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Release Date: 1957

Cast: Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Alexis Smith

Categories: Movies, Biographical film, Docudrama, Biopic [feature]

Beau James is a 1957 film based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler. The movie stars Bob Hope as Jimmy Walker, the colourful but controversial Mayor of New York City from 1926-32. In 1925, New York's governor, Al Smith, persuades state senator James J. "Jimmy" Walker that the Democratic Party needs him to run for mayor of New York City. A concern on Jimmy's part is his estrangement from wife Allie, but he discovers that she is willing to go along with his political aims. Under the guidance of Chris Nolan, his political mentor, Jimmy wins the election in a landslide. He... MORE

Beau James is a 1957 film based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler. The movie stars Bob Hope as Jimmy Walker, the colourful but controversial Mayor of New York City from 1926-32. In 1925, New York's governor, Al Smith, persuades state senator James J. "Jimmy" Walker that the Democratic Party needs him to run for mayor of New York City. A concern on Jimmy's part is his estrangement from wife Allie, but he discovers that she is willing to go along with his political aims. Under the guidance of Chris Nolan, his political mentor, Jimmy wins the election in a landslide. He later learns, though, that Allie has no intention of renewing their relationship. She is simply satisfied to be the great city's first lady. A drunken Jimmy is found on a park bench by Betty Compton, who takes him home, not knowing who he is. She scolds him for his behavior upon learning Jimmy is the mayor, and a mutual attraction develops. He uses his political connections to help find her a job. Such favors and graft become a focal point in 1929's reelection campaign, when opponent Fiorello LaGuardia mocks the mayor publicly and questions the current administration's integrity. Jimmy also goes LESS