Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia

Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia

1991 · 89 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, TV Movie

Three years after taping his previous show in the Persian Gulf, Bob Hope returns to the front line to put on another USO Christmas extravaganza, this time in Saudi Arabia for US Troops preparing with other nations to expel Iraq's 1990 invasion and attempted annexation of Kuwait.

Directed by Tim Kiley · Written by Gene Perret

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