Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar

1950 · 99 min · EN · NR · 7.4 (18 votes)
Dir. Richard Whorf · Starring Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter, Gabriel Heatter · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

...the bubbliest, frothiest, tickliest comedy!

Comedy

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.

VIBE

A breezy, fast-talking battle of wits unfolds in mid-century LA. This sharp, comedic clash is fueled by clever wordplay and a delightful sense of playful revenge, making for an engaging and lighthearted watch.

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