Quote
He is known far and wide as The Lemon Drop Kid because of his fondness for that particular round, yellow confection. When the Lemon Drop Kid, Bob Hope a small time hustler accidentally steers the girl of gangster Moose Moran, Fred Clark away from a winning bet at the horse track, the Kid is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry Moose Moran. Fortunately for The Kid it's Christmas, a time when people can be persuaded to part with money for the right cause.