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1. Sorrowful Jones (1949)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Her father disappears and he learns that taking care of her cramps his free-wheeling life. Sorrowful must evade gangsters and do some horse-thieving.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 866

2. Critic's Choice (1963)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn

Votes: 1,120

3. Fancy Pants (1950)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur... See full summary »

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood

Votes: 1,495 | Gross: $2.60M

4. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode: Have Girls, Will Travel (1964)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Old west marriage broker Horatio Lovelace (Bob Hope) travels from town to town matching women to prospective husbands.

Stars: Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Bruce Cabot, Rod Cameron

5. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode: Lucy and Bob Hope (1956)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy

Lucy tries to convince Bob Hope that she's not a jinx.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 363