Legendary funnyman Bob Hope plays a baby photographer who gets mixed up with gangsters in this bubbly slapstick lampoon of the noirish Hardboiled detective school popularised by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Ronnie Jackson(Hope) tells the gathered reporters how he got into his present predicament having wanted nothing more than to step into the gumshoes of the tough private eye Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd), who worked in the office next door. Jackson gets his big break when mysterious femme fatale( Dorothy Lamour) strolls into his office and mistaking him for McCloud asks for help with her uncles kidnapping but Jacksons diligently inept sleuthing seees the bodies and laughs pile up. 

Starring:
Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr, John Hoyt, Reginald Denny, Charles Dingle, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Bing Crosby, Alan Ladd,

Director:
Elliot Nugent

Run Time:
90 min

Genre:
Classic, Comedy

Languages:
English

Released:
1947