Summaries

A bank teller is suspected of embezzlement and goes on the run with his seven children.

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes when it's discovered that his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their books. Now Hope and his large family are forced to take it on the lam. His children's baby-sitter Phyllis Diller protects Hope from her dim-witted cop boyfriend Jonathan Winters while he hides out, hoping to get to the true cause of his dilemma. Past and future "Bond Girls" Shirley Eaton ("Goldfinger") and Jill St. John ("Diamonds Are Forever") play a schoolteacher and a gold-digger and Winters plays his own mother!—alfiehitchie

When bank teller and widower with seven kids Henry Dimsdale (Bob Hope) finds $10,000 in a parking lot, he's in a dilemma whether to turn it over or keep it for his financially strapped family. After a time, his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their books and begins to suspect Henry. Tipped off, Henry takes his large brood on the lam to avoid arrest while his children's flamboyant baby-sitter, Golda (Phyllis Diller), shields them from her new but dim-witted boyfriend, Det. Jasper Lynch (Jonathan Winters). With a manhunt on for him, Henry hopes his name can be cleared soon.—statmanjeff

Details

Keywords
  • ice cream cone
  • bank teller
  • corvette
  • washing a dog
  • volkswagen bug
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Apr 25, 1967
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations 157 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Hope Enterprises

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 47m
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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