The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates the events to a group of reporters the events that lead to his predicament. Jackson is a baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective by a mysterious lady in distress (Lamour) and soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
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Directed by Elliott Nugent, produced by Daniel Dare, written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, starring Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, Alan Ladd as Sam McCloud (cameo appearance), Dorothy Lamour as Baroness Carlotta Montay, Frank Puglia as Baron Montay, Peter Lorre as Kismet, Lon Chaney, Jr. as Willie, John Hoyt as Dr. Lundau, Charles Dingle as Major Simon Montague, Reginald Denny as James Collins and Ann Doran as Miss Rogers.
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great movie ,
My all time favorite Bob Hope movie!
Thanks for the upload. LOL with Bob Hope
It's not half-bad for being a screwball comedy. It was suspenseful, it had twists and turns. It had a noir quality to it. The viewer could almost believe the story in a may that an Inspector Clouseau movie would never be believable.
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What a line up of talent. Fun to watch their careers grow.
"Why do women always act like women?" "No cream puff!!" LOve his quick back!
Thank you for the up load. Smiled through the entire movie. Loved every one-liner spoken…
Nice to see several legends from the cinema like German Peter Lorre ["M", "The Man who Knew too Much" ,the original by Hitchcock of the 1930s, "Maltese Falcon" & "Casablanca"], Alan Lad, Dorothy Lamour, Lon Chaney, Jr ["The Wolfman" & "The Ghost of Frankenstein"] & Bing Crosby. But I do have a question: who was the Asian American actress playing the Chinese woman with the kid? And she was the one who save our hero from the gas chambers.
Dorothy (born: Mary Slaton) was 33 years old at the time she made this film.
One of Hope`s most famous 40s movies, a witty parody of the detective noir thrillers then in vogue even down to a cameo from "This Gun For Hire" star, Alan Ladd.
This story line is very similar to the story line in "the secret life of walter mitty." Wonder which came first….. Thanks for the upload.
35:00 That's exactly what Cary Grant went through in "North by Northwest"
LOL @ Harry the executioner! Bing Crosby's real name was Harry Lillis Crosby!