is the new king of "Barovia", although a secret society called the Mordia, which believes it has assassinated Valentine's father, King Hubertus II, has other ideas.
Cast
Bob Hope as Michael Joseph Valentine Signe Hasso as General Katrina Grimovitch William Bendix as Victor O'Brien George Coulouris as Prime Minister Krivoc Vera Marshe as Hazel O'Brien George Zucco as Paul Stertorius Dennis Hoey as Minister of War Grubitch John Alexander as Herbert Jones Victor Varconi as Finance Minister Zavitch Joseph Vitale as Albert Miller Harry von Zell as Joe Snyder Anthony Caruso as John Fulda Norma Varden as Mabel Jones Harland Tucker as Mr. Alvin (Floorwalker) Roy Atwell as Salesman Emil Rameau as Dr. Josefsberg William Edmunds as King Hubertus II Crane Whitley as Assassin with Cane
Reception New York Times critic Bosley Crowther gave a moderately approving review, writing, "... its madcap humors will intoxicate the friends of Mr. Hope; those less susceptible to his high spirits are likely to be just depressed." December 25, 1947, page 30.
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