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Louisiana Purchase (1941)

"WHERE THERE'S HOPE...THERE'S LIFE AND LAUGHTER!"

6.6/10 1h 38m Dec 31, 1941
Comedy Music

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

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Movie Details

Original Title Louisiana Purchase
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Jim Taylor
Popularity: 0.9
Vera Zorina
Vera Zorina
Marina Von Minden
Popularity: 0.6
Victor Moore
Victor Moore
Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry
Popularity: 5.6
Irène Bordoni
Irène Bordoni
Madame Yvonne Bordelaise
Popularity: 0.8
Dona Drake
Dona Drake
Beatrice
Popularity: 3.8
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn
Col. Davis Sr. aka Polar Bear
Popularity: 1.5
Maxie Rosenbloom
Maxie Rosenbloom
The Shadow aka Wilson
Popularity: 1.1
Phyllis Ruth
Phyllis Ruth
Emmy Lou
Popularity: 2.2
Frank Albertson
Frank Albertson
Robert Davis, Jr.
Popularity: 8.1
Donald MacBride
Donald MacBride
Capt. Pierre Whitfield
Popularity: 6.4
Andrew Tombes
Andrew Tombes
Dean Albert Manning
Popularity: 1.2
Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
Speaker of the House
Popularity: 2.7

Key Crew

Writer Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov
Director Irving Cummings
Editor LeRoy Stone

Production

Paramount Pictures
US

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Keywords

senator mardi gras musical

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jul 12, 2025

This starts off with quite a fun little ditty that serves as their libel/defamation disclaimer - proclaiming that none of this is based on any real people! Who might have taken offence in the US of A in 1941 to the idea of a senate investigation into the dodgy goings on in any state at all, let alon ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 31, 1941
Runtime 1h 38m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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