My Favorite Brunette (1947)
- Starring:
- Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, (more)
- Director(s):
- Elliott Nugent
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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Just as Bob Hope's My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a takeoff on Alfred Hitchcock, Hope's My Favorite Brunette was a lampoon of the noirish "hard-boiled detective" school popularized by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Hope tells the gathered reporters how he got into his present predicament. It seems that Hope was once a baby photographer, his office adjacent to the one leased by a private detective (played in an amusing unbilled cameo by Alan Ladd). While hanging around the p.i.'s office, Hope is mistaken for the detective by beautiful client Dorothy Lamour. She hires Hope to search for her missing uncle, and also entrusts him with a valuable map. Hope's diligent (if inept) sleuthing takes him to a shady rest sanitarium, where he runs afoul of lamebrained henchman Lon Chaney, Jr. and sinister, knife-throwing Peter Lorre. Both are in the employ of attorney Charles Dingle, who is responsible for the disappearance of Lamour's uncle. Escaping the sanitarium with Lamour in tow, Hope follows the trail of evidence to noted geologist Reginald Denny. The geologist is murdered, and Hope is accused of the crime. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 89 mins
Complete Cast:
- Bob Hope - Ronnie Jackson
- Peter Lorre - Kismet
- John Hoyt - Dr.Lundau
- Reginald Denny - James Collins
- Ann Doran - Miss Rogers
- Jack LaRue - Tony
- Tony Caruso - "George Raft" Type
- Jack Clifford - Prison Guard-Captain
- Brandon Hurst - Butler
- Reginald Simpson - Assistant Manager
- Helena Phillips Evans - Mabel
- Clarence Muse - Man on Death row
- George Lloyd - Prison Guard-Sergeant
- Tom Dillon - Cop
- Joe Recht - Newsboy
- Betty Farrington - Matron
- John Tyrrell - Bell captain
- Richard Keene - Reporter
- Budd Fine - Detective
- Bing Crosby - Guest Star
- Thomas P. Dillon - Policeman
- Dorothy Lamour - Carlotta Montay
- Lon Chaney, Jr. - Willie
- Charles Dingle - Maj. Simon Montague
- Frank Puglia - Baron Montay
- Willard Robertson - Prison Warden
- Charles Arnt - Crawford
- Jack Chefe - Henri, the Headwaiter
- James Flavin - Mac the Detective
- Ray Teal - State trooper
- James Pierce - Detective
- Garry Owen - Reporter
- Matt McHugh - "Jimmy Cagney" Type
- Alan Ladd - Sam McCloud
- Jean Wong - Mrs. Fong
- Theodore Rand - Waiter Captain
- Ed Johnson - Caddy
- Harland Tucker - Room clerk
- Al Hill - State Trooper
- Charles Cooley - Waiter
- Boyd Davis - Mr. Dawson
- Director(s):
- Elliott Nugent
- Writer(s):
- Jack Rose, Edmund Beloin
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Dare
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Suitable for Children)
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