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Champagne for Caesar (1950)
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
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When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Frederick Brady, Hans Jacoby
In Theaters:5/11/1950
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Cardinal Pictures, United Artists
Cast
Richard Whorf
Director
Ronald Colman
Beauregard Bottomley
Celeste Holm
Flame O'Neill
Vincent Price
Burnbridge Waters
Barbara Britton
Gwenn Bottomley
Art Linkletter
Happy Hogan
Gabriel Heatter
Announcer
George Fisher
Announcer
Byron Foulger
Gerald
Ellye Marshall
Frosty
Vici Raaf
Waters' Secretary
John Eldredge
Executive No. 1
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