Champagne for Caesar (1950)
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89% of users liked it
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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… More 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Whorf
- Written By
- Hans Jacoby, Fred Brady
- Genres
- Television, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 11, 1950 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Has a field day spoofing the moronic TV shows sponsored by soap companies.
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Cast
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Ronald Colman
as Beauregard Bottomley
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Celeste Holm
as Flame O'Neil
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Vincent Price
as Burnbridge Waters
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Barbara Britton
as Gwenn Bottomley
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Art Linkletter
as Happy Hogan
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Gabriel Heatter
as Announcer
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George Fisher
as Announcer
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Byron Foulger
as Gerald
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Ellye Marshall
as Frosty
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Vicki Raaf
as Waters's Secretary
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Douglas Evans
as Radio Announcer
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Lyle Talbot
as Executive
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George Leigh
as Executive
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John Hart
as Executive
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Mel Blanc
as Caesar
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Peter Brocco
as Fortune Teller
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Brian O'Hara
as Buck
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Jack Daly
as Scratch
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Gordon Nelson
as Lecturer
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Herbert C. Lytton
as Chuck Johnson
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George Meader
as Mr. Brown
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John Eldridge
as Executive
