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Paris Holiday

Paris Holiday

1958Movie⏱️ 1h 43mApproved
ActionComedyRomance
5.7
IMDB Rating
585 votes

American actor, Bob Hunter, travels to Paris to purchase the rights to a highly sought-after script, and meets his French counterpart Fernydel along the way, but a sinister organization seems to be targeting Hunter for a mysteriou...

Director
Gerd Oswald
Writers
Bob Hope, Edmund Beloin, Dean Riesner
Stars
Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg
Release Date
May 9, 1958
Language
French, English
Country
United States, Switzerland
💬 14
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Robert Leslie Hunter
Fernandel
Fernandel
as Fernydel
Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg
as Zara
Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer
as Ann McCall
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
as Serge Vitry
André Morell
André Morell
as American Ambassador
Alan Gifford
Alan Gifford
as American Consul
Maurice Teynac
Maurice Teynac
as Doctor Bernais
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Yves Brainville
as Inspector Dupont
Jean Murat
Jean Murat
as Judge

💰 Box Office

$2,100,109
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Filming Location
Paris, France
Production
Tolda Productions

🏷️ Keywords

transatlantic voyagefrancedeckchairhope and hyerhope and ekberg

🎯 Categories

FrenchBuddy ComedyActionComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Hopeless.
by brogmiller2025-07-16
5/10

"Should anyone require proof that Comedy is a fragile commodity with more potential for misses than hits, look no further than this dud starring what must surely be one of the most mismatched duos in the history of film, Bob Hope and Fernandel whose individual styles fail to gel and neither of whose talents are able to rise above this mediocre material. Gay Paree in Technirama has undoubted travelogue appeal and there is an all too brief appearance by legendary Preston Sturges as a character obviously based on Sacha Guitry which offers a grim reminder that Comedy is simply not director Gerd Os..."

💡 Did You Know?

One of the few films that alternates first billing during the credits. Each of the four principal stars takes his/her turn at the top while the other three appear beneath them. The prolonged sequence begins and ends with Bob Hope's name first.

📖 Synopsis

American actor, Bob Hunter, travels to Paris to purchase the rights to a highly sought-after script, and meets his French counterpart Fernydel along the way, but a sinister organization seems to be targeting Hunter for a mysteriou...